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Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

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  • Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

    http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/681550.html


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    KU’s Rush winds up with Indiana at NBA draft
    By J. BRADY McCOLLOUGH

    NEW YORK | Brandon Rush walked around the TV interview room, feeling a bit lost with a Portland Trail Blazers cap on his head.

    “This is pretty weird,” Rush said. “I hope there aren’t any Indiana people around here.”

    It just wouldn’t be right for Rush’s draft night to go off without a hitch. When it comes to getting to the NBA, Rush only knows unforeseen twists and turns. On Thursday, the script flipped again when the Portland Trail Blazers picked Rush 13th overall and then traded him to the Indiana Pacers in a package for No. 11 pick Jerryd Bayless.

    Ten minutes after the trade was announced, Rush was still looking for a Pacers cap. The trade hadn’t been officially passed by league officials, but Rush didn’t care.

    “I might have to switch with Bayless,” Rush said.

    All awkwardness aside, Rush’s night couldn’t have gone much better. A year after tearing his ACL and wondering whether he would ever be the same player again, Rush, a Kansas City native, was selected in the draft lottery.

    “People doubted I would be the same player,” Rush said.

    Yet, here he was on Thursday morning, hanging out with his relatively small entourage in the lobby of the Westin Times Square, looking corporate already with a white dress shirt and black slacks.

    “It didn’t really hit me until I woke up this morning, like, today is the day my dream comes true,” Rush said. “It was taking forever for a while.”

    When Rush says forever, he means it. Remember, he wanted to turn pro out of high school but eventually decided to go to college. He wanted to go after his sophomore year at Kansas, but the most fortuitous injury in KU history occurred and Rush was forced to hang around for one more year. Rush has no regrets. But it still felt like forever.

    “I think it was better I did it this way,” Rush said. “If I would have come out of high school, my freshman year or sophomore year, I don’t think I would have been in the green room. I don’t think I was that type of player that would be in the green room.”

    Rush found out that he was invited to the green room on Sunday. That was the first tangible sign that he had moved himself into prime position during his tour of workouts over the last two months, the first sign that he had indeed made it.

    On Thursday morning, that made Rush think about all the doubters back in his hometown, like a principal at Westport High School who predicted that the youngest of the three Rush brothers would “amount to nothing,” according to Rush.

    “She’s wrong,” Rush said. “Big time.

    “I think this will be a nice thing to go back and slap everybody in the face for doubting me.”

    Rush was accompanied by his brother, Kareem; his best friend from KC, Tim Blackwell; and an uncle. Blackwell, who played with Rush as a kid and went to UMKC, said he was speechless about being in the Big Apple with his childhood buddy.

    “Anytime someone makes it like this that you know, it’s just amazing,” Blackwell said. “I’m just happy for him.”

    Kareem Rush knew what it was like for Brandon, growing up in his and JaRon Rush’s shadow.

    “People looked at him under a microscope,” Kareem said. “Brandon has accomplished more than me and JaRon both accomplished in our college careers. I’m proud of him.”

    Rush arrived in the green room — it is actually not a room, but a closed-off area that everybody in the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden could see very clearly — about an hour before the draft. He sat around and sent text messages on his iPhone.

    “I just can’t wait for this to be over,” Rush said.

    The last few months have been a whirlwind. Rush moved to Chicago and worked out with renowned basketball trainer Tim Grover and a physical therapist. He worked out in front of 10 teams — a very large number — and tried to leave everything he had on the court each time.

    “It’s a lot of pressure,” Rush said. “You don’t know what teams are really interested in you. Everything, I did to the extreme. I hustled every time I stepped on the court.”

    Rush’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, said Rush impressed the Pacers from the beginning. Actually, he impressed everybody, it seemed.

    “Literally, as much as anybody in this draft,” Bartelstein said, “everywhere he’s gone, he’s done extremely well.”

    Bartelstein got the news of the planned pick-and-trade deal with Portland and Indiana and relayed it to Rush. It was Rush’s job to field questions as if he knew nothing of the trade, which also included a swap of Indiana’s Ike Diogu and Portland’s Jarrett Jack. Rush handled the task admirably, talking about Portland’s young talent and great organization.

