Yabusele: “I think the dunk on LeBron made them sign me in the NBA”

The departure of <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/yabusele-abalde-and-randolph-make-real-madrid-unattainable-for-baskonia/" title="Yabusele, Abalde and Randolph make Real Madrid unattainable for Baskonia”>Guerschon Yabusele from Real Madrid dismantled the white club’s season planning, one that they still suffer from. The Frenchman took a risk by accepting the offer from the Sixers, where he will coincide with Joel Embiid who also has French nationality although he faced them in the Olympic Games this summer. It was precisely his outstanding performance at the Paris event that opened the doors of the United States to him once again, now in a return that he hopes will be successful. During the last few days, the player raised in Dreux has given clues about the operation that led him to change his scene.

Because this eaves of 28 years had a past in NBA. Boston Celtics was the franchise that bet on him in the draftback in 2016, in 16th position. It was there for two seasons. He averaged 2.3 points in 74 regular season games and did not contribute much more in the 16 of playoffswhich is why he looked for other options. Before America he had been in China and returned there before trying in Europe, with ASVEL, before the outbreak of the pandemic. He arrived at Real Madrid in 2021. Three years in which, apart from the infamous fight with Partizan, he became one of the regulars, first of Laso and then of Mateo, due to his versatility. (it is ‘4’ but can act as ‘3’). In the 76ers he found himself with a contract for the minimum salary, which for him is 2.1 million gross dollars, but even losing money he has prioritized the NBA over his continuity in the Euroleague.

The brilliance displayed with France at the Games It catapulted him into the notebooks of North American scouts to return to a United States team if the possibility arose. He hasn’t wasted it. At the Sixers he has had a good preseason; although the Georges, Maxey and especially an Embiid who has not even stepped on the hardwood as a precaution with his knee. He will start from the depths of the rotation and will have to earn the minutes. And for him the clock is ticking: standing out is essential this season, the only one he has signed with the Philadelphia team, to chain another contract in the summer and continue the adventure.

A year on trial. To get all the juice I can. While Real Madrid is looking, having started the 2024/25 season, for a substitute who is community-based and approaches his characteristics, he does not forget the meringues. In confession to Andscape ensures that He has left part of his belongings in a storage room in the Spanish capital and that the club is interested in having him return to the squad in the future.. Time will tell.

A decisive moment: Yabusele against LeBron

In the final of the Games, one play stood out above others. Yabusele received the ball in the low post with some space and faced the basket with such force that he beat LeBron James for two points and the personal foul. The United States was the winner, yes, with a definitive Stephen Curry trance that is rarely seen. Believe it or not, an action like that, with the televisions pointing and serving as a photo for a poster, elevated Yabu to the altars, capturing the attention of the Yankee public. Therefore, also from the managers who run the League. During the preseason with Nurse’s 76ers, the forward chatted with Agence France-Presse about that moment: “I am a very humble person, but it was an incredible play. When I saw him like that, waiting, I told myself that it was either a blow or a plug. So I had no choice. When I saw that we were colliding and that he still made it, it was a ‘shock’ for everyone. From what I know, everyone talks about that play a little. Don’t worry, I’m going to put that poster in my room. For me, being crazy, it was an action like others; I know it’s LeBron James, but he had already made dunks this beautiful on other people.”. He has no doubt what it meant: “I think that play got me signed to the NBA. I am convinced of it. Apart from how I was in the tournament or simply in the final, I consider that this action added something extra to open people’s eyes. This way they could see the work I have been doing for the last five years. And they recognize me on the street: ‘Hey, he’s the one who hit LeBron.’ Being in Philly I have realized this”.

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