Fournier: “Olympiacos gives me the opportunity to experience great moments!”

For the decision to leave the NBA after 12 years and sign to Olympicspoke o Evan Fournier in “RMC Sport”.

Initially, the French guard/forward emphasized that he is very happy about his selection, saying at the same time:I didn’t know exactly what I was going to do at the beginning of the summer. I just knew I wanted to enjoy basketball. I wanted to experience more great moments and Olympiacos gave me this opportunity. I am very happy. During the preparation with France I didn’t want to think too much about free agency and what I’m going to do. There were contacts with NBA teams and interest from several European teams. But, at that moment I didn’t want to choose and then the Olympics came. When they finished, I said “come on you have to choose” and my agent and I searched the European market. After we saw the options, I directly chose Olympiakos. There were talks about the NBA, among the candidates were the Milwaukee Bucks».

From there, the 31-year-old was asked about his departure Vincent Collet from the “tricolor” bench: “Vincent Collet is the only coach I have worked with in the French national team. I am not surprised by his departure. I thanked him for the beautiful years we had. Now, like everyone else, I’m waiting to see who will replace him».

Finally, Fournier expressed his dissatisfaction with the very expensive tickets for the matches at the Olympic Games: “This was real disappointing. The tickets were early on at very exorbitant prices. It was almost 5,000 euros for seats behind the basketball».

???? “Je voluais encore vivre des grands moments et l’Olympiakos m’a donne cette opportunite.”

?????? @EvanFourmizzdouble Olympic vice-champion with the French team, explains his choice to return to Europe instead of staying in the NBA. pic.twitter.com/91ImC6vpyW

— RMC Sport (@RMCsport) September 8, 2024