NBA analyst floats San Antonio Spurs signing Team France star Guerschon Yabusele

The San Antonio Spurs were blessed to have the best player on the French National Team on their roster to root for in the 2024 Paris Olympics in star forward Victor Wembanyama. And if they elected to do so, they very likely could have the two best players from Team France on their roster, too.

Such a proposal came from the fingers of Hoops Habit’s Cal Durrett, who thinks that it would be a solid plan to sign French forward Guerschon Yabusele to the Spurs roster for the 2024-25 NBA season. The Dancing Bear — as Yabusele is called — was drafted 16th overall in the 2016 NBA draft, but was not ready for the Association when he came over.

He has since refined and expanded his game, to the point that he shone against one of the greatest collection of NBA talent ever assembled in Team USA. The biggest obstacle may be playing time for Yabu, but Durrett sees this as a superable challenge.

“The Spurs don’t have much depth at power forward, with Harrison Barnes likely to start at the four next season and Jeremy Sochan essentially playing small forward,” he suggests. “That could lead to a need at the backup four that Yabusele can fill.”

Still, the H/H analyst notes that there may be other clubs with more playing time that might interest Yabusele more. Is the French connection (no pun intended, but a heck of a potential nickname) enough?

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