    When Rush was picked, he walked through a throng of fans, all trying to give him five or share pounds of the fist. Yells of “Rock Chalk!” were mixed in with pleas for the attention of “B-Rush!”

    Before long, Rush would put on a different cap. Rush had already made the connection that being a Pacer meant possibly playing on the same team with Kareem, who is a free agent and could re-sign with Indiana.

    “Nothing like a little sibling rivalry,” Kareem said.

    Brandon wasn’t too worried about a possible battle with Kareem for playing time. He was thinking bigger. Much bigger.

    “Reggie Miller,” Rush said. “I want to try to be the next Reggie Miller. That’s my whole take.”

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    Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

    Can't fault a guy for setting lofty goals. LOL

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    • #3
      Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

      i think Brandon Rush is going to be one of top 3 players of the draft.

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      • #4
        Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

        Lets make it happen. I like this kid, and you know he can't totally hate the state cause IU was his second choice after KU.


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        • #5
          Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

          I'd be OK with him being the next Danny Granger.
          You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?

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          • #6
            Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

            Originally posted by lavell12 View Post
            i think Brandon Rush is going to be one of top 3 players of the draft.
            I have no doubt in my mind he'll be Top 6. The only problem, of course, is if Bayless is Top 3.

            Regardless, we got ourselves a good one.
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            • #7
              Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

              I think Kareem needs to move on. I'm worried as hell about the two of them being on the same team.

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              • #8
                Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

                Hopefully he can learn to kick his legs out on 3s.

                Hopefully, he'll be a much better defender and not just be described as "pesky".

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                • #9
                  Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

                  Originally posted by rexnom View Post
                  I think Kareem needs to move on. I'm worried as hell about the two of them being on the same team.

                  Given the size of our current roster, I would say the chances of Kareem resigning with the Pacers is pretty close to zero unless Larry does a 3 for 1 trade with somebody.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

                    Originally posted by rexnom View Post
                    I think Kareem needs to move on. I'm worried as hell about the two of them being on the same team.
                    Think he already has as the writing is on the wall and he's no longer under contract and the Pacers will probably not even bother offering one with a full roster and having picked up Graham's option.

                    Wings: Dun, Granger, Daniels, Graham, Brandan Rush, and Williams


                    That's six and more than enough. Kareem is a good talent and needs to find a team that will offer minutes.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

                      I like that he's gone through a little adversity and moving to Chicago to work with trainer Tim Grover is a great move by him

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                      • #12
                        Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

                        Conversely, we may be able to sign Kareem to another, cheap one-year deal if having his brother here would an incentive for him to stick around.

                        We probably don't need him, but if he'll stick around for $1.5 million, you might as well hang onto him as an asset. We're probably gonna be active in February with a few of these expirings and anyone who wants Foster or Rasho as a Playoff big would probably see a chearp, three-point shooter like Kareem as at least a mild sweetener.
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                        • #13
                          Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

                          It takes big feet to fill the shoes of the Knick Killer. It'll be awesome if he can do it though.
                          Pacers,baby!

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                          • #14
                            Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

                            If Kareem is willing to be our third string SG and take a back-seat to his younger brother, I'd love to have him back. Do you know how much Kareem would make his younger bro? I don't know if any if you guys have siblings, but playing against my older brother, made me a lot better. If anyone knows Kareem's weaknesses, it's his brothers. The drive to be better, and the fact that he'll be battling his brother in practice could really accelerate Brandon's learning curve. It would be like Granger and Artest battling in practice, except these two know each other much better.

                            We should get rid of Marquis Daniels.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Brandon Rush "I want to be the next Reggie Miller"

                              Originally posted by GrangerRanger View Post
                              “Reggie Miller,” Rush said. “I want to try to be the next Reggie Miller. That’s my whole take.”
                              Stephen Jackson said the same thing...

                              Regardless, I do like Rush. He's no Bayless, but he is what I've been wanting for a while: a prototype shooting guard instead of a 3 playing as a 2.

                              He should be the best pure SG in this year's draft. Again, I'd much rather have Bayless, but I'm happy that Rush is here.
                              This space for rent.

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