Gradey Dick Talks About Hot Start To Season

Gradey Dick is having a terrific start to his sophomore season.

He’s averaging 21.0 points over the first seven, which leads all sophomore players. Dick has made a three-pointer in 16 straight games which is the longest Raptors active streak.

Over his last 5 games in particular, Dick is averaging 24.6 points on 49 percent shooting from the field, 39 percent shooting from deep and 90 percent from the free throw line while hauling in 3.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals.

Coming into this season Dick was going to have an increased role, being the team’s starting shooting guard. He has impressed in the early going here. Before the game against the Nuggets, Dick caught up with reporters and talked what’s been working for him so far:

“Just taking what the defense is giving me, based off them it’s how I’m going to attack differently on offense but on the defensive side I feel like I talked about it a couple of times of just having that start of my games where I’m talking more on defense and as a team when we have more energy on that it kind of helps us going in to offense.”

Another young Raptors player who has been impressive to start the season is Ochai Agbaji. He has been thrusted into the Raptors starting lineup with the handful of injuries Toronto has dealt with. Agbaji has made the most out of the opportunity averaging 12.7 points and 4.7 rebounds on an impressive 59 percent shooting from the field and 45.5 percent shooting from three.

Dick and Agbaji have been working with each other a lot this past year and Dick talked about how the two have been helping each other:

“We push each other every single day, we did you know different shooting workouts, competitions, one-on-ones at the end so you know I feel like you know being in that area going every single day and pushing each other and still you know giving each other advice has been really good for both of us.”

The former Kansas Jayhawks have been two big bright spots for the Raptors despite their 2-5 record. Particularly Dick, who has taken his game to another level.

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