{"id":30632,"date":"2025-07-01T19:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/30632\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:21:08","slug":"knicks-signing-big-man-guerschon-yabusele-for-12-million-in-nba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/30632\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks signing big man Guerschon Yabusele for $12 million in NBA free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Knicks are adding a French big man to the rotation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guerschon Yabusele, 29, who revived his career in the 2024 Olympics for France and then last season with the Sixers, agreed to a two-year deal Tuesday with the Knicks, a source confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The contract is worth roughly $12 million with a player option in the second year, a source told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>Assuming the Knicks use their midlevel exception to ink Yabusele, they\u2019ll be restricted to filling out the rest of the roster with minimum or rookie contracts. On Monday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/30\/sports\/jordan-clarkson-expected-to-sign-with-knicks-in-nba-free-agency-after-jazz-buyout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Knicks agreed to sign Jordan Clarkson<\/a> on a minimum deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yabusele, according to sources, was among the Knicks\u2019 targets at the trade deadline last season but stuck with the Sixers, finishing with averages of 11 points and 5.6 rebounds while shooting an impressive 50% overall and 38% on treys.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.60501567;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36403093\" width=\"947\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2205610491.jpg\" alt=\"The Knicks are signing Guerschon Yabusele in NBA free agency.\" class=\"wp-image-36403093\"  \/>The Knicks are signing Guerschon Yabusele in NBA free agency. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The development of his long distance shooting turned the 6-9 Yabusele into a coveted floor spacer. <\/p>\n<p>In his first NBA go-around, Yabusele flamed out quickly with the Celtics after being drafted 16th overall in 2016. He then logged multiple seasons overseas before his breakthrough in the Olympics, when he impressed against Team USA \u2014 including a highlight dunk on LeBron James \u2014 and helped France earn silver.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/30\/sports\/nba-free-agency-2025-live-updates-latest-signings-rumors-trades-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow The Post\u2019s live updates for the latest NBA free agency signings, news and rumors.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yabusele was named to the tournament\u2019s Second Team and resurfaced with the Sixers, earning a larger role after injuries again sabotaged Joel Embiid. Yabusele played 70 games last season \u2014 starting 43 \u2014 while averaging 27.1 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the Knicks, Yabusele is positioned for a prominent role as one of a few frontcourt options \u2014 with currently Karl-Anthony Towns and Mitchell Robinson as the only other proven commodities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.69921875;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36403799\" width=\"413\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2169435322.jpg\" alt=\"France's #07 Guerschon Yabusele dunks the ball over USA's #06 LeBron James in the men's Gold Medal basketball game at the 2024 Olympics.\" class=\"wp-image-36403799\"  \/>France\u2019s #07 Guerschon Yabusele dunks the ball over USA\u2019s #06 LeBron James in the men\u2019s Gold Medal basketball game at the 2024 Olympics. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Yabusele\u2019s deal indicates the Knicks won\u2019t be signing Al Horford, who could leave the Celtics this summer because Boston is eyeing a gap year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yabusele is part of a growing French connection inside the Knicks, with recent draft picks Pacome Dadiet and Mohamed Diawara on the roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Knicks are adding a French big man to the rotation.\u00a0 Guerschon Yabusele, 29, who revived his career&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1260,20198,3122,3123,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-30632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-nba-free-agency","10":"tag-new-york-knicks","11":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}