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Is Brandon Rush Done?

NUMBERICA said:
"Shooting jumpers in a gym = ready for the NBA."

-average fan
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Has Rush not heard of this new fangled thing called the gym where they have these wonderous things like exercise bikes, pools, weight machines and free weights? Maybe if he joined one his fat might start to disappear, he could get himself in better cardio shape and his confidence might come back.
 
Just curious numb........ How many games did you watch of brandon rush pre injury, back when he was lighting up defenders on the offensive end and shutting down superstars on the defensive end.

This aint lebron we talkin bout.
Sure his injury is playing a part in his poor play, but also the fact that he just isn't that good in the first place is playing a part as well.


I say he is playing piss poor.... you blame it all on the injury.

I say kanter is playing piss poor....... no excuses.


average fan
 
homeytennis said:
Has Rush not heard of this new fangled thing called the gym where they have these wonderous things like exercise bikes, pools, weight machines and free weights? Maybe if he joined one his fat might start to disappear, he could get himself in better cardio shape and his confidence might come back.
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Brandon Rush has the body of Deron Williams. I have never seen him appear ripped. Maybe he's loafing, but people loafing don't return from an ACL tear and play in a league that is the apex level of competition in one year (outside of Adrian Peterson's success which has turned the average fan into a complete mouth-breathing moron about the topic, it's universally accepted that *MOST* ACL tears take two years to recover from).

I'm not saying Rush will be fine or not, but he's looked like he forced himself back. It's ultimately all rather inconsequential.
 
fishonjazz said:
Just curious numb........ How many games did you watch of brandon rush pre injury, back when he was lighting up defenders on the offensive end and shutting down superstars on the defensive end.

This aint lebron we talkin bout.
Sure his injury is playing a part in his poor play, but also the fact that he just isn't that good in the first place is playing a part as well.


I say he is playing piss poor.... you blame it all on the injury.

I say kanter is playing piss poor....... no excuses.


average fan
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I don't really care about Brandon Rush. I'm confused why anyone does. Besides that, I take offense that everyone has this attitude that ACL tears - which have traditionally been career-altering to the point of career-cancelling - are just a thing that everyone recovers from.

Enes Kanter appears healthy enough to play basketball in a way that doesn't absolutely destroy his own team. His injury wasn't in his knee. And BTW, even with Brandon Rush looking like cold dog ****, the Jazz don't play as poorly when he's on the floor as they do with Kanter.
 
Anyway, did you hear about Jimmer's workouts? Dude is going to be a ****ing beast in the NBA.
 
I dont really now how i got into this arguement with ya numb.
My whole stance is that a healthy rush probably isn't as good as people think he would be in thier mind.

When we got mo williams everyone was super excited about him.... great leader, great shooter, super quick, can stay in front of his man, etc etc.
When we got marvin....... Great length, great defender, shot over 40% from 3, was the number 2 pick, was just in a bad situation in atlanta, etc etc.
when we got raja........ great defender, good leader, tough, can hit the 3, kobe killer, etc etc.
Devin harris........ was an allstar, super fast, blah blah blah.
josh howard..... uh nevermind, screw josh howard
Al jefferson....... people though him and deron together would have us contending for something.

Now brandon rush....... 3 and D guy, great defender, good size, 40 percent 3 point shooter, gonna be the best wing on the jazz, gonna take minutes from burks and hayward.

Truth is that he is a very average player coming back from a serious knee injury that is out of shape, yet he was greatly overhyped by alot of smart people on this website.
 
I would say that between his ACL tear and his pending free agency, nobody should have expected Brandon Rush to be a piece moving forward. He'd either have had a 'great' year on a bad team and not be back, or he'd be permanently affected by his injury. The best case, actually, is that he has just a terrible year and that Jazz retain him for pennies and he fully recovers before or during next season.
 
homeytennis said:
Has Rush not heard of this new fangled thing called the gym where they have these wonderous things like exercise bikes, pools, weight machines and free weights? Maybe if he joined one his fat might start to disappear, he could get himself in better cardio shape and his confidence might come back.
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i'm gonna venture a guess and say you've never torn your acl

it's still difficult for me to walk some days and i desperately want to get back into the shape i was before.
 
fishonjazz said:
Also, I bet memo could hit an open jumper.
Wish I could say the same for rush.

If we are gonna bash kanter for his poor play even though he is coming back from injury and is extremely inexperienced and raw, then I think its fair to bash rush despite him coming back from injury too.


Personally I think they both are better than what they are showing right now but the fact is kanter looks pretty bad and rush looks like he doesn't even belong, or want to be on the court.
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Iono man, when Memo came back from his injury in 2010 he was passing up WIIIDE open 3 point shots and clanking (and airballing) free throws.

Miss "Slokur" (jf fave nickname) though. If only Kanter could become the next Memo...
 
Julie Greengiant said:
i'm gonna venture a guess and say you've never torn your acl

it's still difficult for me to walk some days and i desperately want to get back into the shape i was before.
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So your answer to the question that the OP asked is a yes then?
 
fishonjazz said:
Truth is that he is a very average player coming back from a serious knee injury that is out of shape, yet he was greatly overhyped by alot of smart people on this website.
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I think that happened because most of us fans wanted to find a positive in that trade, something that would help us in the future.
 
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