The Boston Celtics don’t have the salary cap room for any major midseason pursuits as the Feb. 6 trade deadline quickly nears.

Boston committed over $900 million in combined contracts to retain its starting five and reached $500 million in total spending this past offseason. Jayson Tatum signed a record-large $315 million supermax, and with the looming uncertainty of the franchise’s upcoming sale, the title-defending Celtics aren’t content.

With less than two weeks remaining until the trade market is closed for good, Boston is one of several teams — including the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets — linked to Philadelphia 76ers forward Guerschon Yabusele, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Yabusele signed a one-year, $2.1 million deal with Philadelphia following the 29-year-old’s impressive showing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens was Yabusele’s head coach during the France native’s first two NBA seasons. Boston selected Yabusele with the 16th overall pick in the 2016 draft, but the sharpshooting wing’s brief two-year run with the Celtics triggered a five-year intermission from NBA basketball.

Yabusele, a versatile 6-foot-8, 260-pound role player, took his talents overseas, playing in China and France before landing a deal with Real Madrid to retool and improve.

That departure paid its dividends when Yabusele showed out at this past summer’s Olympics in Paris. Yabusele soared over LeBron James and finished a vicious poster dunk in the France-USA gold medal game. Immediately, Yabusele went viral, although the attention spike was well deserved beyond the 2K-like jam.

Yabusele and Team France settled for an impressive silver-medal finish but more importantly, the ex-first-rounder helped himself by catapulting his stock interest. Yabusele averaged 14 points and 3.3 rebounds and shot 51.9% from the field in the Olympics, which prompted Philadelphia’s front office to reach out with a contract offer.

Although… Yabusele did float interest in returning to the Celtics before the “Dancing Bear” went viral and drew eyes in Paris.

“You gotta tell (the Celtics) to bring me back,” Yabusele told Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe in August.

Boston didn’t budge and instead signed guard Lonnie Walker before cutting him to avoid going any higher above the luxury tax — Walker’s Exhibit 10 contract would’ve cost the Celtics $10 million to retain him.

Yabusele, meanwhile, has built a convincing case to stick around the NBA once his contract expires and he hits free agency in the offseason. He’s averaged 10.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and two assists, making 22 starts in 44 appearances for the Sixers this season. Yabusele’s depth, coupled with Payton Pritchard’s ascension, could improve Boston’s bench and overall depth immensely.

The Celtics are due for a breakout amid what’s been a discouraging 9-6 month of January.

Struggles, including fourth-quarter tumbles, 3-point inefficiency, and the failure to combat lowly competition with championship-caliber firepower, have plagued the C’s. They’re yet to perform up to par with the Celtics team that chased records, set records and bulldozed its way from a 64-win regular season to an 11-3 playoff record en route to a title.

Next Thursday’s trade deadline is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET.