Boucher describes moment Zach LaVine was surprised by Raptors size

On the latest episode of Hustle Play, Thaddeus Young joined the show to discuss Toronto's unique size advantage over other teams and Chris Boucher recalls Bulls guard Zach LaVine being thrown off by the Raptors' height on the floor. Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts or watch on our Yahoo Sports Canada YouTube

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- This squad being with them now compared to being the opposition.

THADDEUS YOUNG: Being with them that, you know, it's a great energy. A lot of, you know, similar guys so same size guys and I think that's what makes us a very unique team because like we'll go 4, 5, six 8's out there and across the line.

- Yo, and you know what's so funny about you saying that? You can see it sometimes where you have Thad and Chris and Precious is out there, and you could just see like these other teams looking like goddamn like--

CHRIS BOUCHER: Yeah, we've seen that a couple times. Sometimes Scotty-- Scotty, Pascal, me, you, and Precious and I was like I think it was in Chicago.

- He's just passing the ball around the perimeter like where are we supposed to go?

CHRIS BOUCHER: Man, Zach LaVine came out, he was like-- he counting plays. I know we're five, it's just we look like we're 12th in here, but you know, and he was like little bit counting. It's-- it's crazy because like there's a certain point where like you just realize that the smallest person is like either Pascal or Scotty, or Todd and now and you're like, OK. Well, like 6'9" is the smallest guy now. It's-- it's really different and honestly we're learning stuff on the fly still to this day.

- Does it feel different for you guys when you're out there though with everybody with so much lift?

CHRIS BOUCHER: Sometimes it does. I'm telling you it just because--

- How though, like?

CHRIS BOUCHER: There's no position sometimes.

- It just looks-- Yeah, it just looks position less.

THADDEUS YOUNG: Like we all just run-- we all just run to spots and then have to like go out of those spots and then like OK. Like this is what I'm posed to do, this is what I'm posed to do. Like when I first got like got here, it was a little difficult for me to learn all the plays because usually and typically, I'm learning one or two positions.

- Yeah, to be in certain places at certain times.

THADDEUS YOUNG: Yeah, I had to learn five. Like all five positions because anybody can push the break, anybody can get in the trail spot, anybody can go on to the wings, anybody can run to the dunker. So it's like OK, I got to learn all these spots and like that's going to be tough. So I had to get with the coaches like look, send me film on everybody.

CHRIS BOUCHER: Seriously, cause--

THADDEUS YOUNG: Yeah, it was crazy.

CHRIS BOUCHER: And we got a lot of plays and like different wrinkles so like if Pascal's the one bringing the ball up now, if you're the five, you don't set the screen. OK, well how am I supposed to know that where from the floor and it's still Pascal bringing the ball? Now you're all over the place, you know, and but I think we're doing a really good job now to just go there and play. That's one thing, play hard. But also like now that we're starting to figure it out the play in what position, it seems more like natural. And now it's like five guys who really know what they're doing and what spot they've got to be in and that's what makes it dangerous.

THADDEUS YOUNG: That's-- that's why we're playing defense so hard. We're trying to get in transition so we don't have to actually run for it.

CHRIS BOUCHER: You don't gotta do nothing.

[LAUGHTER]

THADDEUS YOUNG: We just get a transition, dunk the ball.

CHRIS BOUCHER: Go back.

THADDEUS YOUNG: Stop, get a steal again.

CHRIS BOUCHER: Yes, sir.