Former NBA guard Evan Fournier has agreed to a three-year extension with Olympiacos, the team announced (via Twitter).
Fournier, 32, first signed with the Greek power last September. His contract was set to expire next summer, so the extension will keep him with the team through the 2028/29 season.
Fournier had a strong showing in his return to Europe after spending 12 seasons in the NBA. He earned second-team All-EuroLeague honors after averaging 16.1 points and 2.8 assists per game and leading Olympiacos into the Final Four. In the Greek League, he averaged 9.4 PPG and 2.3 APG and helped his team defeat Panathinaikos for the championship.
Fournier played three seasons in his native France before Denver selected him with the 20th pick in the 2012 draft. In 2014, he was traded to Orlando, where he enjoyed his greatest NBA success. He was a consistent starter during his six and a half years with the Magic and posted a career-high 18.5 points per game during the 2019/20 season.
He was dealt to Boston at the 2021 deadline, then was shipped to New York later that year in a sign-and-trade. Fournier fell out of favor with former Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau and barely played for a season and a half before Detroit traded for him at the 2024 deadline.
Fournier appeared in 704 regular season games throughout his NBA career, making 504 starts and averaging 13.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 27.7 minutes per night.
He is also a longtime member of the French national team, capturing silver medals in the 2020 and 2024 Olympics, along with the 2022 EuroBasket tournament.
Happy for him. One of those players that if they came in now they’d be more effective. His defense was meh, but he was a microwave and just got on a lot of bad teams.
He came into the league in 2012 and played until 2024. The league literally changed to a shooting and no defense league in his prime lol.
That’s not true. He got doghouse’d by Thibodeau for it, even after rallying the Knicks to a crazy win by himself basically. I’d agree if he came in now as a rookie. He just never found a good team that could use his strengths and work with his weaknesses. Nuggets, Magic (the magic now would love his shooting) and then the Pistons. Dude wants to play. Ben Simmons can’t make a layup or even try to score but Evan got DNP’d, depressed and sick of the NBA. All these other young players are washing out now because they can’t shoot or score, but can “defend.”
Agree on most but trust me…guys today couldn’t guard a parked car. They aren’t allowed. And why some struggle come playoffs. How many free throws these guys shooting today? Well the lucky few anyway.
First off both of you don’t understand this game. If you think no one plays D. It’s not the old days of Defense like the Bad Boys or even the Bulls. You must not watch the NBA at all. Cause no-one wins in the playoffs without playing D. Did you watch the
2024-25 playoffs at all. Do you know who the Thunder are ????
Unfortunately most of you on here don’t even know what defense looks like.
Second – Fournier was never a good defender. On the Knicks he took on Thibs. He missed assignments on D. He took plays off. That was NEVER going to work with Thibs. Fournier didn’t even try to play D most times. And when he did try he was bad. Fact nobody ever took him on after Knicks only proved who he is. A Euro who has no time for D. He got 78 mill for 4 yrs from Knicks. And sat for 2 1/2 yrs.
You believe you don’t have to play D in NBA. You won’t last long. And you certainly will NEVER play on a good team.
The Olympiacos gone be dope dis year
Irrelevant, as was his career in the NBA.
Go to bed burner, lols.
I mean, he was in the NBA and you weren’t, so I guess he wasn’t that irrelevant…
Guy wasn’t good. He had one great game. He won’t be missed. Incredibly frustrating to watch.
Not trying to be an dinghole but pointing out that someone wasn’t in the NBA is also irrelevant.