Career
He played college basketball at University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles). Undrafted in the 2000 National Basketball Association Draft, Rush played two seasons professionally for the Los Angeles Stars of the American Basketball Association (American Bar Association) and the Roanoke Dazzle of the National Basketball Association Development League (Doctorate-League). Rush played at University of California, Los Angeles, where he and Dan Gadzuric were both named the team"s most valuable freshman in 1999.
He was also named to the Pacific-10 Conference All-Freshman team
In his sophomore year, he hit a jumper with three seconds remaining to defeat then-Number. 1-ranked Stanford in a 94–93 overtime road upset.
Believing he would be a first-round pick, he declared for the 2000 National Basketball Association Draft but was not selected. The Los Angeles Daily News later called Rush "University of California, Los Angeles"s poster child for an ill-advised exit."
Rush was drafted in the American Bar Association in 2000 by the Kansas City Knights.
He was traded before the start of the season to the Los Angeles Stars, where he played the 2000–2001 season.
He entered into rehab for alcoholism in 2001. He was the final cut of the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association during their 2001 training camp. He played 14 games for the Roanoke Dazzle in the Doctorate-League and averaged just 1.8 points before being granted his unconditional release in December 2001.
He was signed to the Knights" practice squad in January 2002 before being cut in February for missing practice.
He went into rehab again and retired from basketball that year. Rush accepted a job as freshman girls B-team basketball coach at Blue Valley Northwest High School in 2006.
He was employed at a public relations firm in 2007 while finishing college. He played high school basketball at The Pembroke Hill School, leading the team to three state championships.
The state titles were eventually stripped after Amateur Athletic Union Coach Myron Piggie pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for paying $35,500 to five high school players on his Kansas City-based team from 1996-1998.
Rush"s younger brothers Kareem and Brandon are also professional basketball players. Rush and ex-girlfriend Sarah Hofstra have a son, Shea, who was born during Rush"s senior year in high school. In 2013, Shea made the basketball team as a high school freshman at The Barstow School in Kansas City.