Yabusele, 29, was a steady contributor last season for the 76ers. With the team facing injuries to their stars, Paul George, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, Yabusele stepped up and carved out a key role. He averaged 11.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 27.1 minutes per game for Philly, also playing and defending multiple positions. But apparently, the 76ers were not willing to pay up in order to keep Yabusele. Seeing as he ultimately got a modest two-year, $12 million contract with the Knicks, the offer that the 76ers gave to Yabusele must have been really tiny. Philadelphia finished a woeful 13th in the Eastern Conference last season at 24-58. They also owe the George-Embiid-Maxey trio a combined $145 million next season and a combined $154 million in 2026-27. But even so, it looked like Yabusele had served as a valuable enough role player to earn a second contract from the 76ers. In the end, though, that wasn’t the case, and now Yabusele will continue his redemption story (which began at the 2024 Paris Olympics) elsewhere in the division with the Knicks.