{"id":85019,"date":"2025-06-08T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/85019\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T16:29:09","slug":"sixers-notes-yabusele-draft-oubre-grimes-mccain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/85019\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixers Notes: Yabusele, Draft, Oubre, Grimes, McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guerschon Yabusele<\/a> accepted a one-year, minimum-salary contract with the Sixers when he decided to return to the NBA, and his performance on that deal has him positioned for a much bigger payday this summer as an unrestricted free agent. The 29-year-old power forward talked about his experience during a recent interview<\/a> with Basketball Network (hat tip to Souichi Terada of MassLive<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main thing, for me, when I decided to go back to the NBA was to enjoy this time,\u201d Yabusele said. \u201cBecause the first time, when it stopped, and you realize it\u2019s done fast. It took me five years to come back. So I really decided the main thing was to go over there to enjoy and gain that experience and try to get better. I was happy that I was able to perform.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yabusele was a first-round pick by the Celtics in 2016, but he wasn\u2019t able to earn consistent playing time during his two seasons in Boston. He developed into a star with Real Madrid in the EuroLeague, then rekindled NBA interest with a strong showing while representing France in last year\u2019s Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia had a difficult season, but team-wide injury woes gave Yabusele plenty of opportunity to display his skills. He appeared in 70 games, making 43 starts and averaging 11.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 27.1 minutes per night with .501\/.380\/.725 shooting numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good season,\u201d he said. \u201cAll the ups and downs. I was able to go out there and really experience, for the first time, being in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more from Philadelphia:<\/p>\n

The Sixers\u2019 decision with the No. 3 pick will have huge implications for the teams drafting directly behind them, notes Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>. Rutgers forward Ace Bailey<\/a> is frequently linked with Philadelphia in mock drafts, but Baylor guard V.J. Edgecombe<\/a> and Texas guard Tre Johnson<\/a> could be in the mix as well, with some scouts viewing them as better long-term prospects than Bailey. The Sixers may also consider trading down, with one executive telling Pompey that a couple of teams slotted after Philadelphia are conducting \u201cheavy research\u201d on the possibility of moving up to No. 3.
\nIn the same piece, Pompey states that forward Kelly Oubre<\/a> is expected to pick up his $8.3MM player option for next season. That echoes a report<\/a> from Marc Stein last month. Pompey also hears that the Sixers are optimistic about their chances of re-signing free agent guard Quentin Grimes<\/a>, who scored 21.9 PPG after being acquired from Dallas in February.
\nRookie guard Jared McCain<\/a> covered Game 1 of the NBA Finals as part of the league\u2019s Player Correspondent Program<\/a>. The endeavor provides experience for players who may be interested in media careers after retirement. Miami\u2019s Jaime Jaquez<\/a>, Atlanta\u2019s Dyson Daniels<\/a> and Chicago\u2019s Matas Buzelis<\/a> are also participating this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Guerschon Yabusele accepted a one-year, minimum-salary contract with the Sixers when he decided to return to the NBA,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,206,204,7278,1255,3147,973,4155],"class_list":{"0":"post-85019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dyson-daniels","10":"tag-guerschon-yabusele","11":"tag-jaime-jaquez","12":"tag-jared-mccain","13":"tag-kelly-oubre","14":"tag-matas-buzelis","15":"tag-quentin-grimes"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114648695669713520","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85019","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=85019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}