Clifton Bush II (born 1 September 1970) is an American-New Zealand former professional basketball player.
In 2001, he was the league's leading scorer, voted Outstanding Forward and was a member of the All-Star Five while helping the Waikato Titans to the title.
[3] 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).
[9] Bush returned to New Zealand and played in 40 games for the Rams in 1998 and 1999, helping the club reach the playoffs both years,[1] including the final in 1999.
[6] On October 19, 1999, Bush played 59 minutes and scored 55 points in a quadruple overtime victory against Skallagrímur.
[10][11] On February 13, 2000, he suffered a knee injury in a game against Njarðvík and wound up missing the rest of the season.
[12][13] For the 2000 New Zealand NBL season, Bush played for the Waikato Warriors and helped them finish second with a 12–4 record.
In their semi-final against the Nelson Giants, the team lost 105–100 with Bush scoring two points in 24 minutes off the bench.
[1] Bush again played in Iceland for the 2000–01 season, averaging 21.8 points and 14.1 rebounds in 11 games for Þór Akureyri.
[6] With the Waikato Titans in the 2001 New Zealand NBL season, Bush averaged 27.4 points per game and earned the league's scoring title.
[6] In 2003, Bush joined the Canterbury Knights of the Conference Basketball League, New Zealand's second-tier competition.