NBA Draft Grades: Did Raptors nail it with Gradey Dick choice?

The Toronto Raptors used the No. 13 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft to select Kansas wing Gradey Dick in a move that was clearly done to improve the team’s 3-point shooting. Rather than drafting for positional versatility above all else, Toronto stopped the bleeding in a big way.

Dick has been warmly received by Raptors fans and the NBA community as a whole. On top of the fact many were bullish on his potential as a player, irrespective of where he got picked, the fit with a Raptors team that is trying to change their whole style of offense seems to be ideal.

In a draft that saw the incredibly raw Bilal Coulibaly be picked No. 7 overall and players who averaged 5.1 points per game end up in the…