The NBA preseason continues today, with the Philadelphia 76ers facing New Zealand Breakers from Australia's NBL league.
In recent years, almost every year, teams from the Australia NBL League have come to the United States to play preseason games against NBA teams, both for training and communication, but also to expand influence, after all, the NBA has more attention.
The New Zealand Breakers were clearly unable to beat the 76ers, and they were already under pressure in the first quarter and were stunned by Maxey's consecutive scores. In the first quarter alone, Maxey scored 15 points and 3 assists, leading the team to 40 points in a single quarter and leading by 21 points.
The next game was one-sided, and the New Zealand Breakers simply could not support the intensity of the game, and the point difference was getting bigger and bigger. In the end, the New Zealand Breakers lost 84-139 to the 76ers.
The 76ers' impressive performance was their new recruit forward Yabusele, who scored 15 points and 2 assists in the game, and the effect was not ordinary. Yabu Sele is a national player in the France men's basketball team, having participated in the NBA draft as early as 2016 and was a first-round pick. But Yabusele arrived in China's CBA league in his rookie year, played for the Shanghai men's basketball team, and returned to the Boston Celtics a year later, still without a place.
After playing for two seasons, Yabuselle chose to return to the CBA league and play in the Tongxi men's basketball team, and then returned to the European arena. In recent years, Yabuselle has become a mainstay in the Real Madrid men's basketball team and the core of the France men's basketball team, leading the team to a silver medal at the Paris Olympics this summer, so he won a contract with the 76ers.
However, the 76ers can only provide a contract of $2.1 million, and the buyout contract fee that can be supported is very limited, so Yabusele bought out the contract with the Real Madrid men's basketball team out of his own pocket and returned to the NBA, which is equivalent to paying for work, and the ability is really good.