Guerschon Yabusele was a standout performer during the 2024 Paris Olympics. He helped France safe a silver medal following their loss to america on Aug. 10. The veteran ahead performed in six video games for the house nation, averaging 14 factors and three.3 rebounds whereas capturing 52% from the sphere.
In line with Adrian Wojnarowski, Yabusele is heading again to the NBA for the primary time since 2019. The Philadelphia 76ers have accomplished a veteran minimal with the multi-talented ahead.
In Sunday’s version of Marc Stein’s “The SteinLine” newsletter, it was revealed that Yabusele’s present contract with Actual Madrid features a $2.5M buyout clause. To ensure that the deal to have gone by, each Yabusele and Actual Madrid would have negotiated his exit and the remaining $1.6M of his buyout clause. As Shams Charania of The Athletic reported, the Sixers had been restricted to a most of $850K in compensation attributable to NBA guidelines.
The Sixers had been quick on depth on the ahead place. Yabusele’s expertise in a number of high European leagues, and his earlier time within the NBA, ought to permit him to be a high-level depth piece on Nick Nurse’s group. He’ll possible play a backup position behind Paul George.
Regardless of his struggles from the perimeter within the Olympics, Yabusele has additionally confirmed himself to be a dependable spot-up shooter throughout his time in Europe. Final season, he averaged 10 factors and 5 rebounds per recreation within the EuroLeague for Actual Madrid, capturing 48.1% from three-point vary. He additionally performed in 24 Liga ACB video games, averaging 9.3 factors and three rebounds whereas flattening 39.4% of his perimeter pictures.
The Sixers are getting a dependable veteran with high-level expertise from a number of high leagues around the globe. Including him to the roster is one other win for Daryl Morey and one more reason why the Sixers have loved arguably the best summer of all 30 NBA teams.
