2012 Draft Prospect: Evan Fournier

[Bruno]

http://basketactu.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Evan-Fournier.jpg
Height: 6-7
Weight: 206 lbs
Birthday: 10/29/1992
Team: Poitiers (France)
Country: France

DraftExpress (http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Evan-Fournier-5719/)
nbadraft (http://www.nbadraft.net/players/evan-fournier)

[Bruno]

DX mock draft has him at #20. I find that's way too high for him. He is a smooth and skilled player but he isn't a great athlete or a great shooter which is problematic for a wing player.

[jjktkk]

DX mock draft has him at #20. I find that's way too high for him. He is a smooth and skilled player but he isn't a great athlete or a great shooter which is problematic for a wing player.

What is his position? Is he a combo guard? And I want to say thanks for all your draft prospect posts Bruno. :tu

[Bruno]

What is his position? Is he a combo guard? And I want to say thanks for all your draft prospect posts Bruno. :tu

Thanks for the thanks.

Fournier is pretty much a pure SG. He has a good size to play that position.

[AFBlue]

Any news or rumors about the Spurs being interested in this kid? I know it'd take trading into the late first to make it happen, but it just seems like he'd be a logical target...young wing, good size, French.

[yavozerb]

Any news or rumors about the Spurs being interested in this kid? I know it'd take trading into the late first to make it happen, but it just seems like he'd be a logical target...young wing, good size, French.

The fact there is no news or rumors about the spurs and this kid probably indicates that the spurs are interested in him...

[ace3g]

French guard Fournier loves Manu's game

A 19-year-old French guard is trying to go from under-the-radar prospect to first round draft pick in the NBA Draft on June 28.

No, that paragraph was not borrowed from an article that originally appeared in the summer of 2001, when San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker went from unknown to sleeper pick for the Spurs.

But Parker's nationality and rookie age are where the comparisons stop.

Evan Fournier, a 6-7 shooting guard from France hopes to find his way into the land of guaranteed contracts in the first round, but he looks at Manu Ginobili, not Parker as a role model.

"I don't have a favorite player but I love his game," Fournier told the Journal Sentinal during a recent workout with the Milwaukee Bucks.

While I'm sure Fournier would love to learn the ins and outs of the league from Ginobili himself, he does not have a workout scheduled with the swingman-heavy Spurs.

This isn't the first time an NBA prospect has talked highly of Ginobili. Prior to being drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder, James Harden talked about modeling his game after Manu's and he is often compared to him even now.

http://projectspurs.com/2012-articles/june/french-guard-fournier-loves-manus-game.html

[Bruno]

A little fun video with a 12 years old Fournier playing against Boris Diaw:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x94vjs_c-est-quoi-ton-sport-avec-boris-dia_sport

It would have been great if Spurs could have had that version of Boris.