The Celtics signed the Raptors bench with a basic salary, could he have more choices?

According to ESPN authoritative journalist Shams Charania, insider Chris Boucher, who had previously been in free agency, reached an agreement with the Boston Celtics, who received a one-year contract worth $3.3 million. Shams also said it was a security contract.

In the NBA regular season last season, Boucher was affected by injury and played 50 times in 82 games, with averaging 17.2 minutes per game, averaging 10 points, 4.5 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.5 blocks, 0.6 turnovers and 1.4 fouls, shooting percentage of 49.2%, three-point shooting percentage of 36.3%, and free throw shooting percentage of 78.2%. Boucher's performance last season was actually pretty good. Although he was just a substitute and his playing time was not very stable, he also showed his scoring ability in this situation. Boucher has super explosive scoring power, and he also has rich offensive methods and comprehensive scoring ability. As a substitute, it is quite valuable to be able to do this.

Celtics lost multiple inside players this summer, with Al Horford, Kristaps Porzingis and Luke Kornet all leaving the team, and they are even considering having Neemias Queta as starting center in the new season. In this case, the lack of manpower is indeed necessary to sign some online players to ensure the team's basic competitiveness. Judging from the remaining players in the free market at present, signing a player of Boucher with a veteran's basic salary contract is already a pretty good choice, and his arrival can at least ensure that the basic rotation of the Celtics inside is at a normal level.

However, we don't quite understand Boucher's choice. Judging from the Celtics' series of operations this summer, they do not intend to make any breakthroughs in record next season, and they will not show too high competitiveness next season. With Boucher's personal ability and his performance last season, he should be an ideal candidate for some teams with the opportunity to compete for the championship. He also has the ability to play an important role in teams of higher standards. He can attract more attention and perform more competitively, which will be of greater help to him to get a big contract in the future. So why did he join the Celtics with a basic salary contract?