Former NBA forward Evan Fournier isn’t sure if he’ll play in EuroBasket for France this summer, he told Antonis Stroggylakis of Eurohoops.net. Fournier has earned numerous silver and bronze medals with the French national team over the past dozen years.
“First of all, I’m not thinking about it if I’m being honest because the (Greek League) season is not over,” he said. “Sometimes I do think about it but I never come up with a straight answer. Because the truth is I’m mentally here. Physically, I’m fighting some things. If I feel better and 100 percent and mentally I’m good, yes I’ll go to the EuroBasket. If I’m not feeling good, then I won’t.”
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Leading Fenerbahce Beko to its second EuroLeague championship in team history, Nigel Hayes-Davis was named Most Valuable Player of the Final Four, according to Stroggylakis. He averaged 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.5 blocks, and 1.0 steals per game in the tournament, including a game-high 23 points in the Final against AS Monaco. Hayes-Davis had a nine-game stint with three NBA teams during the 2017/18 season.
Former NBA big man Nikola Mirotic is close to signing a two-year deal with AS Monaco, Donatas Urbonas of Basketnews.com reports. He currently has one year remaining on his contract with Olimpia Milano but he intends to exercise an exit clause included in that agreement. Moritic logged 319 NBA games from 2014-19.
Spotrac contributor Scott Allen divides the potential NBA free agent point guards into tiers, with Kyrie Irving and James Harden — who each hold player options — rated in the All-Star tier. Fred VanVleet (team option), Josh Giddey (restricted) and Dennis Schroder (unrestricted) round out his top five.