Updated
25/05/2021
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Guerschon Yabusele is very close to signing for him Real Madrid for the next season … if the NBA it does not prevent it. The 25-year-old 2.02 meter French player has advanced talks with the Whites, although during the summer he will rush his options to sign for a US franchise. If he does not succeed, according to the Lithuanian journalist Donatas Urbonas, his priority will be to commit to Madrid.
The power forward is one of the priorities of the white team to fill the gap of Usman Garuba, to whom they practically give up for lost because he will go to the NBA if, as it seems, he is chosen among the 15 best of the next draft. It might also make up for the recent departure of Gabriel Deck to the Thunder and cover a Anthony Randolph that it is unknown how to return from his Achilles tendon injury.
Yabusele, who is active in the ASVEL Villeurbanne, has averaged 11.0 points (52.8% in shots of two and 38.4% in triples), 4.2 rebounds and 11.0 valuation. Against Madrid he had a great performance in the WiZink Center with 21 points and seven sacks.
Yabusele has NBA experience after playing 74 games between 2017 and 2019 with the Celtics, which selected him 16th in the 2016 draft. His averages there were 2.3 points and 1.4 rebounds in 6.6 minutes of play. In addition to in USA in its France natal has played in China in two stages enrolled in the Shanghai Sharks and in the Nanjing Monkey Kings.
If he does not return to the NBA and his signing for Madrid is consummated, the whites will be able to have four French players in the squad for next season: Fabien conversationalist, with a contract in force but whose continuity is not assured; Vincent Poirier, recently booked; the exazulgrana Thomas Heurtel, to finish the season at ASVEL and to which the Madridistas have already tied with a 1 + 1; and the aforementioned Yabusele.
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