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On Saturday, McGruder approached the Warriors bench and said something to Golden State rookie Juan Toscano-Anderson, who was not in uniform. Klay Thompson, who was part of the broadcast crew for the game, wasnโ€™t impressed.

Asked to explain what was going on down on the floor, Thompson said, โ€œI donโ€™t know. This guy might be out of the league pretty soon. Heโ€™s probably mad about that. Who knows? Heโ€™s over here trying to start something like heโ€™s a good player or something. Bro, get out of here.โ€

Draymond Green was asked about the exchange post-game (According to Green, McGruder approached Toscano-Anderson to deliver a message about something the rookie had said to Ellington in the first half.): โ€œWhen the fuck did Rodney McGruder become the tough guy on the team?โ€, โ€œI know ainโ€™t nobody scared of no Rodney McGruder.โ€

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Later, Wayne Ellington was asked about this:

โ€œFirst of all, I think itโ€™s very unprofessional and definitely not classy for somebody to attack Rodneyโ€™s professional career the way that it was attacked,โ€

"The guy over there, Juan, is the one who started the whole thing. Rod is a man of respect, like myself, and I felt like he took offense to whatever the guy was saying to me in the first half. I just kind of laughed it off and kept on going.

โ€œSo, for Draymond to sit up and talk all that type of crazy stuff behind a microphone, I think thatโ€™s the fake tough guy stuff, to be honest with you. So, Iโ€™m only gonna talk about this situation once man and put it behind us. But I just think itโ€™s unfair for them 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 wasnโ€™t tough guy stuff. He just probably walked over there to try to clear the air with the guy.โ€