Six years after debuting in Montreal, Chris Boucher returns as the longest-serving Toronto Raptor and seeks to rebound from a diminished role last season.
MONTREAL – When Chris Boucher first played an NBA pre-season game in his home city in 2018, he was a raw talent trying to crack the Toronto Raptors roster.
“People thought that surely I would only do a year or two, but now it’s been six or seven years, and I’ve been here longer than anyone else on that team,” he added to a pack of French-Canadian reporters there to greet the homegrown talent. “I’m not worried. I’ve put in a lot of work,” Boucher said. “I’ve talked with the coach, I’ve talked with the GM, we’ve spent a lot of time figuring out what I can do.‘Didn’t see this coming’: Raptors president Masai Ujiri on Jontay Porter gambling allegationsDarko Rajakovic ‘proud’ to be hired as Toronto Raptors head coach“The team is young, and I’ve put myself in a good position to change what happened last year.
“We had amazing and heart-to-heart conversations this summer, and I was really impressed with Chris, what he achieved,” Rajaković said. “He worked on his body, he got stronger, he added a couple of pounds of muscle, he was disciplined, he came in the gym, he put in a lot of work.Coronation Park rec centre construction gets underway
“I want all 15 guys to put me in a really tough situation to make decisions about who’s going to be playing,” Rajaković said. “Chris is doing an amazing job, and I can see him doing a very important job for our team this year.”
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