Austin Rivers
The early 2010s saw the NBA draft become an increasingly scrutinized event, with top collegiate prospects drawn from programs across the country and evaluated with unusual intensity. Austin Rivers, born on August 1, 1992, in Santa Monica, attended Winter Park High School before going on to Duke University, after which he entered the professional ranks as an American basketball player.
Selected 10th overall by the New Orleans Hornets in the 2012 NBA Draft, Rivers went on to play eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association. He spent three seasons with the Hornets before being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. A subsequent move brought him to the Washington Wizards in June 2018, and by December of that year he had joined the Houston Rockets. Over the course of his career he also played for the New York Knicks, the Denver Nuggets, and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rivers is the son of Doc Rivers, a connection that drew consistent attention from those covering the league during his playing years.
Following his professional playing career, Rivers transitioned into broadcasting, taking up a position as a sports analyst for both ESPN and NBC Sports. That role represents where his career currently stands — working across two prominent sports media outlets in an analytical capacity.
Quotes by Austin Rivers
I'm just kind of private just because I grew up always with a camera in my face because of my father, and I was highly touted and ranked in high school. So I just like to be kind of low-key off the court.
I want my son to look at me the way I looked at my pops. That's what I want from him.
We're caught in an era where everyone likes riding a wave. People want to go to places that are already on the rise and going to franchises that are already doing really well. And people have lost interest in going somewhere and making something great again.
It's easy to go somewhere where everything already is set up and they've been to the playoffs four, five years in a row. I've been on those teams. Those are great experiences.
Judge me all you want as a player. Some people think I'm a great player, some people don't. That's fine. Numbers don't ever lie.
I was the No. 1 player in high school. I was a lottery player at Duke. I was player of the year in the ACC as a freshman. People just forget about these things, like I don't deserve to be in the league.
I know what the narrative is on me. It's because I come from money and I have a swagger and confidence about me.
I do like watches. I like the sophistication of it all. Like the whole thing behind collecting watches is very grown man-esque, so it makes me feel more an adult.