Sixers set to signal energy ahead Guerschon Yabusele, who shined at Paris Olympics – NBC Sports activities Philadelphia

The Sixers are set to signal one of the vital spectacular gamers from the Paris Olympics. 

The staff has agreed to a one-year, minimal wage cope with French ahead Guerschon Yabusele, a supply confirmed Sunday to NBC Sports activities Philadelphia. 

The Athletic’s Shams Charania first reported the Sixers have been in critical talks with Yabusele and ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski first reported the $2.1 million settlement. 

Nicknamed “The Dancing Bear,” Yabusele was listed at roughly 6-foot-8, 270 kilos by Actual Madrid final season. In accordance with Charania, Yabusele is “resolving his $2.5 million contract buyout” with Actual Madrid and league guidelines would permit the Sixers to pay as much as $850,000 of that buyout quantity. 

The Celtics took Yabusele with the No. 16 total choose within the 2016 NBA draft. He performed restricted NBA minutes for Boston throughout the 2017-18 and ’18-19 seasons, averaging 2.3 factors and 1.4 rebounds in 74 appearances. 

The 28-year-old has developed significantly since then as a multi-faceted scorer who’s fairly agile for his dimension. Per RealGM, Yabusele averaged 9.7 factors and 4.0 rebounds for Actual Madrid throughout all competitions final season and shot 44.5 % from three-point vary on 2.7 makes an attempt per recreation. 

Over France’s final two wins to achieve the gold medal recreation in Paris, Yabusele posted 39 factors on 13-for-20 taking pictures from the ground. He scored 20 factors within the staff’s closing loss to the Individuals, together with an audacious, big-time dunk on LeBron James. 

Yabusele must be an possibility for Sixers head coach Nick Nurse on the 4 behind Caleb Martin. As soon as they signal him, the Sixers shall be one beneath the utmost of 15 gamers on commonplace NBA contracts. 

Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey stated final month the staff supposed to maintain an open roster spot coming into the season.

“As now we have accidents or the wants actually come up the place Coach Nurse sees one thing we have to do, we’ll tackle these,” Morey stated.