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Gradey DickToronto Raptors · #1

Guard · 6'7", 200 lb · Wichita, Kansas · Age 23 · 3rd season

Gradey Dick is a 6-foot-7 sharpshooting wing for the Toronto Raptors, drafted 13th in 2023 out of Kansas. A former Gatorade National Player of the Year and McDonald's All-American known for elite perimeter shooting, he made a strong sophomore leap — a career-high 14.4 points a game and a 32-point outburst — before a knee injury ended his 2024-25 season early.

MVP race · #281Guard rank · #124Balladex Impact · 50
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Gradey Dick
Season avg6.0 pts · 1.9 reb · 0.7 ast · .419 fg
Career avg9.2 pts · 2.5 reb · 1.1 ast · .418 fg
Live win probabilitySpurs 66%
Balladex model · projected 118–115 · 98.8 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
5.5pts
1.8reb
0.6ast
34%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
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San Antonio Spurs · Solid defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Gradey Dick — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Movement Shooter · Impact 50
Gradey Dick is a 6-foot-7 sharpshooting wing for the Toronto Raptors, drafted 13th in 2023 out of Kansas. A former Gatorade National Player of the Yea
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Offense
D
Defense
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Feel / IQ
D
Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Below average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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A+
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Gradey Dick stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets
44%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers
6%
5
Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks
3%
Balladex Consensus: #286 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
MVP odds
50Impact index
99Star score
Career scoring average9.2 ppg
Seasons in the index3
Accolades on file2
13th Draft pick (2023) · 32 Career-high points
Stat explorer

Gradey Dick — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
6.0 PPG
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Playmaking
0.7 APG
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Rebounding
1.9 RPG
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Shooting
.301 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Gradey Dick

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  59% confidence
5.5
pts
3.0–8.0
1.8
reb
0.7–2.9
0.6
ast
-0.3–1.5
12.4
min
proj
66
gp
health
.417
fg%
~base
.326
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 6.0 → projected 5.5 PPG
Minutes / role
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Development (his trend)
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Age curve
+0.1
Live context
+0.1
Net vs last season-0.5 PPG
Everything it reads
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3 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 23 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 60 / 54 / 76 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Gradey Dick career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2023-246021.18.52.21.1.425.365
2024-255429.414.43.61.8.410.350
2025-267614.06.01.90.7.419.301
Career19020.69.22.51.1
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
raw PPG
in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Toronto Raptors built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

48–34proj record
#7conf seed
+2.8net rtg
115off rtg
112.1def rtg
85%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Jakob Poeltl, Jamal Shead.
How his role moves
Projected 48–34, 7th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
13th Draft pick (2023) · 32 Career-high points
Act IV

The Ballad of Gradey Dick

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Nov 20, 2003

The beginning

A 6-foot-7 sharpshooting wing — floor spacing and movement shooting for the Raptors.

Toronto Raptors

Turning pro

Drafted 13th overall, 2023 as a Guard.

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A 6-foot-7 sharpshooting wing — floor spacing and movement shooting for the Raptors.

Chapter

The 2022 Gatorade National Player of the Year, Dick shot over 40% from three at Kansas before Toronto drafted him 13th in 2023.

Chapter

He made a sophomore leap to a career-high 14.4 points a game as a starter.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
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Height
6' 7"
Weight
200 lbs
College
Kansas
Experience
3rd Season
Draft
13th overall, 2023
Born
Wichita, Kansas
Age
23
Jersey
#1
Beyond the game

Dick comes from a basketball family — his mother played college ball at Iowa State — and built his profile early, winning national player of the year honors and a FIBA 3x3 Under-18 gold medal. Off the court he has a media presence (an Adidas deal, Gillette commercials, and a Bleacher Report podcast), reflecting a marketable, personable star.

His on-court identity is elite shooting with size — a 6-foot-7 wing whose catch-and-shoot and movement three-point shooting (over 40% in college, strong free-throw shooting) make him a natural floor-spacer. Developing his defense, playmaking, and health are the keys, but his shooting and size give him a clear, valuable role for Toronto.

The person

A sharpshooting wing with size — catch-and-shoot and movement three-point shooting.

SharpshooterA movement shooter who hit over 40% from three in college.
SizeA 6-foot-7 wing who shoots over defenders.
RisingMade a sophomore leap to a 14-point-a-game starter.
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FAQ

Gradey Dick — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Gradey Dick, answered.

What is Gradey Dick known for?
Elite perimeter and movement shooting with size — a 6-foot-7 wing who shot over 40% from three in college and made a sophomore leap to a 14-point-a-game starter.
What happened to Gradey Dick in 2024-25?
A right knee injury ended his season early, though he had raised his scoring to a career-high 14.4 points a game.
Where did Gradey Dick play college basketball?
One season at Kansas, after being named the 2022 Gatorade National Player of the Year, before Toronto drafted him 13th in 2023.
Gradey Dick career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
77%
3 seasons
Last 3 seasons
77%
56 games missed
Games missed
56
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
steady
Availability by season
60
23-24
54
24-25
76
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is steady77% of games over the last three seasons, low of 66% in 2024-25.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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