Toronto Raptors: The sudden emergence of Chris Boucher

Chris Boucher’s offense

Boucher has increased his 3-point volume significantly this season going from 1.9 attempts last season (on 32 percent) to now shooting 3.6 attempts per game and making 47 percent so far — this percentage is not sustainable but, Boucher could comfortably sit at 38 percent by the end of the season.

His insanely long arms allow him to catapult 3’s, it’s borderline impossible for anyone to block him (watch who contest these shots, multiple players over seven-feet tall)

The other facet that Boucher brings to the offense is as a screener in the pick and roll, Boucher’s length and speed make him an ideal pick and roll partner. Boucher is a great cutter and can shoot both from three and the mid-range, he’s by far the most versatile center the Raptors have on both ends of the court.

  
Boucher still has room to improve defensively, he’s prone to pump fakes when guarding on the perimeter and his lack of overall weight and muscle is going to be an issue going against the Joel Embiids and Nikola Vucevics of the Eastern Conference. But that’s why the Raptors have Baynes and Len.

Going forward the Raptors will likely play the center that suits the matchup for example, Len started for the Raptors when they played against the Trail Blazers and Len’s and Jusuf Nurkic’s minutes were matched — Len played 10 minutes and Nurkic only played nine due to a left quad injury mid-game.

However, for the majority of the games and including the clutch time minutes so far this season, it looks like Chris Boucher has become the center for the Toronto Raptors going forward.