AUSTIN RIVERS RUMORS
Pelicans' Austin Rivers Cast Coming Off Monday
New Orleans Pelicans', no longer Hornets', Austin Rivers is expected to have his cast removed on Monday. Rivers broke his hand during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on March 6th. In doing so, he says he will be ready for the team's player development program, as reported by Darrell Williams of The Advocate.“I plan to hit the ground running,” he said. “I’ll...
Rivers out with broken hand
We knew it was going to be a growing process for the New Orleans Hornets. Even having two top-ten draft picks does not guarantee you instant success. They are a young team that needs time to grow and gel together.
That “gelling” process has taken a couple hits this year when top overall pick Anthony Davis has gone down with injury. Davis has missed 15 games so far this year...
Austin Rivers Out 4-6 Weeks With Broken Hand
Hornets rookie, Austin Rivers, will miss the next 4-6 weeks after breaking the fourth metacarpal bone in his right hand during the first half of the loss to the Lakers on Wednesday night.
Rivers played 15 minutes and scored 10 points, 4 above his season average, on 5-6 shooting before leaving the game in which his team went on to give up a 25-point lead at home to drop to 21-41 on the season.
New Orleans Hornets: Austin Rivers Finally Showing Improvement
About a third of the way through the NBA season, an ESPN advanced statistics analyst, said that New Orleans Hornets’ rookie, Austin Rivers was having the worst season in NBA history and at the time he may have been right. However, over the last month he has shown steady improvement. What was most alarming, was his field goal percentages, which were laughably awful, but recently...
Austin Rivers on Kyrie Irving: “We just let him walk in the lane and get buckets”
Via NBA:
For anyone that was watching the game, that’s is exactly what happened. Kyrie scored 20 points in the 7 minutes of the 4th quarter.
“Kyrie really took the game over and put his team on his back. But we did a bad job trying to be physical with him. We just let him walk in the lane and get buckets. You’ve got to take some hard fouls and make guys earn it.”
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Hornets Injury News: Austin Rivers Able to Practice Yesterday
Austin Rivers is not having much luck with his ankle. He sprained his right ankle twice in a week - the most recent time coming on Friday. However, despite the sore ankle, he was able to practice Sunday which is a good sign for his availability for New Orleans' season-opener. According to John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picaynne, Rivers should be able to go for the opener...
Hornets Injury News: Austin Rivers Reinjures Ankle
New Orleans Hornets guard Austin Rivers rolled his right ankle during the team’s preseason finale Friday night against the Miami Heat, reports Jimmy Smith of NOLA.com.New Orleans Hornets guard Austin Rivers appeared to badly roll his injured right ankle again Friday night with 1:33 remaining in the third quarter of the team's exhibition finale against the Miami Heat.Earlier...
Rivers leaves Hornets' game with sprained ankle
New Orleans Hornets rookie Austin Rivers has left Monday night's game against the Dallas Mavericks with a sprained right ankle.
Rivers, the 10th overall selection in the 2012 draft, was on the ground clutching his right leg after missing a layup with 3:21 left in the second quarter.
The rookie from Duke did not put any pressure on his right leg as he was helped to the locker...
Via AP on Fox
October 22, 2012
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Austin Rivers leaves game with sprained ankle
DALLAS (AP) -- New Orleans Hornets rookie Austin Rivers has left Monday night's game against the Dallas Mavericks with a sprained right ankle.
Rivers, the 10th overall selection in the 2012 draft, was on the ground clutching his right leg after missing a layup with 3:21 left in the second quarter.
The rookie from Duke did not put any pressure on his right leg as he was helped...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
October 22, 2012
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Austin Rivers Makes Summer League Debut
The Hornets’ #10 pick debuted in their first Summer League game against the Portland Trail Blazers Sunday night. Many were eager to see the former Duke guard in his first taste of the NBA action. So how did he do? Well, pretty much like you would have expected him to perform. He’s definitely still the [...]
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