Nobody wanted this to go this way. Guerschon Yabusele's start to the 2025-26 season has not been what the New York Knicks likely had in mind when they signed him with their taxpayer mid-level exception. The lack of playing time was probably not what the Frenchman was expecting when his salary was more than doubled after a career year with the Philadelphia 76ers. The big man has appeared in 26 of the team's 29 games thus far but has only played an average of 9.6 minutes. That effectively leaves the Knicks with two options when it comes to Yabu: play him or trade him.
Knicks have a painful Guerschon Yabusele problem with only two solutions