While the Knicks are not at their best, Tom Thibodeau has still not deigned to open his bench. Result, Evan Fournier has still not set foot on the NBA floor this season, and he is the only one on the team! Starting a year ago, the back of the French team recalls that he expected it.
“I guess the guys found something that worked last season, and they’re going to continue to build on it. It does not depend on me “ explains the Frenchman New York Post. “My mentality remains to prove that I deserve to play. But basically, I knew what awaited me. I knew the rotation would be the same as last season. When the coach told me I wouldn’t be in the rotation, I wasn’t surprised. »
Fournier does not want to think about the “trade deadline”
As a simple player on a “two-way contract”, Fournier only played in pre-season. Seventy-six minutes, and then nothing. Probably the most frustrating thing is to see that the team is not shooting well, and that it is 24th out of 30 in 3-point shooting with a mediocre 32%. Or perhaps to notice that Thibodeau doesn’t even call on him when there are absentees, like RJ Barrett at the moment.
In the end, all he has to do is wait until February 8, the deadline for making transfers. The famous “trade deadline”. If he is not transferred, Fournier hopes to at least be able to negotiate a buy-out to become a free agent and finish the season on a team aiming for the playoffs.
“It’s managed day by day… Really. We cannot project ourselves that far. I cannot, on a daily basis, think about the deadline. It’s too far, and it’s no way to live. »
