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5 things to know about Evan Fournier, the newest Celtics acquisition

The Boston Celtics acquired Orlando Magic guard/wing Evan Fournier before the NBA trade deadline.

Here are five things to know about the 28-year-old.

He’s a talented scorer in a variety of ways.

Fournier is an acceptable but unremarkable playmaker and defender — don’t expect him to be Chris Paul or Tony Allen in either respective category.

What Fournier does at a high level is score the ball in a variety of ways. Most of his offense this season has come out of the pick-and-roll — 31.1 percent of his shots were generated out of those sets.