MIAMI—Chris Boucher sat patiently and watched closely and tried to digest all he could the first week of the NBA season. It was his attempt at making the best of a bad situation, one that was not of his own doing.
He would not let a hamstring injury that kept him out of the Raptors’ first three games frustrate him or get him down, because there were things to learn in real time.
“To be honest with you, I feel like it was good for me just to see what I can bring to the team, sitting down and watching,” Boucher said about eight hours before his season debut against the Miami Heat on Monday night.