Video: Guerschon Yabusele Slams Poster Dunk on LeBron James; Fans React in Disbelief

Julia StumbaughAugust 10, 2024

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was captured using a remote camera positioned above the field of play) Guerschon Yabusele #7 of Team France goes up for a basket past Lebron James #6 of Team United States during the Men's Gold Medal game between Team France and Team United States on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

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France's Guerschon Yabusele chose a good time for his best dunk of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Yabusele put Team USA's LeBron James on a poster to bring France within five points of the defending champions during the second quarter of Saturday's gold medal game.

NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympics
GUERSCHON YABUSELE ON LEBRON JAMES. 😳 📺 NBC and Peacock | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParisOlympics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ParisOlympics</a> <a href="https://t.co/cjrH6Q9Epd">pic.twitter.com/cjrH6Q9Epd</a>

Bleacher Report @BleacherReport
THESE PHOTOS OF YABUSLE POSTERIZING LEBRON 👀 📸: Damien Meyer, Thibaud Moritz <a href="https://t.co/husdBnOsP0">pic.twitter.com/husdBnOsP0</a>

Yabusele's slam left both James and basketball fans watching from home stunned.

Theo pinson @tpinsonn
Oh lord 😳

LakeShowYo @LakeShowYo
LeBron 💔💔💔 <a href="https://t.co/Mscsznwe7a">pic.twitter.com/Mscsznwe7a</a>

Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnorNBA
Can't believe Yabusele did this to Bron <a href="https://t.co/YGmC5duyQP">https://t.co/YGmC5duyQP</a> <a href="https://t.co/o3YppkKn42">pic.twitter.com/o3YppkKn42</a>

Kyrie Center @kyriecenterig
LeBron James just got put on a poster…😬 <a href="https://t.co/lCBoURLIVo">pic.twitter.com/lCBoURLIVo</a>

Josiah Johnson @KingJosiah54
LeBron after getting dunked on <a href="https://t.co/sd1J9gBzFe">pic.twitter.com/sd1J9gBzFe</a>

chris long @JOEL9ONE
You can never undo the Vince Carter poster, France.

Team USA led France 49-41 at the end of the first half after Yabusele and the home team briefly took the lead in the second quarter.

The dunk reminded fans of Vince Carter's infamous dunk at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, which he achieved over 7-foot-2 Frederic Weis of France.

Lodeci 로데시 🏁 @LoThaGawd
France used a Ben Wallace variant to avenge that Vince Carter dunk from 2000

Curtis Rogers @AKidFromKent
France has been waiting nearly 25 years to get back at the Americans for Vince Carter over Frederic Weis. Yabusele on Bron wasn't quite that, but that was nuts lol

The dunk brought NBA fans' attention to Yabusele, a former first-round pick by the Boston Celtics who played 74 games for the franchise between 2017 and 2019.

He has since played for professional leagues in China, France and Spain, but some fans expressed interest in now seeing him return to the Association.

Domonique @Foxworth24
Yabusele in the locker room signing a deal with the spurs on docusign

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Patterson ⚾️ etc. @Ripat53
Hard to believe Guerschon Yabusele is not playing in the NBA

Gavin @GBS5177
Yabusele might earn himself back into an NBA roster after these Olympics

Jasmine @JasmineLWatkins
Yabusele dunking on Bron <a href="https://t.co/ZcgYAxfw3F">pic.twitter.com/ZcgYAxfw3F</a>

This dunk may have been his most memorable of the Games, but it wasn't the first time Yabusele has been key to France's title hopes.

He contributed 22 points and five rebounds to the team's quarterfinal upset of Canada, then added 17 points and seven rebounds in a semifinal victory over Germany.

ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports
Reidersche Tafel, Milan or Rome, c. 400 AD <a href="https://t.co/Uy1w4FVJFf">pic.twitter.com/Uy1w4FVJFf</a>

☭ omBrad S☘️evens @comBradStevens
France's greatest floor general <a href="https://t.co/IwwAJMaNdz">pic.twitter.com/IwwAJMaNdz</a>

Taco Trey Kerby @treykerby
Yabusele's gotta get a mural painted of this in his home. <a href="https://t.co/0Mcrocuhev">pic.twitter.com/0Mcrocuhev</a>

Yabusele was also a member of France's roster when the team earned a silver medal after playing the United States in the final of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

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