Austin Rivers

Austin Rivers
	Rivers with the Washington Wizards in 2018
Free agent
Position	Shooting guard / point guard
Personal information
Born	August 1, 1992; Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	Winter Park (Winter Park, Florida)
College	Duke (2011–2012)
NBA draft	2012: 1st round, 10th overall pick
	Selected by the New Orleans Hornets
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2015	New Orleans Hornets / Pelicans
2015–2018	Los Angeles Clippers
2018	Washington Wizards
2018–2020	Houston Rockets
2020–2021	New York Knicks
2021–2022	Denver Nuggets
2022–2023	Minnesota Timberwolves
Career highlights and awards
	Third-team All-American – NABC (2012); First-team All-ACC (2012); ACC Rookie of the Year (2012); ACC All-Freshman team (2012); Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2011); First-team Parade All-American (2011); Second-team Parade All-American (2010); McDonald's All-American (2011); Florida Mr. Basketball (2011);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
FIBA Americas U18 Championship

Austin James Rivers (born August 1, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rivers led Winter Park High School to back-to-back Florida 6A state championships in 2010 and 2011. He also played in the 2011 Nike Hoop Summit for the Team USA, and was a McDonald's All-American.

He was one of the top rated high school basketball players in the class of 2011, being rated as high as No. 1 by Rivals.com. In September 2010, Rivers committed to Duke University. In the 2012 NBA draft, he was selected with the 10th overall pick by the New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans), playing three seasons there before being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. After three years with the Clippers, Rivers was traded to the Washington Wizards in June 2018. In December of the same year, he joined the Houston Rockets.

On January 16, 2015, Rivers became the first player in NBA history to play for his father, coach Doc Rivers, then-head coach of the Clippers.

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