Austin Rivers may not be the best basketball player you’ve seen, but he is one of the strongest. He plays for the Washington Wizards in the NBA after moving from the Los Angeles Clippers where he had quite a tough run that was not made easy by the abundance of taunts suffered by his fans and teammates. Still, he behaved well. The first National Basketball Association (NBA) player to play for his father, Rivers has been playing as a shooting guard/goalie since joining the NBA in 2012.
Austin Rivers Bio (Wiki)
The Washington Wizards guard/shooter was born and named Austin Rogers James Rivers on August 1, 1992, in Santa Monica, Calif., as the third child of Kristen Rivers and Doc Rivers.
Ever since he was little, it was almost crystal that he was cut for athletics as his family is athletic. His father, who is now a basketball coach for the Los Angeles Clippers, played in the NBA until 1996, when his great-uncle, Jim Brewer, also rose to fame in the NBA. It becomes more interesting when we learn that his older brother, Jeremiah Rivers, also played B-ball although he could not make it to the NBA, while Spencer Rivers, his younger brother, now plays for UC. Irvine. Outside of basketball, Austin’s sister Callie Rivers played college volleyball.
Austin was educated at Winter Park High School where he also played basketball. The school’s top player at the time, he led them to their first-ever national title after defeating Dr. Phillips High School in 2010. This talented baller also helped his Winter Park Wildcats teammates win their second title only a year later. the Florida 6A State Championships after defeating Dr. Phillips High School for the second time. He was eventually named Naismith Player of the Year 2011.
Career statistics and injuries
The Winter Park High School prodigy proceeded to Duke University in 2011, where he again had an interesting but very short career. In 2012, Austin decided to enter the draft where he was selected with the 10th overall pick by the New Orleans Pelicans. Prior to that, Rogers was named the ACC Rookie of the Year, while making All-ACC First Team and ACC Fresh-Freshman All Teams in 2012.
Austin Rivers played for New Orleans from 2012 to 2015 before moving to the LA Clippers, where he and Doc Rivers, his father, achieved the first father-son coach-son tandem in the NBA.
After quite a bumpy ride for him with the Clippers, the 6-foot-4 man made a move to the Washington Wizards in a trade that saw Marcin Gortat move to LA. Bradley Beal as the third guard. The move was successful although Doc Rivers would have liked to stay with his son.
Although he has had his own injury issues including the one that saw him play up to 18 games, he has had a pretty good career so far. Rivers averaged 130 rebounds per game, 2.4 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.2 blocks and 9.4 points per game. He had a career-high 15.1 points, 4.0 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game in his final season with the Clippers.
Who is his girlfriend?
Austin Rivers is dating the basketball courtBrittany Hotard, his girlfriend since she was two, was in 10th grade. Despite their romance, after being together for nearly 10 years, the duo got engaged in 2017 when Rivers proposed to her and she accepted.
In March 2018, it was reported that BrittanyHotard was pregnant with the couple’s first child and in August, child Kayden James Rivers was born. Austin and Brittany are already planning to get married soon in Los Angeles, California.
Salary and net worth
Based on the three-year contract he signed with the Clippers worth over $35 million, Austin Rivers’ salary for the 2018/2019 season exceeds $12 million. The 2017/2018 season saw him take almost $12 million, while he received $11 million the previous year. In his first four years in the NBA, he earned a low of $2.2 million in the first year and a high of over $3.1 million in the fourth year. That said, his net worth is said to be between $8 million and $15 million. The basketball player made his fortune through his basketball career.
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