Neither does Draymond Green, so it made it even weirder that the Pistons reserve aggressively approached the Warriors bench after Golden State dropped Detroit 118-91 Saturday night at Chase Center.
“When Rodney McGruder became the tough guy on the team?” Green said. “I do not know, man. Everyone in the league is tough these days. This is crazy.
‘I saw a lot of tough guys this year. I do not understand it, and no one does anything. ”
McGruder, who played the last six minutes, 24 seconds from the blowout, walked to the Warriors bench after the buzzer. He went straight to Juan Toscano-Anderson and apparently made a remark about the Warriors’ two-way player to Wayne Ellington in the first half.
The fire was quickly extinguished because no Pistons player supported McGruder, but rather walked to their own locker room.
“Get the hell out of here,” Green said. ‘I’m a tough guy, Rodney. Rodney, a difficult man. I also shake with Juan T. Juan T was about to bring the ‘Town Bizness’. “
McGruder, who withdrew from Kansas State in 2013, played 112 games for Miami from 2016 to ’19. He played 56 games for the Clippers last season, including four starting games.
He averaged 5.8 points and 3.1 rebounds during his career.
McGruder scored 13 minutes, 36 seconds of play in 19 games with Detroit this season before embarking on a rushing game on Saturday.
“This guy could be out of the league soon,” Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson said. “He may be angry about it.”
Rusty Simmons is a staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @Rusty_SFChron