After a dozen seasons in the NBA, Fournier will make his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut
Olympiacos adds star guard Evan Fournier to backcourt
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Olympiacos Piraeus bolstered its backcourt by signing shooting guard Evan Fournier to a two-year deal, the club announced Monday.
Fournier (1.98 meters, 31 years old) arrives from the Detroit Pistons, where he averaged 7.2 points and 1.6 assists in 29 NBA games last season. He started the 2023-24 campaign with the New York Knicks. Fournier began his career in his native France where he suited up for INSEP, JSF Nanterre and Union Poitiers Basket 86. A first-round pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 2012 NBA Draft, he played for the Nuggets, Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic before joining the Knicks. In 704 NBA regular season games, Fournier averaged 13.6 points and 2.5 assists. He took part in 19 playoff games, too, in which he posted 11.7 points.
A French national team icon
Fournier has also been a regular member of the French national team for more than a decade. He has helped Les Bleus win back-to-back Olympic silver medals in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. Fournier also won the silver medal at EuroBasket 2022 and respective bronze medals at the 2014 and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cups and EuroBasket 2015. Fournier has scored 1,329 points in 118 games with the French national team. He now faces a new challenge in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with Olympiacos.