He didn’t win the award, Philadelphia’s Dario Saric did, but the Heat’s Rodney McGruder said it was nice to see he was nominated for the Eastern Conference’s Rookie of the Month honors for February.
“It is nice to be mentioned,” said McGruder, who averaged 8.0 points (12th among rookies), shot 45 percent from the field, 40.5 percent from three and held the players he defended to 41.7 percent shooting (3.5 percent below their normal field goal percentage) in the month of February.
“But I’ve just got to thank my teammates and the coaching staff for putting me in a nice situation.