Brion Rush

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Brion Rush
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No. 15Crailsheim Merlins
Position Shooting guard
League Basketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1984-11-15) November 15, 1984 (age 39)
Shreveport, Louisiana
NationalityAmerican / Montenegrin
Listed height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight76 kg (168 lb)
Career information
High school Huntington (Shreveport, Louisiana)
College Grambling State (2002–2006)
NBA draft 2006: undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2007 Aurora Jesi
2007–2008 Chorale Roanne
2008–2009 SIG Strasbourg
2009–2010 Triumph Lyubertsy
2010–2012 Krasnye Krylia
2012 Élan Chalon
2012–2014 Astana
2015 ratiopharm Ulm
2016 Sutjeska
2016 Azad University Tehran
2016 Manresa
2016–2017 SLUC Nancy
2017–2018 Göttingen
2018–present Crailsheim Merlins
Career highlights and awards

Brion Rush (born November 15, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Crailsheim Merlins of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played college basketball for Grambling State University.

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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. [15] On December 18, 2016, he signed with French club SLUC Nancy Basket for the rest of the season. [16]

On August 1, 2017, Rush signed with German club BG Göttingen. [17]

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References

  1. "SWAC Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). www.swac.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  2. BASKET, AURORA JESI : PRESO BRION RUSH (in Italian)
  3. Roanne inks scorer Brion Rush
  4. France, the best players at the end of regular season
  5. TRIUMPH adds scoring ace Brion Rush
  6. KRASNYE KRYLIA tabs Rush, Anisimov
  7. Chalon signs Brion Rush to a short-term deal to replace Denmon
  8. Brion Rush leaves Chalon
  9. Brion Rush is a newcomer at BC Astana
  10. BC Astana keeps Brion Rush and David Simon
  11. Brion Rush inks with Ratiopharm Ulm
  12. "Sutjeska signed with Brion Rush". Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  13. Brion Rush leaves KK Sutjeska to sign in Iran
  14. Brion Rush to play for Azad
  15. L'ICL Manresa contracta temporalment Brion Rush (in Spanish)
  16. BRION RUSH EN RENFORT. Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  17. Brion Rush inks with BG Goettingen