Detroit Pistons guard Evan Fournier has been fined $25,000 for kicking the game ball into the spectator stands, the NBA officially announced. Despite Fournier's season-high 18 points for Detroit, Heat big man Bam Adebayo sealed a 104-101 win over the Pistons with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer on Sunday.
Evan Fournier had openly criticized the New York Knicks before his departure from the club. Now, at Detroit Pistons, the French guard wants to write a new page. After barely playing for two seasons, Fournier is now a member of the Pistons rotation, averaging 21 minutes per game on his new team.
The Detroit Pistons are finalizing a trade to send guard Alec Burks back to the New York Knicks, as per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. In exchange for Burks, the Knicks are sending Quentin Grimes and two future second-round picks to the Pistons, according to the same report.
Detroit Pistons guard Evan Fournier has been fined $25,000 for kicking the game ball into the spectator stands, the NBA officially announced. Despite Fournier's season-high 18 points for Detroit, Heat big man Bam Adebayo sealed a 104-101 win over the Pistons with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer on Sunday.
Evan Fournier had openly criticized the New York Knicks before his departure from the club. Now, at Detroit Pistons, the French guard wants to write a new page. After barely playing for two seasons, Fournier is now a member of the Pistons rotation, averaging 21 minutes per game on his new team.
The Detroit Pistons are finalizing a trade to send guard Alec Burks back to the New York Knicks, as per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. In exchange for Burks, the Knicks are sending Quentin Grimes and two future second-round picks to the Pistons, according to the same report.
Evan Fournier has played in just one game for the New York Knicks this season despite being the fourth most expensive player on the roster. The French player says he doesn't expect to play this season anymore.
Rudy Gobert, speaking to Stefan Bondy of the New York Post, supported his fellow countryman Evan Fournier by addressing the last season the sharpshooter spent with the New York Knicks, in which he was cut out of the rotation.
One year before the Olympic Games on home soil, the French national team finds itself in a state of uncertainty. They suffered a surprising early exit in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 in Indonesia, a fiasco that caught everyone off guard.
Evan Fournier witnessed a tough World Cup premiere for France in the Indonesia Arena, Jakarta. The French guard led his team offensively, but his contribution didn't have the slightest effect, as Les Bleus received a heavy 65-95 pouncing at the hands of Team Canada.
New York Knicks guard Evan Fournier had a tough 2022-23 season after playing just 27 games for the team. Now, he opened up about his experience in the organization. In an interview with Yann Ohnona from L'Equipe, Fournier told that he even played a mental image in his head to help him cope with the fact that he's not getting on the court anymore despite having a contract with the team.
Evan Fournier played only 27 games for the New York Knicks in the 2022-23 NBA season. He didn't appear on the court for a single minute in the playoffs. After getting eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semifinal, Fournier was open about his current state and his future.
The New York Knicks and France national team guard Evan Fournier doesn't think Joel Embiid will play for Team USA, despite obtaining American citizenship. In a conversation with Toni Canyameras, the 30-year-old French also said he would welcome the Philadelphia 76ers star with open arms.
Evan Fournier wants to be part of the New York Knicks franchise as the Feb. 9 trade deadline nears. "Best-case scenario, I want to stay here. I want to play here," he told Zach Braziller of the New York Post. "I had a bunch of different choices in free agency and I wanted to be a Knick. I love New York. I wanted to play for [Tom Thibodeau]. So I'd love to stay, but I'd love to play."
Evan Fournier is in his 11th year in the NBA this season. He has been a part of four different teams throughout his career. Additionally, he's won five medals with the French national team. Recently, there have been some talks with current veterans and former French basketball stars expressing doubt about the current state of the French basketball youth and the career path they choose to take.
Having lost the EuroBasket final to Spain (76-88), Evan Fournier and his teammates in France NT had a hard time coming to terms with second place and the silver medal. The French guard went as far as to walk up to the podium without wearing his medal, a gesture he shared with Rudy Gobert.
Evan Fournier scored 23 points in the final match against Spain in EuroBasket 2022 but it was not enough to bring gold to his country. France struggled throughout the entire match while Sergio Scariolo's team looked younger, faster, and more disciplined.
Evan Fournier will have the chance to play his first EuroBasket final in his career this Sunday as France takes on Spain. The 29-year-old guard averages 14.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 3.1 with Les Bleus so far in the tournament and spoke about his side overcoming Poland in the semis and his plans ahead for the future.Â
Evan Fournier wants to see more French fans in the stands of the Berlin arena. Especially since France's national team qualified for the final game on Sunday. "Alright, now get your asses to Berlin and light up the arena," Fournier tweeted once the opponent of the final became known. France routed Poland 95-54 in the first semifinal, and Spain advanced to the final after beating Germany 96-91.
With 12 seconds to play at the end of regulation, Turkish basketball fans have already started booking tickets for the EuroBasket 2022 quarterfinal. Turkey was up by two (77-75), and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot was just called for an unsportsmanlike foul.
"Are they really going to lose on purpose to finish the group in the fourth seed?" fans were attacking Lithuanian journalists with personal messages before the France vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina game. If Bosnians had won against France, Lithuania would have been eliminated from the tournament. Also, France most likely would have finished fourth and avoided Greece or Serbia in the quarterfinals.
The French national team had exceptional support in the stands for the game against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnians' victory would have eliminated Lithuania from the EuroBasket 2022, so hundred of Lithuanian fans were supporting team France. From the middle of the second quarter, they started changing "France! France!" and boosted them to a tight win vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 81-68.
When the French newcomer showed up in the national team camp, the New York Knicks star Evan Fournier was sure he wouldn't make the final roster. On top of that, his head coach didn't really believe that's the guy he'll bring to the EuroBasket 2022. But Terry Tarpey became the biggest French basketball summer surprise.