There have been few silver linings for the Sixers in this injury-ravaged season from hell, but Guerschon Yabusele is one of the rare exceptions. He’s made the best of his second chance in the NBA by averaging 10.8 points and 5.5 rebounds in only 26.6 minutes per game while shooting 50.9 percent overall and 40.0 percent from three-point range.
When the Sixers signed Yabusele to a one-year, veteran-minimum contract this offseason after his impressive run in the 2024 Olympics, he seemed like an obvious solution to their hole at the 4. But given how much time Joel Embiid and Andre Drummond have missed this year, he’s played a surprising amount of time as a small-ball 5 as well.