Sixers Officially Sign Guerschon Yabusele

The Philadelphia 76ers have officially signed forward Guerschon Yabusele to a contract, according to the NBA transactions log.

The deal is for the veteran’s minimim of one year and $2.1 million, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Yabusele, 28, is 6-foot-8 and played 74 games for the Boston Celtics from 2017-18 to 2018-19 — and recently made it pretty clear that he wants to play in the NBA again. Of course, Yabusele also played for the French national team, which lost to Team USA in the gold medal game at the Paris Olympics.

He carries NBA career averages of 2.3 points and 1.4 rebounds over two seasons, both with the Celtics.

Philadelphia has already landed forward Paul George and Caleb Martin this offseason, along with center Andre Drummond and guards Eric Gordon and Reggie Jackson. Yabusele would likely serve as a high-energy and physical big man in reserve.

As an interesting aside, John Hollinger of The Athletic recently reported that a return to the NBA for Yabusele seemed iffy.

“Yabusele’s shooting has improved markedly and he’s slimmed down a bit since Boston, both of which make him a more attractive proposition as a stretch four than he was as a Celtic,” Hollinger wrote. “His defensive awareness was never a strength, but he’s fairly switchable along the perimeter if he’s in shape. Offensively, he’s hit 44.5 percent, 36.1 percent and 40.2 percent from 3 the last three seasons while playing at the highest levels of European basketball and obviously can hammer a mismatch on the block against switches.”