After an outbreak efficiency at the 2024 Paris Olympics, French onward Guerschon Yabusele is anticipated to authorize a 1 year, $2.1 million manage the Philly 76ers, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Yabusele was France’s second-leading marker throughout the 2024 Paris Olympics, balancing 14 factors and 3.3 rebounds, while firing 52% from the area.
Yabusele’s largest efficiency can be found in the quarterfinals of the Olympic event versus Canada, a video game several anticipated Canada to win. Yabusele installed 22 factors in the win, leading France to the semifinals. He rose to the beginning schedule of that video game after Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier battled throughout team play, and wound up showing it was the best choice. Yabusele, along with Isaia Cordinier, were provided the beginning nod, and took full benefit of the chance, commonly leading France in racking up for the rest of the event.
Yabusele had one year left on his manage EuroLeague giant Actual Madrid, and by authorizing with the Sixers suggests he remains in the procedure of concerning a contract on an acquistion of his $2.5 million agreement with them. There was an idea that Yabusele might play out the remainder of his agreement with Actual Madrid this period, and consider making a return to the NBA following summertime, per Marc Stein, yet why delay when you’re coming off a stretch like he is with the Olympics where the entire globe simply viewed you go down 20 factors in the gold-medal suit versus Group United States.
Right after aiding lead France to a silver medal, Yabusele likewise revealed passion in going back to the NBA, uploading on X (previously called Twitter) “Been awaiting a second opportunity. I prepare.”
This will certainly be Yabusele’s 2nd job in the NBA, after being prepared 16th total in the 2016 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics. Showing up in simply 74 video games over 2 periods after being prepared, and balancing simply 6 mins a video game, Yabusele was forgoed by the Celtics in the summertime of 2019. He after that took his profession overseas, where he hung around playing in France and China prior to locating an extra irreversible …
