Clifton Bush
| Hawke's Bay Hawks | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | NBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
1 September 1970 Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Nationality | American / New Zealand |
| Listed height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
| Listed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Watson Chapel (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) |
| College | Central Arkansas (1988–1992) |
| NBA draft | 1992 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1995–2009 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1995–1996 | Snæfell |
| 1996–1997 | Breiðablik |
| 1997–1999 | Canterbury Rams |
| 1997–1998 | Snæfell |
| 1999–2000 | KFÍ |
| 2000–2001 | Waikato Warriors/Titans |
| 2000–2001 | Thór |
| 2001 | Estudiantes de Olavarría |
| 2002 | Manawatu Jets |
| 2002–2003 | Snæfell |
| 2003 | Canterbury Knights |
| 2004–2005 | Canterbury Rams |
| 2005 | New Zealand Breakers |
| 2006 | Manawatu Jets |
| 2007–2009 | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
| As coach: | |
| 2017–present | Hawke's Bay Hawks (asst.) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Clifton Bush II (born 1 September 1970) is an American-New Zealand former professional basketball player who played the majority of his career in the New Zealand National Basketball League (NBL). He also spent six seasons playing in Iceland, and had short stints playing in Argentina for Estudiantes de Olavarría, and in the Australian NBL for the New Zealand Breakers.
Bush grew up in Arkansas and played four years of college basketball for the Central Arkansas Bears. As a sophomore in 1989–90, he started all 35 games for the Bears and averaged 16.8 points per game (587 total points) on .498 field goal shooting (220-of-442).
As a junior in 1990–91, Bush started in 33 of the Bears' 34 games, and scored a school single-season high of 682 points, good for 20.1 points per game (ranked eighth in single-season scoring averages) on .560 field goal shooting (263-of-470) and .563 three-point shooting (58-of-103). He also recorded 280 rebounds (8.2 pg) and 62 steals (1.8 pg).
As a senior in 1991–92, Bush started in all 33 games for the Bears and averaged 19.0 points per game (626 total points) on .499 field goal shooting (248-of-497). He also recorded 59 steals (1.8 pg).
In 2004, Bush was inducted into the University of Central Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor.
Bush began his professional career in Iceland with Snæfell in 1995. He spent one season with the club before joining Breiðablik for the 1996–97 season where he averaged 24.7 points and 12.3 rebounds in 11 games.
In early 1997, an agent asked if he or any of the eight players he lived with wanted to go to New Zealand for the off-season. Three days later, Bush arrived in Christchurch to play for the Canterbury Rams. In 20 games for the Rams in 1997, he averaged 24.4 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.6 steals per game.
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