Austin Rivers was born on August 1, 1992) in his hometown of Santa Monica, California (Santa Monica, California), an American professional basketball player who serves as a shooting guard.
Location: G (No. 25)
Height: 1.91 meters / 6 feet 3
Weight: 91kg/200lbs
Birthday: 1992-08-01
Team: Minnesota Timberwolves
School: Duke University
Draft: 10th pick in the first round of 2012
Nationality: American
Studied at Duke University in college (2011-12 season) averaged 15.5 points per game and became the third freshman scoring leader in Duke team history. At the end of the season, he declared for the NBA draft and gave up his college eligibility for the last three years.
The 10th overall pick in the first round of the 2012 NBA draft was selected by the New Orleans Hornets (201-13 season). Quez, and Eric Gordon at the second position, so Rivers played between the two. So the rookie season was terrible, at least when he was playing shooting guard, shooting only 37% in the season
Rivers can play two positions in the backcourt, and has good athletic ability, excellent flexibility, and enough explosive power, speed and agility. The biggest feature of Rivers is that he is good at using changes in speed to defeat opponents, and he has a very high basketball IQ and knows how to control the game smoothly. The weakness is also obvious. His body is not strong enough. He is 1.93 meters tall but only weighs 180 pounds. His thin body is a constraint for him to enter the NBA. In addition, Austin’s rebounding ability is slightly lacking.