Before the team’s loss against the Milwaukee Bucks, the Toronto Raptors’ in-arena  announcer hilariously teased with NBA rookie Gradey Dick, calling him ‘Mr. Big Big Energy’ in the player’s first ever start, although fans debate if that’s the case on social media.

The unexpected moment happened when the announcer, Mark Strong, shared the starting lineups of both teams at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Wednesday night.

‘Wearing number one, Mr. Big Big energy!’ he shouted into the mic’, before saying the 19-year-old hooper’s full name. 

Video of possibly the best part of the mid-week game went viral online afterwards, as some fans thinks Strong did actually ‘Mr. Big Dick energy!’

The Toronto Raptors have told Mail Sport that they categorically deny their in-arena announcer poking fun at Dick’s name by calling him ‘Mr. BDE!’

The Raptors’ Gradey Dick ended up with 11 points & two assists against the Bucks, Wednesday

‘That’s wild,’ commented a user who thought Dick was introduced as ‘Mr. BDE!’ on X, formerly known as Twitter.

‘Aren’t there like a lot of little kids there? Seems inappropriate,’ said someone else thinking the same thing.

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‘Blame his ancestors loll,’ pointed out a fan, putting the blame on Dick’s heritage and not on the announcer.

‘Trade him to Dallas and he could be introduced as Big D in Big D,’ shared a different person. 

The Bucks proved to be too much to handle for the Raptors, Wednesday night, winning 128-112

Gradey ended the game against Milwaukee, a 128-112 loss for Toronto, with 11 points on 2 of 10 shooting, and two assists in 26 minutes of action. 

The 13th overall pick of this year’s NBA Draft class also made a cameo appearance in a music video for a song by Drake’s son, Adonis, called: ‘My Man Freestyle!’ 

Dick is averaging 4.4 points per game, so far this season. The Raptors hold a 5-6 record before Friday’s NBA In-Season Tournament game against the Boston Celtics.

The team is the 11th seed of the NBA Eastern Conference, at the moment.