Pistons decline team option on Evan Fournier

Evan Sidery: The Pistons are set to decline Evan Fournier’s $19 million team option. Fournier is seriously mulling over offers from EuroLeague teams to leave the NBA. If Fournier stays, a shooter enters the veteran’s minimum market for contending teams. pic.twitter.com/TUEAMOxhGy -via Twitter @esidery / June 28, 2024

Are ASVEL and Olympiakos interested in Evan Fournier? This rumor circulated over the weekend, especially during the EuroLeague Final Four in Berlin. It seems plausible since the French player had a very challenging season and a half with the Knicks, where he was relegated to the end of the bench. However, Fournier’s representatives, without specifically addressing this rumor, confirm that a return to Europe is not currently a priority for the French shooting guard. Although he will undoubtedly be a “free agent” this summer, since the Pistons can release him by forgoing the $19 million team option they hold on his last contract year, Evan Fournier wants to continue his career in the NBA. At just 31 years old, he is still keen on playing in the league. -via Basket USA / May 28, 2024

Michael Scotto: Looking ahead to the offseason, Detroit could have up to $60 million in cap space if they decline Evan Fournier’s team option and let go of Troy Brown. Everyone is looking for them to do what the Houston Rockets did a summer ago and spend all their cap space available. From what I’ve heard, plan A is not to go the Houston route and spend all the cap space money they have in free agency. There’s a possibility Detroit will look to sign a free agent like Tobias Harris or Miles Bridges, two guys that will certainly be on their radar heading into the offseason, and then use the remaining cap space to potentially acquire a player in a trade. Whether it’s Detroit or other teams around the league, they’re all monitoring playoff teams that fail to meet expectations and could either make a change to shake things up or a star player on one of those teams becomes disgruntled and wants out. -via HoopsHype / April 22, 2024