Grayson Boucher

Grayson Boucher

Explore the background of Grayson Boucher in this comprehensive feature.

Boucher joined the Salem Stampede of the International Basketball League on February 9, 2006. During the 2007–2008 season, Boucher was a member of the Continental Basketball Association’s Atlanta Krunk.

Street basketball career

As fans, Boucher and his brother attended the AND1 Mixtape Tour stop in Portland, Oregon. Boucher found out about a “open run” tryout for the tour and submitted an application, which was approved. In several adverts and on the homepage of the tour’s website by the summer of 2009, Boucher had become a crucial part of the tour’s marketing.

In addition to playing in more than 30 different nations, he has made appearances in five mixtape DVDs, four AND1 commercials, an AND1 video game, and seven seasons of Streetball on ESPN. Boucher plays competitive chess while on tour. After leaving AND1 in January 2011, he participated in streetball for Ball Up. In the latter part of 2008, he got to know Ball Up CEO Demetrius Spencer.

Acting career

In a number of films, Boucher has taken advantage of his fame to play basketball players. He made a cameo as a point guard on the opposing team in the final game in the Will Ferrell film Semi-Pro in the DVD’s bonus features. Boucher played Sticky, the lead character in the motion picture Ball Don’t Lie. Boucher also played Spider-Man in a web series he made for YouTube. He traveled to numerous basketball courts in the Los Angeles region while dressed as a superhero for the program and played against unprepared opponents. In the first week following its upload, the first episode of the series received 14 million views on YouTube.

NBA superstar Jamal Crawford appeared in the third episode, and preparations were also made to include more well-known basketball players. Larry “Bone Collector” Williams, another street basketball player, played the well-known Captain America superhero from Marvel Comics in the fourth episode of the show. Additionally, Boucher released Super-Human Dribbling, a ball handling guidebook, a web-based instructional incorporating his exercises and drills. Currently, Boucher has his own YouTube channel where he posts mixtapes of him playing in local basketball leagues along with instructional videos, funny movies, and other entertaining basketball-related films.

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