2011-ish: Living in poverty in the Montreal-Nord borough of Montreal. Drops out of high school to work at a restaurant and help support his family.
2012: Offered a spot on a tournament basketball team, the first organized basketball he has played in his life.
2012: Gets noticed by Alma Academy in Montreal. Team signs him and goes on to win Canadian Prep Championship.
2013-2014: Plays one year at New Mexico Junior College. Averages 11.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
2014-2015: Transfers to Northwest College in Wyoming. Averages 22.5 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. Wins National Junior College Division I Player of the Year.
2015-2017: Transfers to Oregon, and does work.
2017 Pac-12 Tournament semifinal: Tears ACL in left knee. Finishes game. Oregon loses the conference tournament final the next day. The Ducks, minus Boucher, make the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament before losing in the closing moments to eventual-champion North Carolina.
2017 NBA Draft: Still recovering from knee injury, goes undrafted.
2017: Golden State Warriors sign Boucher to a new type of NBA contract: the two-way contract.
2018: Plays in first NBA game on March 18 for the Warriors, and is on the court for all of one minute. It will be his only NBA action of the season.
2018: Though not officially on Warriors' playoff roster, gets a muhfuckin' NBA championship ring.
2018: Waived by Warriors.
2018: Signed in summer by the Toronto Raptors on another two-way contract.
2018: Plays in G League, and does work. Averages 27.2 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 4.1 blocks.
2019: Officially becomes a full-time Toronto Raptor on February 10.
2019: Wins G League MVP and G League Defensive Player of the Year, the first player to receive both awards.
All-time: Duck legend. Never forget (and never forget what could have been).
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