BREAKING WOJ: Evan Fournier 4 years, 78 million (Team-Option)

[RHODEY]

We dont even get Fournier if we dont make the playoffs last season. This should be an upgrade, better scoring and playmaking. I'll wait and see how he looks with the team.

Yep Im frustrated but not really mad at the FO, I think they did everything possible to make deals but apparently players still don't want to come here and teams still don't want to made fair deals with us. That said just looking at us now we are becoming a pretty deep team. Our ceiling isn't sky high but our floor is significantly higher than last season's.

I'm aware the competition got a lot better, but hey you can only do what you can do. But most of our contracts are good, nobody is grossly overpaid, so maybe they'll be trade able down the line.

Last year this time this whole board said we were a bottom 5 team and there was NO WAY we were making the playoffs and we should have picked Tyrell Terry 8th and Frank was Thibs best friend (had to throw that in there).

I'll wait and see what happens, much of our improvement will rely on RJ, IQ, Obi or any of our picks this year breaking out. Surprisingly we didnt trade any young guys so they will have a chance to show something.

Right Fournier added to the starting lineup should take significant load off off of Randle's shoulders. Mitch if healthy is a load defensively ...We can still be dangerous no doubt.

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Let's not underestimate the French connection - Fournier and RJ smack talking in le francais will be la bomb..

[HighRyzer83]

Fournier is a hooper. He can snipe and create his own. Y'all buggin if you think he's a bum. He's a borderline all star.

He is exactly what we needed in the playoffs. He's tough as hell to play against. Always a thorn in our ass when we play against him. Fckn Thornier.

[ITGM]

Fournier is a hooper. He can snipe and create his own. Y'all buggin if you think he's a bum. He's a borderline all star.

He is exactly what we needed in the playoffs. He's tough as hell to play against. Always a thorn in our ass when we play against him. Fckn Thornier.

Facts

[Juco24]

Yep Im frustrated but not really mad at the FO, I think they did everything possible to make deals but apparently players still don't want to come here and teams still don't want to made fair deals with us. That said just looking at us now we are becoming a pretty deep team. Our ceiling isn't sky high but our floor is significantly higher than last season's.

I'm aware the competition got a lot better, but hey you can only do what you can do. But most of our contracts are good, nobody is grossly overpaid, so maybe they'll be trade able down the line.

Last year this time this whole board said we were a bottom 5 team and there was NO WAY we were making the playoffs and we should have picked Tyrell Terry 8th and Frank was Thibs best friend (had to throw that in there).

I'll wait and see what happens, much of our improvement will rely on RJ, IQ, Obi or any of our picks this year breaking out. Surprisingly we didnt trade any young guys so they will have a chance to show something.

Right Fournier added to the starting lineup should take significant load off off of Randle's shoulders. Mitch if healthy is a load defensively ...We can still be dangerous no doubt.

Piggybacking... no one is talking about the fact that EF is a good secondary playmaker and can even play the Point on possessions

[Tron Carter]

Fournier really out here in these olympics looking like French Kobe

[Tron Carter]

Honestly what is the difference between Fournier and Bogdan Bogdonavic? Same exact age, similar TS%, Fournier even gets to the line twice as much.

I can’t believe y’all are bitching about this deal but then again I’m not surprised. Outside of Duncan Robinson this is the highest level shooter on the market by a wide margin. I just don’t get the vitriol.

[Horcy]

Magic fan here guys. I hate this signing. I was really happy when we got rid of Fournier (it took us so long...)
He plays no defense at all, he only cares about shooting and taking difficult and stupid shots.
Is he an excellent shooter? Yes, he is. But he absolutely lacks criteria.

He's not a leader in and off the court, he's the definition of a chucker.
The best thing I can wish to you is that I hope you trade him asap.

[Jump Shot]

He's putting the got damn ball in the got damn bucket, 12 points in the first half. How much Frank got? I'm gonna guess a big fat 0.

[Tron Carter]

Magic fan here guys. I hate this signing. I was really happy when we got rid of Fournier (it took us so long...)
He plays no defense at all, he only cares about shooting and taking difficult and stupid shots.
Is he an excellent shooter? Yes, he is. But he absolutely lacks criteria.

He's not a leader in and off the court, he's the definition of a chucker.
The best thing I can wish to you is that I hope you trade him asap.

oh no, he wasn’t a leader for the orlando magic

[Horcy]

Magic fan here guys. I hate this signing. I was really happy when we got rid of Fournier (it took us so long...)
He plays no defense at all, he only cares about shooting and taking difficult and stupid shots.
Is he an excellent shooter? Yes, he is. But he absolutely lacks criteria.

He's not a leader in and off the court, he's the definition of a chucker.
The best thing I can wish to you is that I hope you trade him asap.

oh no, he wasn’t a leader for the orlando magic

Well...Vucevic was one, for many years on a horrible team. You still can be a leader on a bad team.
Man...I've been respectful, I tryed to give you guys a real overview of Fournier nothing else. You do not need to be rude. You talk like you've won something in the last 50 years...
Good luck with him, you're the team that's overpaying him.

[waya]

Fournier >>>> Derozan

[SOUL]

Well...Vucevic was one, for many years on a horrible team. You still can be a leader on a bad team.
Man...I've been respectful, I tryed to give you guys a real overview of Fournier nothing else. You do not need to be rude. You talk like you've won something in the last 50 years...
Good luck with him, you're the team that's overpaying him.

To be fair you're going into another forum trashing a signing when nobody asked you to.. what do you expect the response will be lol

My 2 cents don't matter either, I didn't like Fournier in Orlando at the end but that's because we tried to make him a 2nd option and make it work with Vuc and Gordon for like 6 years straight and not realizing how stupid it was to keep doing that.

