Basketball – NBA: Poirier released by New York, it’s official

As announced, Vincent Poirier, transferred to New York last Thursday, will already leave the Knicks. The New York franchise has released the French pivot, who could return to Europe, two years after leaving Vitoria for the Great League.

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Vincent Poirier and the Knicks, the story is already over. Transferred last Thursday to New York as part of the triangle exchange which included George Hill, who went to Philadelphia, and Austin Rivers, sent to Oklahoma City, the French pivot did not last forever within the New York franchise dear to another Frenchy Frank Ntilikina. As announced, Poirier was released by the Knicks, reported Sunday evening ESPN, via his famous Insider Shams Charania. The latter confirmed that the native of Clamart had been cut off by New York, like Terrance Ferguson, also landed as part of this same three-team exchange and which did not last longer on the side of Big Apple. . The new injury of Mitchell Robinson could however give hope to the former player of Boston and the Sixers that Tom Thibodeau would give him his chance, at least the time of a few games in the worst case, but it was not.

Poirier back in Europe, two years later?

The Knicks have waived Terrance Ferguson and Vincent Poirier, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 28, 2021

And the French international, bronze medalist with the Blues two years ago in China must have been disillusioned, he who had already hardly been used during his stay in Phily (39 minutes in 10 games). Two years after his departure from Vitoria, where the Ile-de-France, also passed by OKC (but without playing at all, this time) had finished best rebounder in the Euroleague, Poirier could therefore return to Europe, he who has had only one experience outside France since his debut, with these two seasons spent at Saski Baskonia., in the Spanish Basque Country, between 2017 and 2019. Previously, the 27-year-old interior who had to wait several years in a Jeep Elite before making a name there had defended the colors of Paris-Levallois (now Boulogne- Levallois) and Hyères-Toulon, where he was loaned by the Parisian club during his second year with the professionals. The future NBA player was then barely 4 points on average. Two years later, he flew to Spain. A first European experience which could very quickly call for a new one.

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