© Raj Mehta | 2020 Dec 11
Klay Thompson and Draymond Green dragged Rodney McGruder following the Warriors’ blowout win on Saturday, after the Pistons forward approached the Golden State bench and got into the face of Juan Toscano-Anderson.
“I don’t know, this dude might be out of the league soon, he might be mad about that,” Thompson said while he joined the Warriors’ broadcast. “Over here trying to start something like he’s a good player or something. Like bro get outta here.”
Rodney McGruder walked over to the Warriors bench after the game so the broadcast team asked Klay Thompson what was going on:
"This dude might be out the league soon, he might be mad about that. Who knows."
(? @NBCSAuthentic) pic.twitter.com/gNFd9zlr4r
— KNBR (@KNBR) January 31, 2021
Draymond ripped him even harder during his postgame presser, and alluded to the fact that McGruder was apparently upset with something that Toscano-Anderson said to teammate Wayne Ellington, who went scoreless in 18 minutes.
Here's Draymond Green's full roast of Rodney McGruder:
"Get the hell out of here. F—ing tough guy. Rodney…RODNEY." pic.twitter.com/CWzzOPl1aA
— KNBR (@KNBR) January 31, 2021
On Sunday, Ellington responded to Klay and Draymond’s comments, both of which went viral, and defended his teammate.
“First of all, I think it’s very unprofessional and definitely not classy for someone to attack Rodney’s career,” Ellington said. “He’s one of the most hardworking and humble, down to earth guys we have in this league.”
“For Draymond to sit up and talk all that type of crazy stuff behind the microphone, I think that’s the fake tough guy stuff.”
“I’m only going to talk about that situation once, man, and put it behind us, but I thought it was unfair for those guys to attack my man like that, and I appreciate Rod and I love him like a brother for whatever he did do, that I know wasn’t tough guy stuff.”
Here are the comments in full.
Here's a transcript of #Pistons Wayne Ellington's comments on the Rodney McGruder incident last night.
He stuck up for his guy: "I'm only going to talk about that situation once and then put it behind us. I think it's unfair for those guys to attack my man like that." pic.twitter.com/L4U181KNPk
— Rod Beard (@detnewsRodBeard) January 31, 2021