Toronto Raptors rookie Gradey Dick had a strong finish to the 2023-24 season.
His efforts impressed some NBA award voters.
Dick received three votes for the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. He was 15th in total voting points:
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Dick had a rough start to the season and was sent to the G League. Then in late January, Dick became a staple of the Raptors rotation and had a solid finish to the year.
He averaged 11.2 points on 38.9 percent shooting from deep over the last 40 games of the season.
Overall, Dick averaged 8.5 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists while shooting 42.5 percent from the field and 36.5 percent from three-point range across 60 games for the Raptors. He led all rookies in corner three-point shooting, hitting on 46.8 percent of his corner threes this year.
Dick was selected 13th overall in the 2023 NBA Draft.
Scottie Barnes was the last Raptors player to earn All-Rookie honors which came following his Rookie of the Year season in 2021-22.
Only 12 players in Raptors franchise history have earned All-Rookie honors.
Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs and Chet Holmgren of the Oklahoma City Thunder were both unanimous first-team All-Rookie members. They were joined by Brandon Miller of the Charlotte Hornets, Jaime Jaquez Jr. of the Miami Heat and Brandin Podziemski of the Golden State Warriors. The second team honors went to Dereck Lively II of the Dallas Mavericks, Amen Thompson of the Houston Rockets, Keyonte George of the Utah Jazz, Cason Wallace of the Thunder and GG Jackson II of the Memphis Grizzlies.
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