TAMPA, FLORIDA - APRIL 21: Freddie Gillespie #55 of the Toronto Raptors (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
If you were compiling a list of players who could’ve joined the Toronto Raptors late in the season and made enough of a positive impact to potentially earn himself a contract for 2021-22, center Freddie Gillespie has to be nowhere near the top of the list. Despite his less-than bombastic arrival in Toronto, he made the most of his opportunity.
Gillespie, a former Division III player who transferred to Baylor, went undrafted, meaning he was trying to claw his way to the NBA with the Memphis Hustle, G League affiliate of the Memphis Grizzlies.