LAS VEGAS—Gradey Dick certainly made a brash first impression on Raptors fans.
The eye-popping ruby red, sequined draft night jacket — the matching pants didn’t fit and that ensemble would have blown minds even further had it come together — was a bold statement. The comical Tik-Toks fed the fan frenzy that the teenager from Kansas was some larger than life personality.
It got the masses chattering about what kind of young man he was and that if there was a desire for a fresh, fun attitude around a team that had somehow turned stale, Dick was going to provide it.