The Austin Rivers love fest must STOP

#26
#26
pl3 said:
That whole game was a Duke love fest. I understand the program and coach K, but it gets old. I'd hate to have to play them twice a year and hear it the whole game.

And Rivers is really good. However, when he gets the ball and makes his initial move to the left or right, before dribbling, he travels everytime.
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In defense of the announcers Jimmy Dykes did make a point to say, "Just look at Maymons lower body.. (long pause)... I mean, look a those legs."

Sounds like a pretty nice compliment to me. Slightly Jerry Sandusky? Sure, but whose judging? :whistling:
 
#27
#27
Voldemonium said:
In defense of the announcers Jimmy Dykes did make a point to say, "Just look at Maymons lower body.. (long pause)... I mean, look a those legs."

Sounds like a pretty nice compliment to me. Slightly Jerry Sandusky? Sure, but whose judging? :whistling:
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Im just gonna say this...

If you complement a guys lower body during a basketball game...then you're missing the point.
 
#29
#29
Rivers is good, yes.

But Golden is a better all around player. Everything Rivers did, Golden can do (and did), except he also passes and plays defense. Set them out one on one and see who wins, set them out 5 on 5 with the exact same talent around each other and see which team does better.

Rivers is a lottery pick. But he is no Davis, Gilchrist, Sullinger, or any player of that caliber right now. and may not ever be. To compare him to Irving is insane. That's like comparing Lamb to John Wall. One is just on another level.
 
#30
#30
He's played like, four games. Barnes didn't look like the #1 player in the nation last year through four games, and he's a straight up stud.

Rivers gets to the basket pretty much whenever he wants to. A nice quality to have.
 
#31
#31
Nobody with any sense is saying he is Irving, Sullinger, or anything else. People are saying he is the #1 Freshman in the country this year, and I saw nothing to disprove that today.
 
#32
#32
Ford in Maui: Austin Rivers overrated? - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN

Rivers came in with similar hype -- in part because he's related to Celtics' head coach Doc Rivers. But neither the recruiting gurus like ESPN's Dave Telep nor NBA scouts who watched him in high school have had the same expectations about Rivers that they did with Barnes or freshman Anthony Davis. He's always been projected as a late lottery to mid-first round guy. A good player ... just not elite. The expectations he faces are more related to blood than scouting hype.
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Yep.
 
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