David Rivers

David Rivers
David Rivers
Former basketball player David Rivers honored by Olympiakos, May 2009
No. 14, 44, 32
Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth January 20, 1965 (1965-01-20) (age 46)
Place of birth Jersey City, New Jersey
Nationality American
High school St. Anthony (Jersey City, New Jersey)
Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
College Notre Dame (1984–1988)
NBA Draft 1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Pro career 1988–2001
Career history
1988–1989 Los Angeles Lakers
1989–1990 Los Angeles Clippers
1990–1991 Tulsa Fast Breakers (CBA)
1991 Memphis Rockers (WBL)
1991–1992 Los Angeles Clippers
1992–1993 La Crosse Catbirds (CBA)
1993–1995 Olympique Antibes (France)
1995–1997 Olympiacos (Greece)
1997–1998 Teamsystem Bologna (Italy)
1998–2000 Tofaş (Turkey)
2000–2001 Olympiacos (Greece)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

David Lee Rivers (born January 20, 1965 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a retired American basketball player. An explosive point guard, he reached star status in the Euroleague, mostly playing for Olympiacos Piraeus under coach Dusan Ivkovic.

Rivers grew up in Jersey City and played high school basketball under Bob Hurley at powerhouse St. Anthony High School.[1]

Contents

College career

A third team All-American in 1986-87 and a second team selection in '87-88, he attended the University of Notre Dame.
He was the co-captain of the '87-88 squad. He currently ranks fourth in school history, in scoring with 2,058 points, and second in Notre Dame history in assists (586). He also ranks second all-time in steals (201) and steals average (1.7 spg), second in games started (116), fourth in assists average (5.0 apg) and three-point field goal percentage (.406), ninth in games played (118), 11th all-time in three-point field goals made (67) and 13th in three-point field goals attempted (165). He was selected to the 1987 NCAA Championship All-Regional team. He earned four monograms while a member of the Fighting Irish.

Professional career

Rivers was selected 25th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 1988 NBA Draft, receiving very little playing time in his rookie season. He had two more seasons of no impact with the other Los Angeles team, the Clippers (1989–90 and 1991–92).

He also played successfully in Europe (France, Greece, Italy and Turkey). In Greece, he played for Olympiacos Piraeus winning the Euroleague in 1997. This was the only time the Greek club has won the trophy, winning the triple crown (Greek Cup, Greek Championship and Euroleague).

He showed remarkable form throughout the Euroleague averaging 17 pts, 3.4 assists, 2 steals and 37.9 minutes in 23 games. During the final four in Rome, Rivers almost single-handedly beat both Union Olimpija in the semi final and FC Barcelona in the final, scoring 28 and 26 points respectively. In 1997 Rivers left Olympiacos to join Teamsystem Bologna and played alongside former NBA all-star Dominique Wilkins. He later played for Tofaş Bursa in Turkey where he won two league championships and two cups before re-joining Olympiacos for one season.[2] Despite his relatively average last season at Olympiacos that ended in his retirement, he is considered a legend for the fans.

Notes

  1. ^ Curry, Jack. "Lakers Rookie's Search for Solace", The New York Times, January 15, 1989. Accessed February 27, 2009. "David Rivers has always been ready for the game. One of the finest players to come out of New Jersey in the last 20 years, he overcame obstacles to become an All-State performer at St. Anthony High School."
  2. ^ http://listweb.bilkent.edu.tr/basket/2000/Jun/0236.html (Turkish)

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • David Rivers — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda David Rivers Datos personales …   Wikipedia Español

  • David Rivers — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Rivers. David Rivers …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Rivers (Begriffsklärung) — Rivers steht für: Rivers, Bundesstaat in Nigeria Rivers ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827–1900), britischer Ethnologe und Archäologe David Rivers (* 1965), US amerikanischer Basketballspieler Doc Rivers (* 1961) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rivers — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Rivers est, en anglais, le pluriel du mot rivière. Rivers peut désigner : Patronyme David Rivers (né en 1965), joueur américain de basket ball. Dick… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • David L. Lawrence Convention Center — in Pittsburgh Address 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15222 …   Wikipedia

  • David Thompson (explorer) — David Thompson David Thompson late in life Born April 30, 1770(1770 04 30) Westminster, London, England Died …   Wikipedia

  • David Emanuel (fashion designer) — David Emanuel Born 17 November 1952 (1952 11 17) (age 58) Bridgend (Welsh: Penybont ar Ogwr) Nationality Welsh (Welsh: Cymro …   Wikipedia

  • David Rohl — David M. Rohl (born 12 September 1950) is a British Egyptologist[1] and former director of the Institute for the Study of Interdisciplinary Sciences (ISIS) who from the 1980s has put forth several unconventional theories revising the chronology… …   Wikipedia

  • David Thompson (basketball) — David Thompson No. 33, 44 Small forward / Shooting guard Personal information Date of birth July 13, 1954 (1954 07 13) (age 57) Place of birth Shelby …   Wikipedia

  • Rivers Cuomo — Naissance 13 juin 1970 (1970 06 13) (41 ans) New York …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”