#chris-boucher

#chris-boucher

This season has not been kind to Boucher. After seven seasons and a ring with the Toronto Raptors, Boucher signed with the Boston Celtics this year. Relegated to the end of the bench, Boucher played in just nine games before the Trade Deadline. As one of a series of cost-cutting trades, the Celtics dumped Boucher on the Utah Jazz, who promptly waived him. It looked like the bottom for Boucher, and his NBA career was apparently about to expire.

By moving Georges Niang's $8.2 million contract off their books, the Celtics reduced their tax penalties dramatically from $73.1 million to $30.4 million.