On Media Day his rookie year, Brandon Rush showed signs of not living up to expectations the Pacers had after acquiring the No. 13 overall pick in the 2008 draft via a draft-night deal.
When made available to the media "horde" that day, which was actually just about five or six of us asking questions with the depth of a bird bath, Rush started by saying he was as nervous as he had ever been...at that moment, facing the "horde" with the bird-bath-deep questions.
This wasn't New York, L.A. or Chicago.