ORLANDO – Maybe it’s only fitting now that Orlando Magic guards Evan Fournier and Arron Afflalo are teammates considering how their careers have so often been linked in years prior.
Fournier was selected in the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets – a transaction that likely played a role in Afflalo being shipped to the Magic later that year. Then, on draft night in 2014, the Magic acquired Fournier by shipping Afflalo – their leading scorer at the time – to Denver.
Fournier has since blossomed into Orlando’s leading scorer, averaging a career-best 17.