He may be a pure product of Île-de-France, but he will not do his hometown club any favors. This Thursday, Evan Fournier reacted to the postponement of the match between Paris Basketball and Fenerbahçe, granted by the Euroleague following the lack of players available in the capital’s team. On X, the Olympiakos basketball player, currently third in the European competition, expressed his incomprehension, believing that nothing justified this decision.
“Each team plays every night despite illness and injury,” he wrote. If you can’t show up with enough players to play the match, you should lose it. When you cancel the match, you allow teams to manipulate the rules and it becomes dangerous. This is just my opinion. »
Relaunched by subscribers in comments, Evan Fournier clarified his thoughts, promising that he was not afraid of Paris Basketball. “It’s just that I find that this decision goes against high-level sport,” he wrote, ensuring that his team had four sick people to face Monaco. You’re not fit, you lose. What is the limit otherwise? Do we only play when everyone is at 100%? »
According to our information, the virus which affects the capital club has however affected more than four players. Eight of them would indeed be unable to hold their place.
Tuesday evening, against Real Madrid, TJ Shorts, Yakuba Ouattara and Enzo Sharvin had already had to withdraw, while Mikael Jantunen only lasted eight minutes.
