Guerschon Yabusele quiere volver a la NBA. Tras realizar unos muy buenos Juegos Olímpicos con Francia, el alero cree que ha llegado la hora de retornar a la mejor competición del mundo y así lo ha hecho saber a través de sus redes sociales al señalar que está a la espera de una segunda oportunidad.
Aunque la determinación del jugador es clara, es difícil que se materialice. Según explicó Marc Stein, al jugador le resta un año de contrato con el Real Madrid y su cláusula de rescisión es de 2,5 millones de dólares, por lo que ese es el pago que debe acometer cualquier equipo NBA para contratarlo.
Más allá de cuestiones financieras, lo cierto es que en París 2024 ha brillado; tanto así que en la final contra Estados Unidos, la cual perdieron los galos por 98-87, se marchó hasta los 20 puntos, dos rebotes y dos robos.
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The 2024 Olympic men’s basketball tournament was a showcase for superstars like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama, but it was also a chance for lesser-known players to prove how they compared to the best in the world. One standout? French forward Guerschon Yabusele, who averaged 14 points in the Olympics even managed to throw down a very rare dunk on James. Yabusele was the No. 16 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics, but has not played in the NBA since 2019. Now, he wants another shot at the big time.
“Been waiting for a 2nd chance.. I’m ready,” Yabusele tweeted last Sunday. There’s just one small hiccup. Yabusele is under contract with Real Madrid for one more season. He does have a buyout in his contract, but according to Marc Stein, it isn’t cheap: $2.5 million. Ironically, the buyout would have cost only $1 million if it had come before July 15, but Real Madrid seemingly foresaw the possibility of an Olympic boost and planned ahead. NBA teams are only allowed to pay a fixed amount of a player’s international buyout. This season, that figure is $850,000, leaving the remaining $1.65 million to Yabusele.
For most NBA players, a $1.65 million buyout wouldn’t be very costly. Remember, though, that Yabusele played only briefly in the NBA. That’s quite a bit of money to most players in Europe, and that’s before we factor in what sort of contract he could get in the NBA.
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