Tyrese Maxey reacts to Sixers losing Guerschon Yabusele to Knicks
After a short stint with the Boston Celtics, Yabusele went back overseas for five seasons before landing with the Sixers. He proved to be a steal as he was available and played a lot of different roles for Philadelphia as both a center and a power forward on a nightly basis. Losing him is a tough loss for the Sixers.
Tyrese Maxey hopped on "The Takeoff Podcast with John Clark" and gave his thoughts on losing Yabusele:
Yeah, it's tough. He just sent me a text talking about how they going to beat us four times. and, you know, I told him that I'll make sure that I call him up for a couple of ball screens, get a switch on him, and score a couple buckets on him, make sure that we beat them. but I love Yabu. I'm extremely happy for him, happy for his family. I'm glad that he's back over here in the league playing. I think he did a great job of advertising himself. He played a lot of different hats. It was definitely a tough year for us, but he was still consistent. He went out there every single night, and played his tail off so I really do appreciate Yabu, and he has a long-time friendship in me.
Maxey and Yabusele will certainly be able to renew their trash-talking when the season begins in October. The two rivals will meet four times so it will give them a chance to catch up and go toe-to-toe after playing on the same side in 2024-25.
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