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
bad floor good practice work
I was surprised. He didn't really say anything to them at halftime. All he said was they weren't getting on the floor enough. I don't think they're down about it. They just feel bad they didn't come with all they got tonight. I don't think they're down. They'll just come to practice tomorrow, work real hard, and get back on coach's good side.
good worried
I'm not worried about that. I'm a good kid.
coming free good helps mad mario points pressure ready relieve russell shooting starting
Russell coming back in was a real big deal. He helps relieve the pressure a lot on me and Mario (Chalmers, 21 points of 6-of-9 shooting and 6-of-9 free throwing), and he's starting to become a real good scorer. He was ready to get back out there. He was pretty mad about getting the two fouls.
feels good physical stick talking win
He's got a big mouth. He told me 'a physical game's not your style; stick to finesse.' It feels real good to win when they're talking smack.
feeling hands pass ready
You have to be ready for him. I can tell when he's going to pass. When he's feeling it, he's going to shoot. When he's having an off day, I know he's going to pass it so my hands are up.
free shot time
Every time I shot free throws, there he was shaking. It was nasty.
came knew special team
We all came in being this and that. But we don't have egos. We want to be a team. We knew we had to be something special for this team to do something, but we knew we had to do it together. I think we've done that.
behind crowd somebody
I did that because I thought somebody was behind me. I was going to try to do something crazy, was going to try to go through the legs, get the crowd real hyped.
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.
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.
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.
cool happy playing wondering
Julian is always playing around... non-stop even when everyone else is serious. He's happy over everything. At first, I was wondering about him, but I like that. He's a cool guy.
broke hate lead sleeping woke
Nah, I hate it. I was still kind of sleeping in the first half. I woke up, though, when they broke into our lead in the first half.
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.