Rodney McGruder
Basketball Player
Undrafted free agent out of Kansas State University who was promoted to the active roster of the Miami Heat in 2016. He became an NBA D-League champion in 2016.
In 2013 while at Kansas State, he was an AP honorable mention All-American and was a First-team All-Big 12. As a senior that year, he was a top 30 finalist for the Naismith College Player of the Year.
He helped the Heat rattle off a 13 game win streak during the 2016-2017 season that began when the team was sitting at an 11-30 record.
He was born in Landover, Maryland.
Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra gave him a chance to prove himself during the 2016-2017 NBA season.