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ANALYSIS: The addition of Jakob Poeltl by the Toronto Raptors might end up affecting the big-man rotation of the Raptors but that should quite be the case nor change Chris Boucher's role in the squad that much.
At the end of the day, Boucher can flip between the three, four, and five spots and he is already an off-the-pine performer, so he shouldn't feel the welcome of Poeltl that much.
Boucher, though, is an absolute per-minute/efficiency monster and even more so of late with a ridiculous average production of 1.19 FP/min in his last 10 games (going back to January 22 included). That's an elite level of play, and it's not that he's really getting super low playing time as he's averaged a respectable 23 MPG in that span.
In this recent 10-game span, Boucher has averaged 12 PPG and eight RPG to go with almost one SPG and 1.3 BPG. That's absolutely ridiculous on such limited time, but when he got handed a larger dose of minutes, he proved it's no fluke going for back-to-back double-double outings against Memphis (17-10 on February 5) and the Spurs (18-11 with three steals and three blocks on February 8).
Boucher is a near-lock to hit at least 1+ 3PM per game while keeping high shooting percentages as he tends to remain inside and he doesn't really hoist many treys per game. The steals and the blocks have gone quite up of late but they've been at reasonable levels (considering his playing time) all season long at 0.7+0.8 per game (1.2+1.4 on a per-36 basis).
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