Champion cap on his head, Guerschon Yabusele wears a wide and bright smile in the video. Sitting in the locker room at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the Frenchman from the Knicks answers questions from the press. Hilarious and happy. His team, New York, has just triumphed, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in France, over Victor Wembanyama’s Spurs in the NBA Cup final.
Although he did not play a minute in this match, Yabusele savored the moment for all it was worth. While he is lacking playing time and is going through a complicated season in the Knicks jersey, his partners gave him two magnificent birthday gifts… a few hours early.
The captain of the Blues, who celebrates his 30th birthday this December 17, has indeed won his first NBA title and pocketed a bonus of around 530,000 dollars (around 456,000 euros) reserved for each player of the sacred team.
“It’s my birthday tonight, at midnight, so… laughs the Frenchie at the microphone of 8NewsNow. I’m going to be 30 so, I’m not going to say that I have to go crazy, but I have to do something… I have to do this with my partners. I love it. Earning $500,000 for my 30th birthday, I think I’ll remember that. »
“I think I’ll remember that.”
For the record, the author of the monstrous dunk on LeBron James in the final of the Paris Games basketball tournament had made a risky financial bet in 2024 by prematurely ending his contract with Real Madrid to join Philadelphia and the NBA.
“I think I will remember this anniversary for a long time,” Yabusele continues to our colleagues at BasketUSA. More seriously, I’m going to celebrate with family. I’m 30, I have children, it’s different now. I think first of my family. I’m going to give a gift to my wife, to my family, and we’ll see about the rest! »
History does not say, however, whether he celebrated with his loved ones and his partners – including the two Frenchies Pacôme Dadiet and Mohamed Diawara – in Las Vegas, the city of gambling, or whether he waited to return to New York.
