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Orlando Magic Starting 5 Breakdown: Evan Fournier

By Luke Duffy

Dec 13, 2014; Orlando, FL, USA; Orlando Magic guard Evan Fournier (10) drives to the basket against the Atlanta Hawks during the first quarter at Amway Center. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 13, 2014; Orlando, FL, USA; Orlando Magic guard Evan Fournier (10) drives to the basket against the Atlanta Hawks during the first quarter at Amway Center. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 15, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Orlando Magic guard Evan Fournier (10) dribbles the ball up court against Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 15, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Orlando Magic guard Evan Fournier (10) dribbles the ball up court against Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /

The Expectation

Now it’s about building Fournier’s game around his scoring. As a starter, he needs to be able to have nights where he chips in and does the things that the Magic’s better players may be struggling with. There’s no reason why he can’t have the best three-point shooting percentage on the team by the end of the season.

Fournier likes to create his own shot off the bounce more often than he should, especially when you consider he shot 32 percent from pull-up jumpers last season.

Compare this with the much better 40 percent he was making on catch-and-shoot attempts, and it’s clear Fournier has a future as a lethal spot-up shooter on this team.

With both Payton and Oladipo being gifted drivers to the basket, spotting up around them could be one play this team runs multiple times a game for easy looks at the basket (kind of like a lesser version of what Anthony Morrow does when playing with Russell Westbrook).

Fournier also needs to learn his role on this team as well. He’s not a potential star player here nor is he guaranteed to start every game either. Really, if he could become even a little better defensively (he’s been worse so far early into this season, posting a minus-3.4) and show more movement without the ball, we could be looking at a Kyle Korver-lite type for this team.

That should be his goal, and it would help this Magic team massively if he could move towards that this season.

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