Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Monday October 9, 2023 at 2:20 p.m.
Already relegated to the role of substitute last season, Evan Fournier already knows that he should not be used more this season. The French guard of the New York Knicks nevertheless keeps his spirits up. With the hope that his trainer will eventually trust him again.
“I have a lot of respect for Evan Fournier, but it’s hard to argue with a 37-22 record and a better Net Rating.” A few words, spoken by Tom Thibodeau, during the NBA Media Day last week, were enough for the Frenchman to understand that a very complicated season was once again looming before him even though it has not yet started. His coach, in the same way that he did not hesitate to take him out of the rotation overnight last season when the team was not doing well, was very clear: he will not touch his rotation , in the same way that he intends to essentially trust the players who led the Knicks to the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference a few months ago. Fournier is not one of them. He would therefore have every reason, especially knowing Thibodeau’s stubbornness, to want to throw everything away. However, the former Orlando player seems determined to welcome things with a state of mind totally opposite to the one he could adopt. Rather than languishing, “Ant” wants to be optimistic, and to force himself to think that his situation can change. In any case, this is what the ex-leader of the Blues suggested on the sidelines of the last day of the New Yorkers’ training camp.
Fournier: “Maybe I’m crazy, I don’t know”
“I have hope of playing, to be honest. I have hope of playing. Maybe I’m crazy, I don’t know (…) I might be dreaming, but I can help the team”, affirms Fournier in the columns of New York Daily News. In the back of his mind, the unfortunate man from the last exercise even keeps the possibility of getting the immutable Thibodeau to reconsider his position. “Maybe Tom Thibodeau has already made his decision, but my goal is to put him in a position where he has to think about playing me. And I’m going to treat every practice and every opportunity I have like it’s My last.” And if at the same time, the native of Evreux continues to count the matches that take place without him, this will at least give him daily motivation to continue to give his all.
2023-10-09 12:32:44
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