The start of the adventure of Guerschon Yabusele (2.01 m, 29 years old) with the New York Knicks turns out to be more complicated than expected. Not used so much in preseason, the last captain of the France team plays even less in the regular season. It must be said that the interior injured his knee recently. Regardless, his return to competition proved to be very stealthy.
Yabusele played 3 minutes in the first quarter and hasn’t been back
— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) November 1, 2025
Coming into play during the first quarter against Chicago, the Dancing Bear scored a 3-point basket and grabbed 2 rebounds in 3 minutes. But immediately recalled to the bench, he did not return to the game and, like his young compatriots Pacôme Dadiet (still not used this season) and Mohamed Diawara (entered the game 56 seconds into the previous match), he attended the third defeat in five matches for the New York Knicks, against the surprising formation of the Chicago Bulls (5 wins and 0 losses, leader of the Eastern Conference). And yet, Karl-Anthony Towns made his return to competition (22 points on 6/14 shots, 10 rebounds and 4 assists in 32 minutes).
Guerschon Yabusele hits the 3! pic.twitter.com/IMk5mOXQ9u
— Fireside Knicks (@FiresideKnicks) November 1, 2025
Whether he did not play again due to injury or not, Guerschon Yabusele seems to have found a role in New York that is down from the one he had in Philadelphia. After four matches, the former player of Roanne, Rouen, Boston, ASVEL and Real Madrid is only 2 points behind with 24.2% shooting success and 3.5 rebounds in 11 minutes.
PLAYER PROFILE
Post(s): Strong Winger
Size: 201 cm
Age: 29 ans (17/12/1995)
New York fans are already attacking Yabusele and Jordan Clarkson
His lack of playing time has not yet caused a scandal in the Big Apple. On the contrary, the native of Dreux is rather undergoing a complete lynching on social networks, with difficult New York fans currently castigating his performances, as well as those of the other recruit Jordan Clarkson (1.90 m, 33 years old). Obviously ignoring his strong but athletic body type, they attack his physical condition. Already not kind in the past with Frank Ntilikina and Evan Fournier, will Knicks fans find a new scapegoat in their compatriot or will they adopt him once he has been able to prove his worth?
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