

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Rivers
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/riverau01.html
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Texas Chuck wrote:I'd like to see Utah, and Denver lose
TunaFish wrote:There may be a place for Rivers on the Nuggets even in the future.
Rivers quote: "This has been a life-saver and -changer for me, coming here. I've never experienced a team or an organization like this, so about 'we' instead of 'me'. I'm just lucky to be here and thankful to be here. I don't take this **** for granted."
Interview:
ForeverRDjazz wrote:TunaFish wrote:There may be a place for Rivers on the Nuggets even in the future.
Rivers quote: "This has been a life-saver and -changer for me, coming here. I've never experienced a team or an organization like this, so about 'we' instead of 'me'. I'm just lucky to be here and thankful to be here. I don't take this **** for granted."
Interview:
He's kills the Jazz so in a way I'm surprised the Jazz didn't go get him. Nice pick up.
Texas Chuck wrote:I'd like to see Utah, and Denver lose
NuggetsWY wrote:One great game last night, does not mean he's a great find. But after a rough start, he's been playing consistent --- and more important, consistent on both ends of the court. I'm impressed. Will he start next year? I don't know, but I'm sure hoping he'll get solid rotation minutes.
Did you see him defending Melo early in the game? One-on-one and he was fighting. Melo's quite a bit bigger and it took a lot of fight. It reminded me of times I've seen Murray in the same situation. Effective? Rivers might be better at it than Murray but it's a tough battle when isolated down low on a big. All I care is that they fight and I love it!
The Rebel wrote:NuggetsWY wrote:One great game last night, does not mean he's a great find. But after a rough start, he's been playing consistent --- and more important, consistent on both ends of the court. I'm impressed. Will he start next year? I don't know, but I'm sure hoping he'll get solid rotation minutes.
Did you see him defending Melo early in the game? One-on-one and he was fighting. Melo's quite a bit bigger and it took a lot of fight. It reminded me of times I've seen Murray in the same situation. Effective? Rivers might be better at it than Murray but it's a tough battle when isolated down low on a big. All I care is that they fight and I love it!
Let's not get out of hand, the one thing that Murray has always been good at was one on one or in the post against larger players, he is stronger and more physical than he looks while he never could keep up with guys like Lillard on the perimeter.
Rivers is not really a starter, I would rather have any of the 3 guys we are missing starting over Rivers, but he is a solid 8th man type. He can get hot like he did last night, he can exploit the right matchups, and he is a good defender. Not a bad guy to have, but not someone I am comfortable being our best or even 2nd best guard.
The Rebel wrote:NuggetsWY wrote:One great game last night, does not mean he's a great find. But after a rough start, he's been playing consistent --- and more important, consistent on both ends of the court. I'm impressed. Will he start next year? I don't know, but I'm sure hoping he'll get solid rotation minutes.
Did you see him defending Melo early in the game? One-on-one and he was fighting. Melo's quite a bit bigger and it took a lot of fight. It reminded me of times I've seen Murray in the same situation. Effective? Rivers might be better at it than Murray but it's a tough battle when isolated down low on a big. All I care is that they fight and I love it!
Let's not get out of hand, the one thing that Murray has always been good at was one on one or in the post against larger players, he is stronger and more physical than he looks while he never could keep up with guys like Lillard on the perimeter.
Rivers is not really a starter, I would rather have any of the 3 guys we are missing starting over Rivers, but he is a solid 8th man type. He can get hot like he did last night, he can exploit the right matchups, and he is a good defender. Not a bad guy to have, but not someone I am comfortable being our best or even 2nd best guard.
NuggetsWY wrote:The Rebel wrote:NuggetsWY wrote:One great game last night, does not mean he's a great find. But after a rough start, he's been playing consistent --- and more important, consistent on both ends of the court. I'm impressed. Will he start next year? I don't know, but I'm sure hoping he'll get solid rotation minutes.
Did you see him defending Melo early in the game? One-on-one and he was fighting. Melo's quite a bit bigger and it took a lot of fight. It reminded me of times I've seen Murray in the same situation. Effective? Rivers might be better at it than Murray but it's a tough battle when isolated down low on a big. All I care is that they fight and I love it!
Let's not get out of hand, the one thing that Murray has always been good at was one on one or in the post against larger players, he is stronger and more physical than he looks while he never could keep up with guys like Lillard on the perimeter.
Rivers is not really a starter, I would rather have any of the 3 guys we are missing starting over Rivers, but he is a solid 8th man type. He can get hot like he did last night, he can exploit the right matchups, and he is a good defender. Not a bad guy to have, but not someone I am comfortable being our best or even 2nd best guard.
Not sure how that could have been close to "out of hand". Pretty sure I suggested he'd be better off the bench. I didn't say that, but it was implied in my mind. However, Rivers starting with Murray isn't necessarily out of the question in my opinion.
Considering the options for the 2nd starting guard, I can make an argument against any of the options. What is the most valuable asset any 2nd guard brings to the Nuggets? It's probably their defense, as in, "see Gary Harris". Campazzo can be a pest on defense. Harrison, is a fairly good defensive player. But they are both too short to be able to handle all the switches that happen in the NBA. Barton plays defense in spurts. Dozier's still learning how to play NBA defense and I have hopes regarding him.
So in my opinion, our best guard to start next to Murray would be either Morris or Rivers.
I'm a big fan of Morris, but he's more of a PG than a SG and frankly, we need someone that helps open the paint area. Morris' shooting is good enough to do that, but his tendency to not shoot even when open, means other teams don't worry about him much.
While I would actually prefer having Rivers come off the bench, IMO he'd make a decent pairing with Murray.
Unfortunately all of that is immaterial, since we all know Malone will be starting Barton as soon as possible.