Chris Boucher on his relationship with Goran Dragic, getting booed

Raptors fans let Goran Dragic have it in his return to Toronto last week and Chris Boucher touches on the game and what his encounters with Dragic were like. Listen to ‘Hustle Play’ wherever you get your podcasts and watch the full episode on our Yahoo Sports Canada YouTube.

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- Speaking about time expiring, and out of there.

CHRIS BOUCHER: Yeah.

- Goran Dragic?

CHRIS BOUCHER: Yeah.

- How was he with you, anyway?

CHRIS BOUCHER: I love growing. I won't lie to you, when he first got here, he actually showed me like, you know, I was playing well with him. He's passing me the ball, throwing lobs. He was in all those extra stuff.

You know, a vet like telling me what position to be in, and all that. I really liked him. You know, he really said I was talented. I was playing hard. And he was really giving me a different aspect of my game that I didn't really know.

And I really liked it. Like I said, for me, when he came at the training camp, and all that, he really was helpful for us. He helped us. He was a vet, and I have nothing wrong to say about going, personally.

- So we did see the crowd boo him.

CHRIS BOUCHER: Yeah.

- Like really boo him.

- As Goran Dragic is going to hear boos except for that kid. Come in.

CHRIS BOUCHER: I told him.

- But I mean, I guess it's just a misunderstanding. From a fan standpoint, they really don't know what's going on. I mean, it was a mutual thing, though, wasn't it?

CHRIS BOUCHER: OK, so if before coming here you're like, this is not my destination. You're already starting on a bad foot. Toronto Raptors, they love Toronto. They love the Raptors. You can't say you don't want to be there.

Then after that, you apologize. Cool. But then you don't play. That's when I think it's kind of wrong, because he didn't make the decision on not playing. We just didn't play him. And then we decided we want to go somewhere else.

So it's not really his fault. I think what really them him boo is that when he went to Brooklyn, their interview he had probably made a lot of people feel a different way. But I didn't feel like he said anything wrong. I feel like he just explained how it didn't work, and how they wanted to go a different way.

And it was better for them to part ways. I mean, I don't think he said anything wrong. But like I said, Raptors fans, they stick with their team, and they support their team. And if you're not with the Raptors, you're not with us. So they booed him, and I won't lie to you, I'm not going to be here saying like I didn't like it.

Because at the end of the day, like it helped. But he also told me that he's used to that. So I don't think it bothered him that much. I'll tell you that much. I'll tell you how much.

- He's going around used to getting booed.

CHRIS BOUCHER: I mean, I don't want that. But would you like to get booed everywhere you go, every time you touch the ball. Boo!

- You pay me $19 million, I don't give a damn. Boo me as much as you want.

CHRIS BOUCHER: See how easy it was to answer that question?

- Oh, it's so easy.

CHRIS BOUCHER: $18 million, boo me. I get booed for $20 million.

- Damn right.

CHRIS BOUCHER: You feel me?