Yabusele, two years of incidents

Guerschon Yabusele landed at Real Madrid in the summer of 2021. came the dancing bear, a burly 201 centimeter player who moved like angels in the zone. Good hand from the line of three. He quickly became one of the fans’ favorites and a key player for Pablo Laso first and then for Chus Mateo.

A French international, the power forward had had little productive experience in the NBA, with the Boston Celtics, a franchise in which he spent two years (2017-19) and played only 74 games before returning to his country, to an Asvel Villeurbanne who it placed him in the focus of attraction of the greats of the Euroleague. Madrid took the cat into the water.

A player of unquestionable quality who has linked incident after incident since he signed with the white team. According to the Greek SDNA, Yabusele was one of those involved in the night escape in Athens, prior to the match against Greek Panathinaikos in March 2022. The Frenchman, renewed months before until 2025, was saved from being removed from the team. Thomas Heurtel and Trey Thompkins did not have the same luck: they were sanctioned internally and left Madrid last summer.

Months later, the Frenchman was again at the center of the controversy. It was in June, in the Endesa League final, that Real would win. Right after the end of the second game, in which the whites lost a tight 71-69 at the Palau and criticism of the referees from the madridistas, Yabusele turned to a referee to whom he shouted aggressively and defiantly in the face. He was not sanctioned by the ACB.

Already this season, in October, after a defeat against Cazoo Baskonia by 88-82 in the national championship, The power forward did not react well either: on the way to the changing room tunnel he began to touch his noble parts while looking at the fans from Vitoria gathered at the Buesa Arena.

A sum and continues of actions without punishment that has come to an end after the massive pitched battle experienced this Thursday in the second game of the Euroleague quarterfinals between Real Madrid and Partizán. Duel that had to close at 01:40 from the end when such a large number of players were sent off that there was not what was required to continue the game.

Yabusele was one of the first to act and one of the great ones pointed out. After the scuffle between Punter and Llull after the hard foul by the second on the first, the Frenchman came running to push the American with his body… and the pitched battle started, leaving one of the worst images seen on a basketball court and that could end in tragedy: Yabusele grabbed Exum from behind and threw him to the ground with a kind of judo lock.

The Euroleague ban has been for five games, which ends their participation this season in the competition if the Whites reach the final.

“I deeply regret my behavior at last night’s game. Basketball is about sportsmanship and friendship. My most sincere apologies to Partizán, a club with which we have always had a great relationship, to Dante Exum and his family, to my teammates, to my club and to all the fans“, He apologized Yabu through Instragram after the events that occurred.