While he has just joined the New York Knicks, Guerschon Yabusele shared the reasons for this choice, with the Team.
Guerschon Yabusele will know his third NBA franchise since the start of his career. After a first experience in the Boston Celtics jersey, between 2017 and 2019 and a second in the 76ers of Philadelphia last year, for its comeback in the prestigious basketball league after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Frenchman joined the New York Knicks this summer. However, the courtiers were obviously not missing after his last successful season. In 2024-2025, with the 76ers, the French international turned, on average, at 11 points and 5.6 rebounds in 70 games played. In New York, the interior, now aged 29, will sign a two -year and $ 12 million contract.
This Saturday, with the French sports daily L’Equipe, Yabusele explained the reasons which pushed him to choose this franchise rather than another: “I had a very good impression when we played New York this season. They look like me: brawkers, people who give everything on the field. Compared to my role, a player who fights, a role of dog, Bulldog, it was coke all the boxes to go where I want to go. Their team is a good group of guys, who have been riding for several years. »»
Yabusele: “I wanted to be in a team with ambition”
Before continuing then: “They leave a conference final. It is a team intended, or at least that is fortunate to be able to take the title (their first since 1973). I wanted to be in a team with ambition and which has a story like that. When you play against them, the atmosphere is incredible at the Madison Square Garden: it is something unreal, you only live that in New York with fans, celebrities in the front row. Being able to play with the Knicks jersey, I can’t wait. »»
