The body in Japan, the thoughts in the United States.
A few hours before his quarter-final of the Olympics against Italy, Evan Fournier was one of the big names concerned by the free agency in the NBA.
Free agent, therefore, Fournier will sign a four-year contract with the New York Knicks.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the full-back, spent this winter at Orlando where he played for six and a half years, in Boston, will sign a contract of $ 78 million over four seasons.
Under coach Tom Thibodeau, Evan Fournier should be a starter alongside strongman Julius Randle (24.1 pts, 10.2 rebounds, 6 assists) and veteran All-Star Derrick Rose who extended his contract.
On the other hand, he will not play with his teammate in Blue, the leader Frank Ntilikina, left free after four seasons during which he has never won.
Batum extends to the Clippers
On the side of Nicolas Batum, reborn last season with the Clippers with whom he reached the Western Conference final, beaten by Phoenix by being deprived of the star Kawhi Leonard injured, the adventure will continue for two seasons in LA, according to the well-informed site The Athletic.
The 32-year-old winger and captain of the French Blues arrived in the California franchise last season, after seven seasons in Portland and five in Charlotte.
Within the Clipps, Batum found his place, that of an extremely useful “glue guy” (jack of all trades), and relaunched his career, turning to 8.1 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
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