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As training camp nears, Evan Fournier’s tone has somewhat shifted.
The veteran guard went from expecting a change of address to merely hoping
for one, even suggesting he felt like was being “held hostage,” Fournier
said in an interview with French radio station RTL.
“I’m still in New York at the moment,” Fournier said. “I want to leave.
But beyond leaving, I want to have the opportunity to get some playing time
back. That’s all. That’s mostly it. Because in New York, I feel extremely
good. I love living there, I love the franchise, I love playing at Madison
[Square Garden], I love the guys on the team.
隨著訓練營的即將到來，Evan Fournier 似乎有改變他的態度。
從最初期待被交易，變成了僅希望事情有所改變，甚至表示自己感覺像是被“扣為人質”
，Fournier 在接受法國電台RTL的訪談中提到。
Fournier 表示：“我目前還待在紐約。我想離開。但除了離開，我想重新獲得一些上場
時間。大致就是這樣。因為在紐約，我感覺非常好。我喜歡在那裡生活，我喜歡這個球隊
，我喜歡在麥迪遜廣場花園打球，我也愛球隊上的夥伴。
“So I just want to play, that’s all. It’s true that finding another club,
changing franchises, if that’s what you have to do to play again, that’s
what I would like to do.”
Fournier was out of the Knicks’ rotation by late last November after
beginning the year as a starter and only played meaningful minutes due to
injury from that point on.
我單純想打球，就是這樣。確實，如果必須換一支球隊，才能再次上場，那就是我想要
做的事情。”
Fournier 在去年11月掉出了尼克輪替陣容，當時他還是一個先發球員，之後只有在有球
員受傷的情況下才會上場。
He was a good soldier until the season wrapped up.
After the Knicks were eliminated by the Heat in the second round of the
playoffs, Fournier told reporters he expected to be gone and detailed the
frustrating season in which he became an expensive cheerleader.
But the Knicks have yet to move him, mostly because his expiring $18.9
million contract is a valuable trade chip to match contracts if the right
deal comes along.
尼克在第二輪被熱火隊淘汰後，Fournier 告訴記者，他期望自己會離開，並詳細描述了
這個令人沮喪的賽季，特別是成為板凳上一名昂貴的啦啦隊隊員。
但尼克還沒有交易他，主要是因為他的到期的合約高達$18.9 M，如果合適的交易出現，
可以作為一個有價值的交易籌碼來匹配合同。
Media day is Monday followed by the start of camp and Fournier remains a
Knick.
“If I knew, for example, that the coach was going to give me 10-15 minutes
here and there, I know that I could make the most of it and grab minutes
gradually and perform well,” the 30-year-old Fournier said. “But that’s
not even the case. I don’t have the opportunity to play and even worse, I
feel like I’m being held hostage. I hope this situation will resolve itself
and I especially hope that the Knicks will give me a chance.”
然而，迄今為止交易還沒有發生。
尼克的媒體日是星期一，接下來就是訓練營，而Fournier 仍然是尼克的一員。
Fournier 表示: “如果教練給我每場比賽10-15分鐘的上場時間，我知道我可以充分利用
這些時間，並逐漸贏得上場時間且表現出色，但事與願違。我沒有機會上場，更糟糕的是
，我感覺自己像是人質被留在這。我希望這種情況能夠得到解決，特別希望尼克能給我一
個機會。”