Chris Boucher

I had him on my all defense last year.

We talked about how, like, that was a huge reason on why, um, the Celtics were able to sustain success as we were like, "Who is their center?" They told us it was, um, Chris Boucher, and it's like actually it's one of the best defensive players in the league.

It's like, okay, well that actually fixes a lot of problems.

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Listen, I would love a Raptors-Celtics playoff series that doesn't take place in the nba bubble you know i would love it a little rematch maybe that's what i'm

thinking about it's been that long since these two have met in the playoffs so yeah a lot going on this time last year we're talking about chris boucher coming from toronto to boston so a lot changes in the in the course of a year uh people can check you out nba daily where else can they find your work yes

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It would be hard to find a center that misses as many rotations as he does.

He misses as many rotations as any player playing the five I have seen since, like, prime Chris Boucher, which is a lot, right? So I think he's explosive.

I think his skill set's unbelievable.

I think that he is so much fun.

At the beginning of the season, you had what, Oh my God, you're playing Luca Garza.

What? They started Chris Boucher, some games, you know, all of these things from November, December, those things are solved.

And so that, that gets you off to a more, uh, cohesive start to the season.

So, uh, The center rotation is a strength where it wasn't last year, and it gives the Celtics the opportunity to have these other things, to have Tatum come in and be himself and to have Derek White be more of himself.

Think about at the beginning of last season, Mimi, uh, that he wasn't the player he was last year.

You don't have Chris Boucher in there to start the season.

You don't have like some of the, no one knew what Baylor was going to be.

No one knew what Ugo was going to be.

Yes, and then you've got the whole thing about, the whole thing that basically Terence Dix does in State of Decay about words.

Instead, here, Chris Boucher's

done about people.

About culture, about separate culture.

So if he starts or comes off the bench, it doesn't matter.

He and Amish Cater are going to split those minutes versus, you know, you started last year with Chris Boucher, and you had some games where you went with Josh Minot to go small.

Now you have a pretty solid rotation where Luka Garza is your third big, and I think – Pretty obviously, that's going to be better than last year.

I think there could be some linear improvement from Baylor, from Ugo, from Jordan.

Is he going to level up? He might got some PEs.

Can they get Chris Boucher

back?

Hey, we need all the Oregon players now, bro.

It'll be a fun, oh, during the first preseason game when we get the first social graphic of this is what the starting lineup is.

Do

you remember last year when he started Chris Boucher at the 5? Yeah, I mean, he's just a

troll.