David Rivers
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Former basketball player David Rivers honored by Olympiakos, May 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
January 20, 1965 Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St. Anthony (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| College | Notre Dame (1984–1988) |
| NBA draft | 1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25th overall |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Pro career | 1988–2001 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 14, 44, 32 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 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) |
| As coach: | |
| 2014–present | Kennesaw State (associate HC) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
David Lee Rivers (born January 20, 1965) is a retired American basketball player and current Associate Head Coach of the Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball. A 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.
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. Rivers was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1989 Expansion Draft, but was waived before playing a game. He had two more seasons of no impact with the other Los Angeles team, the Clippers (1989–90 and 1991–92).
He played successfully in Europe (France, Greece, Italy and Turkey). In Greece, he played for Olympiacos Piraeus winning the Euroleague in 1997. This was the first time the Greek club has won the trophy, winning the triple crown (Greek Cup, Greek Championship and Euroleague).
He averaged 17 pts, 3.4 assists, 2 steals and 37.9 minutes in 23 games. 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 they won two league championships and two cups before re-joining Olympiacos for one season.[1]
On April 22, 2014, Kennesaw State University officially hired David Rivers as Associate Head Coach of the Men's Basketball team.[2]
References
External links
- NBA Stats @ Basketballreference.com
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