I understand that Rodney McGruder is only getting the minutes he’s getting (35 MPG through the first three games of the season) due to the absence of a certain man who possesses and arm made out of solid gold, but I would say that he’s shown that he deserves those minutes with his high standard of play to start off this season.
Okay, maybe he doesn’t deserve ALL those minutes. But he does deserve at least twenty coming off the bench when Ellington comes back to the lineup. Rude McGrude has shown that he can hit threes at a good clip, and that alone makes him a worthy Ellington stand-in.
At this point, who even needs Dwyane Wade? Yeah, it’s his farewell tour, so you still have to give him some minutes, but he can’t space the floor and Rude McGrude might even be a better player RIGHT NOW than that roid monster (ignoring career accolades of course). AND McGruder has sick cornrows, a look that Wade was always too timid to attempt.