Celtics 2025-26 Regular Season Discussion

[Surferdad]

So, why do we think Chris Boucher isn't playing at all? He seems to have all of the qualities a player would need to fit into the system. He's got length, he can shoot, he's always been known as a hustle guy, and we specifically went out and signed him after dumping Niang.

Perhaps it's just a down year for him or perhaps Joe he just doesn't fit what Joe wants to do, but it seemed like he would be a pretty integral part of the rotation coming into the season and now he literally never plays. It was thought at the beginning of the offseason that he might get considerably more than the minimum and that we were lucky to get him.

For his sake, I hope we are able to trade him to a more auspicious situation. I imagine he thought by signing to a team with very little big depth, he would be getting a lot more playing time. I know he has not produced in his on-court minutes, but those minutes have been very few and far between.

Guys ahead of him are playing much better.  Also, his shoot has looked terrible when he has been out there.  Who's minutes are you going to cut to get Boucher in there?

So basically you are saying that Luka Garza is playing better than Boucher. That is not clear to me with Boucher?s limited minutes.

[Celtics2021]

So, why do we think Chris Boucher isn't playing at all? He seems to have all of the qualities a player would need to fit into the system. He's got length, he can shoot, he's always been known as a hustle guy, and we specifically went out and signed him after dumping Niang.

Perhaps it's just a down year for him or perhaps Joe he just doesn't fit what Joe wants to do, but it seemed like he would be a pretty integral part of the rotation coming into the season and now he literally never plays. It was thought at the beginning of the offseason that he might get considerably more than the minimum and that we were lucky to get him.

For his sake, I hope we are able to trade him to a more auspicious situation. I imagine he thought by signing to a team with very little big depth, he would be getting a lot more playing time. I know he has not produced in his on-court minutes, but those minutes have been very few and far between.

Guys ahead of him are playing much better.  Also, his shoot has looked terrible when he has been out there.  Who's minutes are you going to cut to get Boucher in there?

So basically you are saying that Luka Garza is playing better than Boucher. That is not clear to me with Boucher?s limited minutes.

Neither Garza or Boucher are getting minutes at this point, so there is nothing to debate.  In Boucher?s limited minutes, he had done nothing on the offensive glass and shot deplorably.  He may better at defense than Garza, but his offense was atrocious, and defensively he is more suited at the 4.  There will unfortunately be an extended injury sometime sooner or later, and maybe Boucher will get minutes then.  I was excited by his summer signing, but maybe there was a reason he was available into August.

[jambr380]

So, why do we think Chris Boucher isn't playing at all? He seems to have all of the qualities a player would need to fit into the system. He's got length, he can shoot, he's always been known as a hustle guy, and we specifically went out and signed him after dumping Niang.

Perhaps it's just a down year for him or perhaps Joe he just doesn't fit what Joe wants to do, but it seemed like he would be a pretty integral part of the rotation coming into the season and now he literally never plays. It was thought at the beginning of the offseason that he might get considerably more than the minimum and that we were lucky to get him.

For his sake, I hope we are able to trade him to a more auspicious situation. I imagine he thought by signing to a team with very little big depth, he would be getting a lot more playing time. I know he has not produced in his on-court minutes, but those minutes have been very few and far between.

Guys ahead of him are playing much better.  Also, his shoot has looked terrible when he has been out there.  Who's minutes are you going to cut to get Boucher in there?

So basically you are saying that Luka Garza is playing better than Boucher. That is not clear to me with Boucher?s limited minutes.

Neither Garza or Boucher are getting minutes at this point, so there is nothing to debate.  In Boucher?s limited minutes, he had done nothing on the offensive glass and shot deplorably.  He may better at defense than Garza, but his offense was atrocious, and defensively he is more suited at the 4.  There will unfortunately be an extended injury sometime sooner or later, and maybe Boucher will get minutes then.  I was excited by his summer signing, but maybe there was a reason he was available into August.

Yeah, I'm not pushing for Boucher to get more minutes, just find it interesting that he is getting none due to his player profile. Also find it interesting that Amari Williams somehow jumped all of Tillman, Boucher, and Garza when he is quite limited himself. I suppose he has more potential and it's good to get him minutes, but it's wild that we only have one official big and the other three are literally the last three guys on the bench.

On another note, it's awesome that Minott has been able to fill in those big minutes when called upon. That's why I think if we do pursue another big, it's going to be somebody physical and mobile like Queta/Minott. He doesn't have to be expensive, just has to have certain qualities where Joe will actually play him.