It’s the first time in G League history a player has earned both honours in the same season.
Boucher, from Montreal, is the first player to win both awards in the same season and the first international player to earn MVP honours in the NBA’s developmental circuit.
Boucher, six-foot-11 and 200 pounds, averaged 27.2 points, 11.4 rebounds and 4.1 blocked shots and shot 51.0 per cent from the field in 28 games with Raptors 905. Among players who appeared in at least 28 games, Boucher ranked third in scoring, sixth in rebounding and first in blocks.Boucher, who was not selected in the 2017 NBA Draft, has appeared in 24 games with the
this season. He signed a two-way contract with the Raptors last October before having it converted to a standard NBA contract in February.More from Sportsnet
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