Very little used by the New York Knicks this year, Evan Fournier now hopes to bounce elsewhere next season. At 30, the Frenchman wants to continue to take “pleasure”.
After Denver, Orlando, Boston and New York, Evan Fournier should (soon) experience a new franchise in the NBA. Indeed, a very important player for the Knicks in 2021-22, the Frenchman was finally dismissed by his coach Tom Thibodeau this season. On arrival, the one who is eager to find pleasure with the France team during the 2023 World Cup (from August 25 to September 10) has only played 27 games in 2022-23. A situation that the interested party lives logically badly and which should lead to a departure.
Close to joining the Indiana Pacers in recent days, the rear hopes that the situation will quickly settle down to have more clarity on his future. “I would be very surprised to be a Knick next year. They pay me 18 million, they have no interest in keeping me. (…) I’m disappointed, I didn’t imagine things like that, but I don’t regret anything. It’s part of my journey now. The rest is up to me to write “, he explained in particular.
“If I stayed, it would be a disaster”
“Bounce back to Spurs? I don’t know. I want a spot where I have fun again, where I can be myself. Would their game be more suited to me? It’s not the Spurs of 2014 anymore, huh. But it is sure that playing for Pop (Gregg Popovich), learning from him, it would be a pleasure, an honor. Afterwards, being with Victor (Wembanyama), with a view to the Olympics, to start an agreement on the pitch, that would be great. But compared to my career, this will not change the task that I will have to accomplish, also declared Fournier, during an interview granted to L’Equipe at the end of June, shortly after the draft. (…) If the Knicks keep me? I would be shot. I am going to be traded (exchanged), it is not possible otherwise. Or I’d be stuck, and so would they. (…) If I stayed, it would be a disaster, sportingly, for my career, everything. A year without playing, I can manage. Two… that would be terrible. »
At 30, the Frenchman knows what he is capable of (he was the fourth best 3-point scorer in the NBA in 2021-22) and wants revenge.
