Barred from the rotation of the Knicks for almost a month, Evan Fournier could soon be transferred by the Knicks. Indeed, according to Fred Katz The Athletic, the New York franchise would like to create packages around the Frenchman to facilitate a future transfer. We detail.
Finally a lifeline for Evan?
November 13, 2022. Here is the last game in which Fournier participated, a heavy defeat against the Thunder which punctuated the sad start to the season for the compatriot and his franchise. Since then, not a single minute of play, and a communication to say the least… silent on the part of the Knicks. Was it a decision made by Tom Thibodeau? A disagreement between the player and his management? As December 15 approaches, when transfer talks will heat up, the first whispers are beginning to emerge from the Madison Square Garden offices.
The Knicks would therefore like to transfer Evan Fourniernow remains to be seen what package to create to allow this future deal.
Integrate a draft choice? No thanks, according to Fred Katz’s latest report.
League sources indicate that the players who have been talked about the most by the Knicks with other teams are (in no particular order): Immanuel Quickley, Evan Fournier, Derrick Rose and Cam Reddish.
The Knicks made several phone calls to the trade deadline last winter, which they also did this summer. Fournier has two more seasons left on his contract, including this one, and he hasn’t played the field in an official match for three weeks. However, the Knicks aren’t so desperate that they want to trade him as soon as possible.
The Knicks have shown no desire to tie draft picks to Fournier to trade him, according to multiple sources. That being said, that does not mean that a transfer from Evan Fournier is impossible. The Knicks have expressed to other teams that they could consider acquiring a less good contract in exchange, if it allows them to have an advantageous piece in the exchange. The Knicks owe Evan Fournier $18 million this season and $18.9 million the next. A team option is on the third, to the tune of $19 million.
The Knicks have also communicated the fact that they were able to tie Quickley or Reddish to Fournier to allow a transfer, according to several sources.
Release, perhaps, for Evan.
It would seem that his return to any rotation of Tom Thibodeau is out of the question, and when we see the same rumors around Quickley and Reddish, we can deduce that there will be movement in New York by February 9, 2023, date official trade deadline in the NBA.
The end of the adventure in New York, soon for Evan? The first rumors are circulating, now we will cross our fingers so that the situation ends positively, for Fournier as for his franchise. The end of a dream, in any case, which was to wear the Knicks jersey…
Source : The Athletic