Breaking Down Heat’s Newest Additions and Who’s Likely to Make Final Roster Cut

Rodney McGruder (Guard)

6-foot-4, 205 lbs
2016-17 salary: $543,471

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After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA Draft, Rodney McGruder spent a season overseas with the Hungarian team, Atomerőmű SE. Since then, he’s moved back to the States where he’s spent the last two years honing his game in the D-League. The quick-cutting McGruder has shown flashes of what he can do on the court, but may be another project piece for the Heat. Miami is very deep at shooting guard right now, and it will be tough for McGruder to make much headway.

In Game 1 of last year’s Skyforce championship run, McGruder put the team on his back by scoring 30 points and pulling down 11 rebounds en route to the team’s first ever D-League title. Heat scouts clearly like what they saw from the young man because they signed him to a three-year, partially guaranteed contract in the offseason.

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