Brandon Rush
Brandon Rush
Brandon Leray Rushis an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. He was drafted in 2008 by the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers after playing for Kansas for three seasons, including the 2008 championship season. He was selected as a Wooden Award All-American in both 2007 and 2008 as a Jayhawk...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 July 1985
CityKansas City, MO
missing shots surprised
It surprised me. I was getting the shots I wanted, I just was missing them. I was getting frustrated, I just couldn't get myself into the game.
against biggest game national playing talent year
It's going to be the biggest game of the year in the conference, playing against top-level talent on national television.
calling decided took until visit week
They were calling me up until a week or so before I decided to go to Kansas. I even took an unofficial visit there.
both force jumping kentucky left tried trying
They were really overemphasizing jumping on my right hand. They were trying to force me to go left. Kentucky tried it, but I was still able to get around it. I can go both ways, but I like going to my right hand. My left is a little weak.
shut
It just shut them up. You lost, what more can you say?
best debate ground neutral ready settle team time
It's a debate out there as to who's the best team in the conference. It's time to settle who that is. We're ready for it. It's going to be pretty exciting. This time it's going to be on neutral ground so it'll be a lot more even.
league locker sports stepping talking
We were just talking about that in the locker room, about how league play is different, and we're stepping up.
people proving wrong
They said we were going to get killed in Big 12 play. We're proving people wrong right now.
case devastated everybody jeremy moody seniors taking
They are taking it real tough. Everybody is mad. Jeremy Case is real mad. (Christian) Moody ... the seniors are real devastated about the loss.
coach gets mental
Coach said it's a mental thing, but it really does (affect you). Even Roby (Richard, CU guard, 15 points, 6-of-18 shooting) told me that he gets winded.
coming doubt doubts game picked shots
I thought the game was about done. We had big doubts about coming back. Then the shots started falling, and we picked it up on defense.
bad expected hard last paid people team toughness winning
I think it's great. We did get off to a bad start, but we showed some toughness by winning 12 of our last 13 games. We are a young team and not many people expected much out of us. We just try to go out there and play hard every day, and it paid off in the end.
ahead couple earned games people prove respect
I think that we earned some respect today. We still have a couple of big games ahead of us, and we are still going to try and prove people wrong.
games playing time
Really, that's the way he's been playing all the time in practice. But he hadn't been playing that much in games because of stuff.