Brion Rush
| ICL Manresa | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Liga ACB |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
November 15, 1984 Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American / Montenegrin |
| Listed height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Listed weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Huntington (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
| College | Grambling State (2002–2006) |
| NBA draft | 2006 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| 2006–2007 | Aurora Basket Jesi |
| 2007–2008 | Chorale Roanne Basket |
| 2008–2009 | Strasbourg IG |
| 2009–2010 | Triumph Lyubertsy |
| 2010–2012 | Krasnye Krylia |
| 2012 | Élan Chalon |
| 2012–2014 | Astana |
| 2015 | ratiopharm Ulm |
| 2016 | Sutjeska |
| 2016 | Azad University Tehran |
| 2016–present | Manresa |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Brion Rush (born November 15, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for ICL Manresa of the Liga ACB.
College career
Brion Rush played college basketball for Grambling State from Southwestern Athletic Conference. He averaged 19.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.8 apg and 1.7 spg during his college career. Rush was named SWAC Freshman of the Year in 2003, three times All-SWAC first team (in 2004-2006) and Player of the Year in 2006.[1]
Professional career
Rush went undrafted in the 2006 NBA draft. In August 2006, he signed a one-year deal with Aurora Basket Jesi of the Legadue Basket.[2]
In June 2007, Rush signed a one-year deal with the French Euroleague team Chorale Roanne Basket.[3] For the 2008–09 season he signed with Strasbourg IG. He was the second best scorer of the season, averaging 21.20 points per game.[4]
In September 2009, he signed a one-year deal with Triumph Lyubertsy of Russia.[5] In July 2010, he signed a two-year deal with another Russian club BC Krasnye Krylia.[6]
In October 2012, he signed a short-term deal with Élan Chalon of France.[7] After the contract expired, he left Chalon.[8] In December 2012, he signed with BC Astana of Kazakhstan.[9] In April 2014, he re-signed with Astana for one more season.[10]
In February 2015, Rush signed with ratiopharm Ulm of Germany for the rest of the season.[11]
On December 29, 2015, he signed with the Montenegrin club Sutjeska.[12] On February 17, 2016, he parted ways with Sutjeska.[13] The next day, he signed with Azad University Tehran of the Iranian Basketball Super League.[14]
In October 2016, Rush agreed a one-month with Spanish club ICL Manresa.
References
- ↑ "SWAC Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). www.swac.org. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ↑ BASKET, AURORA JESI : PRESO BRION RUSH (Italian)
- ↑ Roanne inks scorer Brion Rush
- ↑ France, the best players at the end of regular season
- ↑ TRIUMPH adds scoring ace Brion Rush
- ↑ KRASNYE KRYLIA tabs Rush, Anisimov
- ↑ Chalon signs Brion Rush to a short-term deal to replace Denmon
- ↑ Brion Rush leaves Chalon
- ↑ Brion Rush is a newcomer at BC Astana
- ↑ BC Astana keeps Brion Rush and David Simon
- ↑ Brion Rush inks with Ratiopharm Ulm
- ↑ Sutjeska signed with Brion Rush
- ↑ Brion Rush leaves KK Sutjeska to sign in Iran
- ↑ Brion Rush to play for Azad