Post by zeropointzero on Nov 5, 2010 23:47:45 GMT -5
Brandon "Don't call me I" Rush
Age: 22
Height: 6'7''
Weight: 210
Position: SG/SF
School: Kansas
Inside: C+
Outside: B
Handling: C-
Defense: B-
Rebounding: C
Potential: B
Gone seemed to be that indecisiveness that plagued him throughout his college career, as he showed absolutely no hesitation hoisting up shots with his quick, fluid, effortless release as soon as he received an opportunity to do so. He was superb coming off screens, being very difficult to keep up with due to the speed in which he runs around the court, and looked just as smooth pulling up off the dribble out to 20 feet. It’s reaching the point that we might need to start considering him as one of the best perimeter shooters in the country—as his 43.4% on nearly 5 attempts per game from behind the arc indeed indicates.
He’s still not much of a shot-creator—his ball-handling skills are poor, he struggles to change directions due to his high center of gravity, and he seems to lack some aggressiveness going up strong at the rim trying to draw contact. Considering the fact that he’s a likely role-player at the next level—with the unselfish passing skills and team-oriented mentality that comes along with that, that might not be as great a concern as it once was.
Defensively, Rush has superb size and length on the wing, which helps him greatly in terms of contesting shots and coming up with plenty of blocks and steals in the process. He seems to have lost a degree of intensity, though, from what we could see in this tournament, not fighting through screens very well and getting beat too often off the dribble by smaller players. We’ll have to see how this part of his game looks in the league.
At 22 years old, not to mention less than a year removed from ACL surgery, one has to wonder how much upside Rush has left. With that said, Rush is still a tremendous athlete, so even if he has hit his ceiling, he should still contribute for NBA teams for years to come.
