Reyer Venezia’s surprise strike: it’s done for former Olimpia Milano

Official Rodney McGruder at Reyer Venezia

Reyer Venezia places a surprise hit in the backcourt. The Orogranata club, in fact, announced that it has reached an agreement to sign Rodney McGruder, a 194-centimeter guard, who last season wore the Olimpia Milano jersey.

Born July 29, 1991, in Landover, Maryland, USA, grows up basketballto Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, before moving to Jacksonville in Florida. In 2009 he embarked on a four-year college career at Kansas State. In his sophomore year he scored 11.1 points with 5.9 rebounds per game; in his junior year he rose to 15.8 points. As a senior, in his fourth year of college, he records 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, leading Kansas State to first place in the Big 12.

In 2013 he signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder and in December moved to the’Atomeromu Paks, averaging 14.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in the Hungarian league. He began the 2014-15 season with Golden State and then signed with the Boston Celtics and played in Maine and Sioux Falls in the G-League. He then plays another season in Sioux Falls winning the G-League title and finally in 2016 signs with the Miami Heat on a three-year contract playing 162 NBA games with 112 appearances in the quintet, and 6.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per contest.

After the Miami experience ended, he played one year for the Los Angeles Clippers (56 games) and then three more years in Detroit, with 99 appearances on the court, 16 in the quintet, 5.5 points per game average. Since January 2024 he has been wearing the jersey of Olimpia Milano with whom he plays in Euroleague.