imo, the main problem with boucher is the hope was he would transcend the energy guy status, he had some moments when his 3pt shot looked serviceable, but it hasn't really worked out that way.
Energy guys who don't do much else are rarely rotation fixtures, and ever more rarely make 10M+. He's our version of patbev, but making 5x the money ...
If he was a min guy, he'd be a great guy to keep on the roster, to bring in when the team is low on energy, or even fill in for injuries. At 10M, that's money better spent elsewhere + we're in a bit of a roster crunch, we have a bunch of interesting young players and at possibly as many as 3 rookies incoming.
Yeah, the 3pt shot fading after the 20-21 season definitely hurt his ceiling. I don't see him on the team moving forward but just wanted to kind of say thanks for the memories. I think $10M needs to be viewed within the context of the cap, and that's projected to be less than the mid-level next season. I think Chris is worth more than the min. If you look at bigs around his salary range who were free agents last summer, there's Jock Landale at 4yrs $32M, Trey Lyles at 2yrs $16M, Mo Wagner at 2yrs $16M and I definitely think he fits along that category.
imo, the main problem with boucher is the hope was he would transcend the energy guy status, he had some moments when his 3pt shot looked serviceable, but it hasn't really worked out that way.
Energy guys who don't do much else are rarely rotation fixtures, and ever more rarely make 10M+. He's our version of patbev, but making 5x the money ...
If he was a min guy, he'd be a great guy to keep on the roster, to bring in when the team is low on energy, or even fill in for injuries. At 10M, that's money better spent elsewhere + we're in a bit of a roster crunch, we have a bunch of interesting young players and at possibly as many as 3 rookies incoming.
Yeah, the 3pt shot fading after the 20-21 season definitely hurt his ceiling. I don't see him on the team moving forward but just wanted to kind of say thanks for the memories. I think $10M needs to be viewed within the context of the cap, and that's projected to be less than the mid-level next season. I think Chris is worth more than the min. If you look at bigs around his salary range who were free agents last summer, there's Jock Landale at 4yrs $32M, Trey Lyles at 2yrs $16M, Mo Wagner at 2yrs $16M and I definitely think he fits along that category.