There have been moments this season when it has been easy enough to watch a Raptors game and wonder: What, precisely, did Toronto's scouting staff see in Gradey Dick? Sure, the Raptors rookie was an undeniably excellent shooter at the collegiate level, going 40 per cent from behind the arc in one season at Kansas. And yes, he was listed at an appealing six-foot-eight. But after the Raptors selected him 13th overall in last June's draft, it didn't take long to make a case the pick was a reach.
Certainly, there were players taken after Dick who have proven themselves as more NBA-ready products. Jaime Jaquez, the 18th pick out of UCLA, has been a part of Miami's rotation from the get-go, averaging 29 minutes a game. Brandin Podziemski, selected at No. 19 out of Santa Clara, is a regular in Golden State's top seven, combining a three-point threat with an impressive headiness.
Just like the Raptors are still ruing the passing over of Desmond Bane for Malachi Flynn in the 2020 draft - Bane is an entrenched starter with three-point capabilities in Memphis while Flynn, traded before this year's deadline, is a career bench player scrounging for minutes there have been moments when it looked as though Toronto could have done better than Dick.
And Dick's first 20 games in the NBA did little to disabuse anyone of that notion. Over that not-so-glorious span, Dick shot 24 per cent from three-point range while racking up more turnovers than threepointers.
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