Throughout the Paris Olympics, France's Guerschon Yabusele has received "MVP" chants from the home crowd.
Yabusele made sure to turn in an MVP-level play during the gold medal game.
Late in the first half, Yabusele completed a driving dunk over four-time NBA MVP LeBron James, who was whistled for a foul as he attempted to draw a charge on the French forward.
As James is rarely on the receiving end on such highlight plays, the dunk requires a second —and third — look.
Take a look at the replay of Yabusele's vicious dunk in all of its glory.
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LeBron James dunked on video
Yabusele stunned everyone in attendance with his driving dunk on James. The highlight immediately becomes one of the biggest plays from throughout the Olympic basketball tournament.
GUERSCHON YABUSELE ON LEBRON JAMES. 😳
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 10, 2024
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Yabusele, who has spent the past few seasons playing for Spanish club Real Madrid, is a former first-round pick of the Celtics and spent two seasons playing in the NBA.
The play resulted in two of Yabusele's loudest points in a 15-point first half. And while France trailed at the half, things would be much worse without his contributions.
Guerschon Yabusele NBA stats
Yabusele played 74 regular season games and 16 playoff games over two NBA seasons and postseason appearances. He only averaged 6.6 minutes per game, limiting him to averages of 2.3 points, 1.4 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.2 steals and 0.2 blocks.
You can find Yabusele's year-by-year NBA stats below.
Year | Age | Team | GP | MP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | PPG |
2017-18 | 22 | BOS | 33 | 7.1 | .426 | .324 | .682 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
2018-19 | 23 | BOS | 41 | 6.1 | .455 | .321 | .682 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.3 |