Title: Gradey Dick’s unexpected double-double boosts Raptors amid thin roster
Date: January 14, 2026
Original Source: Sportsnet
Synopsis: In my latest at Sportsnet, I wrote about Gradey Dick providing the Raptors a spark against Indiana, casting into light his unconventional development to date.
The Toronto Raptors received some timely 3-point shooting after being cold for most of the game, on a night Gradey Dick had his strongest performance of the season.
A year ago, and certainly on the night the Raptors selected Dick 13th overall, this would have made perfect sense. Of course the sweet-shooting Kansas freshman would have developed into the type of outside threat who could turn a game with a late offensive spark. Helping pull a stagnant offence, against a tricky zone defence, out of the mud with some big triples. That’s what he was drafted for, and what the idealized version of Dick could, would, even should provide.
As it went, though, those statements ran parallel to each other in Toronto’s 115-101 victory against the Indiana Pacers.
Blake Murphy Sports Writing 