David Rivers

David Lee Rivers (born January 20, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. A 6'2" (1.88 m ) tall[1][2] point guard, he reached star status in the EuroLeague, mainly while playing with Olympiacos, under head coach Dušan Ivković. Rivers played 3 seasons in the NBA, one with the Los Angeles Lakers (1988–89) and two more with the Los Angeles Clippers (1989–90, 1991–92). Following his retirement, he was an associate head coach for the Kennesaw State Owls in the 2014–15 season.

For the American football player, see David Rivers (American football).
David Rivers
Personal information
Born (1965-01-20) January 20, 1965
Jersey City, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolSt. Anthony (Jersey City, New Jersey)
CollegeNotre Dame (1984–1988)
NBA draft1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career1988–2001
PositionPoint guard
Number14, 44, 32
Coaching career2014–2015
Career history
As player:
1988–1989Los Angeles Lakers
1989–1990Los Angeles Clippers
1990–1991Tulsa Fast Breakers
1991Memphis Rockers
1991–1992Los Angeles Clippers
1992–1993La Crosse Catbirds
1993–1995Olympique Antibes
1995–1997Olympiacos
1997–1998Fortitudo Bologna
1998–2000Tofaş
2000–2001Olympiacos
2003–2004Olympique Antibes
As coach:
2008Virtus Bologna (Academy)
2014–2015Kennesaw State (associate HC)
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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

College career

A third team All-American in 1986–87, and a second team selection in '87–88, Rivers 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 steals per game), second in games started (116), fourth in assists average (5.0 assists per game) 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 playing career

NBA

Rivers was selected 25th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 1988 NBA draft and as a rookie he played in 47 games in the regular season, averaging 2.9 points and 2.3 assists per game, and 6 more in the playoffs averaging 2.5 points and 1 assist per game. Rivers was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1989 Expansion Draft, but was waived before playing a game. He had two more seasons with the other Los Angeles team, the Clippers (1989–90 and 1991–92). In 1989–90 he played in 53 games (11 of them as a starter), averaging 4.2 points and 3 assists per game. He appeared in 15 more games in the 1991–92 season for the Clippers.

Europe

He played successfully in Europe (in France, Greece, Italy, and Turkey). In Greece, he played for European powerhouse Olympiacos, winning the EuroLeague in 1997. That same season, Olympiacos also won the Triple Crown, by winning the Greek Cup, Greek League Championship and EuroLeague, all in the same season. During that 1996–97 season, Rivers averaged 17.2 points, 3.4 assists, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.0 steals in 37.9 minutes per game, in 23 games played in the EuroLeague. Most importantly, he was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP after being instrumental in Olympiacos triumph, averaging 27 points per game in the two Final Four games in Rome. He is remembered as a legend by Olympiacos fans and he is widely considered as one of the greatest players in Olympiacos history.[3][4]

In the 1997 off-season, Rivers left Olympiacos to join Italian League club Teamsystem Bologna, and played alongside former NBA all-star Dominique Wilkins. He later played for Tofaş of the Turkish League, where he won two Turkish League championships and two Turkish Cups, before re-joining Olympiacos for one season.[5]

Coaching career

On April 22, 2014, Kennesaw State University officially hired David Rivers as Associate Head Coach of the Men's Basketball team.[6]

Career achievements

Club titles

References
  1. RIVERS, DAVID HEIGHT: 1.88.
  2. David Rivers Altezza: 188 cm.
  3. Club Legend: David Rivers, Olympiacos Piraeus, euroleague.net
  4. David Lee Rivers Olympiacos Piraeus BC
  5. "Archived copy" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2007-06-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. MBB: RIVERS NAMED ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH OF MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM.
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