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It’s been a journey but the ‘Dancing Bear’ is proving he belongs in the NBA

Related Topics: Guerschon Yabusele, Caleb Martin

When the Sixers bless us with a season like this one, their paying customers may be excused if they are driven to distraction on any given game night — if not by the thrumming music, entreaties to MAKE SOME NOISE and T-shirt barrages, then by the paying customers’ own flights of fancy.

As the team clunks along, maybe it’s best to let your imagination be your guide.

A case in point came during a December game against Orlando. Sixers forward Guerschon Yabusele, who goes 6-foot-8 and 265 pounds and was bestowed a predictable nickname — “Dancing Bear” — during his previous NBA incarnation (Boston, 2017-19), collected the ball at the top of the circle and began rumbling toward the hoop.