Brandon Rush part of Warriors’ historic run

By Staff     Apr 14, 2016

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Golden State Warriors' Brandon Rush brings in a rebound against the Los Angeles Clippers during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

For years, the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls seemed destined to reign forever as the greatest team in NBA regular-season history.

The Bulls, as any NBA fan could tell you, went 72-10 that season, before winning their fourth of six championships, with legends Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen leading the way.

That historic Chicago team so enthralled the league’s fan base that even now, 20 years later, most die-hards could rattle off the names of all the Bulls’ role players, too. Not just Dennis Rodman, Toni Kukoc, Ron Harper, Luc Longley and Steve Kerr, but Bill Wennington, John Salley and Jud Buechler, as well.

Wednesday, of course, on the final night of the 2015-16 season, Golden State made history, supplanting those Bulls as the best regular-season team in league history, with an astonishing 73-9 mark.

While Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson serve as the collective faces associated with the Warriors’ greatness, the names of the members of their supporting cast will live on, as well, just like all of those lesser known Bulls — particularly if Golden State goes on to win its second consecutive NBA title.

Regardless of what happens in the upcoming playoffs, Brandon Rush’s name just might live on perpetually as one of the contributors to the most successful regular-season team of all time. (Seriously, can you imagine any team going 74-8?)

The former Kansas star already is associated with greatness in Lawrence, where he played for Bill Self’s 2008 national championship team. But now Rush can add an NBA ring (from the 2015 Finals) and a piece of history to him enviable résumé.

Rush, now a 30-year-old veteran, only averaged 4.2 points in 14.7 minutes for Golden State during its record-setting run. But the backup wing knocked down 41.4 percent of his 3-pointers and actually served as a starter in 25 games during the Warriors’ record-breaking run over the past five and a half months.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A00ulsl72EA

You can start watching Rush chip in to the Warriors’ 2016 title push beginning this weekend, when Golden State takes on Houston, on Saturday.


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