{"id":52120,"date":"2025-05-23T16:22:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/52120\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:22:23","slug":"sixers-notes-oubre-nurse-yabusele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/52120\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixers Notes: Oubre, Nurse, Yabusele"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following an underwhelming 2024\/25 season for the Sixers, forward Kelly Oubre Jr.<\/a> is looking to recapture the attitude that made him a beloved figure in Philadelphia, writes Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a solid 2023\/24 run, Oubre inked a two-year, $16.4MM deal in free agency last summer to stay with the Sixers. Despite re-signing Oubre and adding nine-time All-Star Paul George<\/a>, Caleb Martin<\/a> and Andre Drummond<\/a>, among others, the Sixers struggled with health and chemistry issues, and ultimately went 24-58.<\/p>\n

In his 60 healthy games this past season, Oubre averaged 15.1 PPG, 6.1 RPG and 1.8 APG. Although the 6\u20198\u2033 pro had endeared himself to the Philadelphia faithful during his first year in town, Oubre felt like he wasn\u2019t himself this season amidst all the team\u2019s losing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m bringing the swag back, and all I know is that I\u2019ll come back better than I was this year,\u201dOubre said of his approach to 2025\/26. \u201cI\u2019m going to year 11 in my career. So it\u2019s a blessing. I\u2019m blessed to still be here\u2026 But at the end of the day, man, I\u2019m not satisfied with the way I\u2019m perceived by you guys, fans, for what I do bring to the NBA. So tsunami\u2019s back.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more out of the City of Brotherly Love:<\/p>\n

Sixers head coach Nick Nurse may not have been the problem during last year\u2019s lost season, but he\u2019ll need more injury luck out of his roster next season to prove it, opines Pompey in another piece<\/a>. Philadelphia GM Daryl Morey asserted that both he and Nurse would return for at least next year. While All-Stars Joel Embiid<\/a>, George and Tyrese Maxey<\/a> missed a cumulative 134 games, Pompey notes that detractors have pointed to Nurse\u2019s occasionally puzzling lineup decisions, team leadership, and relationship with referees as potential areas of long-term concern.
\nOne of the Sixers\u2019 few free agent signings who surpassed offseason expectations, forward Guerschon Yabusele<\/a> could now be in line for a big raise this summer, writes Pompey in an a separate Inquirer story<\/a>. After spending several years out of the league, the 6\u20197\u2033 vet posted averages of 11 PPG, 5.6 RPG, and 1.2 APG. He also connected on a career-high 38% of his triple tries. An unrestricted free agent this summer, Yabusele is only eligible for a 20% raise on his $2.1MM minimum salary, since he only has Non-Bird rights<\/a>. He could also be signed into the team\u2019s mid-level exception \u2014 the 76ers could have either the taxpayer or non-taxpayer version available, depending on their financial commitments to other players. According to Pompey, Yabusele\u2019s play this year guarantees he\u2019ll be worth more than that 20% raise on his minimum deal. With $149.1MM in guaranteed money already committed to just four Sixers players and a $154.6MM projected salary cap, Philadelphia will have to tread carefully if it hopes to retain Yabusele.
\nIn case you missed it, George is hoping<\/a> that he, Embiid and Maxey can spend more time together this summer in an effort to improve the trio\u2019s chemistry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following an underwhelming 2024\/25 season for the Sixers, forward Kelly Oubre Jr. is looking to recapture the attitude…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,204,3147,6,6724,678,207,3817],"class_list":{"0":"post-52120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-76ers","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-guerschon-yabusele","11":"tag-kelly-oubre","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nick-nurse","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","16":"tag-philadelphia76ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114558071246750705","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}