Sunday, April 10, 2011

2011-2012 Impact Freshmen: #1 Austin Rivers

You can think I'm bias because number 1 is a Duke signee, but you'd just be stupid. Austin Rivers is the best scorer in this class. He can beat anyone off the dribble and finishes unbelievably when driving. rivers mid range game is elite and has a floater that can go in the NBA right now. His three point game is great, only second to Brad Beal. As I said with Quincy Miller, swagger is extremely important in elite players and Rivers has it for sure. ESPN and Rivals both have him as number 1. He initially committed to his home state Florida but decommitted and decided to play for the soon the be winningest Division 1 hoops coach ever. If Rivers and Beal were at Florida together, that offense would have been electrifying. The biggest place for improvement in his game is on defense, but he can still hold his own. Austin Rivers is the real deal. He's been comapared to Kobe Bryant by ESPN. With the graduation of school legends Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler and Kyrie Irving declaring for the draft, Rivers should be given the keys at day one. Here's three videos to show you why the kid is the best scorer in the class and overall number 1.

P.S. It takes some balls to guarantee 40 before a game.


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