Former Oregon athlete in shooting barrage Chris Boucher did enough of the NBA Summer League of Las Vegas this month to get another look at the Raptors of Toronto. Friday, Shams Charania, of Yahoo Sports, reported that the 6-foot-10 striker had agreed to a workout contract with the lonely Canadian franchise.
"Forward Chris Boucher accepted a training camp dealing with the Raptors, league sources say to Yahoo Sports," Charania wrote on Twitter . "Boucher, who was a bilateral contract player for the Warriors last season, played well for Toronto in the summer league this month."
The record holder of the year in Oregon has entered the market the Golden State Warriors decided to give up its bilateral contract. Shortly after, Boucher was invited to join the Raptors summer league club for what was essentially an audition for a role in the franchise.
The NBA training camps start in late September. Boucher will then have the opportunity to win a contract with the Raptors or a two-man contract that would allow him to play both the NBA club and the G-League affiliate.
Boucher showed his range, his skills around the basket and his prowess in four games with the Raptors this summer. After not having played the first two games of the team, and a quiet start, he exploded in three strong games that culminated with an 18-point run-up, eight rebounds and four strokes blocked Monday.
. In the past three games, Boucher has averaged 12.3 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per game, with an impressive 4.3 blocks per game. He made 50 percent of his goals on the field (13 versus 26) and 90 percent of the shots (9 out of 10). He was only two in eight out of three
Boucher only played one match with Golden State during the 2017-2018 season. He played a minute in the team's win against the Los Angeles Lakers in mid-March. He took a three-point shot and caught a rebound.
In a semi-final match of the Pac-12 Tournament against California last March, Boucher tore up his ACL. The injury cost him the rest of his collegiate career and jeopardized his professional career.