Fournier might become a fan favorite actually he is passionate as **** and has a good personality in terms of being a rallying leader, just not someone who's gonna like carry the team. He's pretty consistent as well in terms of shooting percentages but there are games he does nothing at all or just misses everything, so he'll have like 3-4 decent to really good games then just do nothing.. but IMO he was paid very fairly in terms of how he can help a team.

Definitely someone who is who he is though, so still predicated on RJ breaking out and Randle continuing his play from last year.. and I kinda wanna see him play around a bunch of defenders like you guys have. He is weirdly clutch and anti-clutch at the same time. Maddening turnovers but then makes some crazy shots afterwards. Knicks are like my 2nd or 3rd fav team to watch so I wanna see it work out. I can see him being the most consistent scorer even if he's not the leading scorer.

[aggo]

Honestly what is the difference between Fournier and Bogdan Bogdonavic? Same exact age, similar TS%, Fournier even gets to the line twice as much.

I can’t believe y’all are bitching about this deal but then again I’m not surprised. Outside of Duncan Robinson this is the highest level shooter on the market by a wide margin. I just don’t get the vitriol.

its bc he's not 'hood.

people won't like me saying it and will deny it, but deep inside they know its the truth

[FKF]

Congrats management for a great signing !

Evan has really improved the past 3-4 seasons and is a perfect fit for Randle, Thibs, and the other guys.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Magic fan here guys. I hate this signing. I was really happy when we got rid of Fournier (it took us so long...)
He plays no defense at all, he only cares about shooting and taking difficult and stupid shots.
Is he an excellent shooter? Yes, he is. But he absolutely lacks criteria.

He's not a leader in and off the court, he's the definition of a chucker.
The best thing I can wish to you is that I hope you trade him asap.

oh no, he wasn’t a leader for the orlando magic

The Celtics just let him go for nothing, and a Magic fan would know more about Fournier than Knicks fans trying to make themselves feel better about spending $60,000 on a Toyota Camry.


Go look at Fournier's career playoff numbers, then take into account he's a terrible defender.

[DOT]

Honestly what is the difference between Fournier and Bogdan Bogdonavic? Same exact age, similar TS%, Fournier even gets to the line twice as much.

I can’t believe y’all are bitching about this deal but then again I’m not surprised. Outside of Duncan Robinson this is the highest level shooter on the market by a wide margin. I just don’t get the vitriol.

its bc he's not 'hood.

people won't like me saying it and will deny it, but deep inside they know its the truth

I don't get it

Explain exactly what it is you mean by "he's not 'hood"

[Horcy]

Well...Vucevic was one, for many years on a horrible team. You still can be a leader on a bad team.
Man...I've been respectful, I tryed to give you guys a real overview of Fournier nothing else. You do not need to be rude. You talk like you've won something in the last 50 years...
Good luck with him, you're the team that's overpaying him.

To be fair you're going into another forum trashing a signing when nobody asked you to.. what do you expect the response will be lol

My 2 cents don't matter either, I didn't like Fournier in Orlando at the end but that's because we tried to make him a 2nd option and make it work with Vuc and Gordon for like 6 years straight and not realizing how stupid it was to keep doing that.

Fournier might become a fan favorite actually he is passionate as **** and has a good personality in terms of being a rallying leader, just not someone who's gonna like carry the team. He's pretty consistent as well in terms of shooting percentages but there are games he does nothing at all or just misses everything, so he'll have like 3-4 decent to really good games then just do nothing.. but IMO he was paid very fairly in terms of how he can help a team.

Definitely someone who is who he is though, so still predicated on RJ breaking out and Randle continuing his play from last year.. and I kinda wanna see him play around a bunch of defenders like you guys have. He is weirdly clutch and anti-clutch at the same time. Maddening turnovers but then makes some crazy shots afterwards. Knicks are like my 2nd or 3rd fav team to watch so I wanna see it work out. I can see him being the most consistent scorer even if he's not the leading scorer.

Didn't trash anyone. Tried to give a fair impression of what they will be receiving on their new player. I always welcome other teams fans to provide their opinions of new players.
But Magic RealGM moderators always go crazy when we write on other team's forums, it's nothing new. They think we're their dogs.
I just tried to give a fair opinion to colleagues who support other teams. As a Latrell Sprewell big fan I always liked the NYK and didn't like this signing. That's all.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Honestly what is the difference between Fournier and Bogdan Bogdonavic? Same exact age, similar TS%, Fournier even gets to the line twice as much.

I can’t believe y’all are bitching about this deal but then again I’m not surprised. Outside of Duncan Robinson this is the highest level shooter on the market by a wide margin. I just don’t get the vitriol.

its bc he's not 'hood.

people won't like me saying it and will deny it, but deep inside they know its the truth

What hood is Bogdanovic claiming?

[Horcy]

Magic fan here guys. I hate this signing. I was really happy when we got rid of Fournier (it took us so long...)
He plays no defense at all, he only cares about shooting and taking difficult and stupid shots.
Is he an excellent shooter? Yes, he is. But he absolutely lacks criteria.

He's not a leader in and off the court, he's the definition of a chucker.
The best thing I can wish to you is that I hope you trade him asap.

oh no, he wasn’t a leader for the Orlando magic

The Celtics just let him go for nothing, and a Magic fan would know more about Fournier than Knicks fans trying to make themselves feel better about spending $60,000 on a Toyota Camry.


Go look at Fournier's career playoff numbers, then take into account he's a terrible defender.

Thanks. I appreciate it. Just tried to share my fair impression about Fournier, nothing else.
I really hope he's better with NYC and think he's a much better fit there. But I guess I've seen enough of him to be able to do a proper judgment.