Friday, March 4th, 2011 at 10:30 am  |  72 responses

Austin Rivers: ‘I Want to Destroy [LeBron] on the Court One Day’

Doc Rivers’ kid doesn’t lack in confidence, to say the least, and plans on following in his father’s footsteps of getting in the way of LeBron James and others once he makes it to the NBA. The Sporting News reports: “Q: ‘You’re rated one of the best players in the nation—but you routinely rub elbows with the best players in the world. Which players are you most in awe of?’ A: ‘Well, I’ve met Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen—you name it. A lot of people ask me who I’ve met through my dad, and they’re in awe when they hear the names of the players, but I’ve never looked at it like that. It’s cool meeting all of them, but I really want to be in their situation one day. I don’t want to just meet LeBron, I want to destroy him on the court one day.’”

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  • S-Mills

    talented but not 6-8 265 talented. With speed of a guard forward

  • MikeC.

    Anybody saying Duke produces garbage NBA players obviously doesn’t even watch NBA basketball. Sure, some programs produce more superstars and more highlight-worthy players, but Duke does not produce garbage. Every school produces a bust or 5. It happens. Every school produces players that show potential and then that potential is robbed by injury. Grant Hill was a superstar and the face of the league for awhile before his ankle imploded. Elton Brand was one of the most dependable players in the entire league before his achilles injury. Some Duke players are overpaid, but there are lots of overpaid NBA players. Duke produces solid pro’s. Some are stars, some are starters, some are rotation players, some are end of the bench guys and some don’t make it in the L and play overseas or use their Duke education to get real jobs.

  • r2j

    People talk about Duke players a lot. The best players out of there that made an impact in the L are Grant Hill, Boozer and Brand. I know LeBron will wear him out but this Austin Rivers kid is 4 real and with his skills, he won’t beat him but he’ll be a threat though.

  • KB8toSG8

    As much as I think Bron is overrated, seriously??? Bron would destroy this guy until he probably becomes 33 years old or so. Rivers is good. But not THAT good lol

  • X

    slow down youngin…let’s dominate the ACC first then run your mouth

  • underdog

    Good luck with that Dookie.

  • http://slamonline.com mars

    GUESS THIS IS WORSE THE SASHA SAYING HE CAN DROP THIRTY ANYTIME HE WANTS. AUSTIN RIVERS MIGHT BE JASON WILLIAMS 2.0 @ DUKE.

  • Yesse

    Good luck with that one. When LeBron is taking him to school it’s gonna be even more embarrassing.

  • Harlem_World

    Whatever happened to respect? Love him or hate him, you never heard PUBLICLY Lebron, Kobe, DWade or any of the current stars in the league talking about ‘I’m coming to destroy MJ’ – even though you know Kobe was thinking it. Mind what you say in public young’en – that ish will come back to bite you on your a ss

  • Justin

    Grant Hill was the face of the league for awhile? When? I’m pretty sure Michael Jordan might have been the face of the league in Hill’s first few years and then he was injured most of the time after that. I do think it’s funny how some of you people keep referring to how skinny the kid is. You guys do realize that he can hit the gym, put on a bunch of muscle and get bigger right? Obviously this is not a comparison here but Michael wasn’t exactly a physical specimen when he came in the league either. He was a skinny kid who didn’t both bulking up until Detroit started knocking him around. It’s amazing to me how many people on here hate just for the sake of hating.

  • Jim

    Does everyone realize that he’s better than anybody who made a comment, yes me too…Also why are guys so quick to suck Lebron anytime somebody doesn’t say he’s the greatest ever?

  • Yep

    perfect attitude. like someone said up there, if you don’t want to be the best, you shouldn’t play. this is him sayin lebron is the best and he wants to be better. why would he ever want to get in the L if he didn’t think he could win?

    @harlem_world what you sayin bout kobe not spittin sh!t to mj? maaaan are you crazy? are you forgetting all of your 90s basketball? EVERYONE wanted to come at jordan. that was the dream — the beat mj.

  • DeeDre

    I dont know if theirs a video available for this interview (and if it is then please correct me) but this shows how much the media can form how we think about some of these players. When they report it straight-forward like that you visualize him saying it with a straight face and confidently. but he couldve just as well been playing around. He couldve snickered or laughed right after he said it as a joke. But now he has to live it down and people already dont like him. janky lol

  • BCast

    Why not? It’s possible. D-Rose seems to do okay against him.

  • David Robinson

    Hey Allen Iverson told his Varsity Coach(I think) that he could take Michael, everyone laughed at him back then, but when he hit the league with his devastating crossover, no one was laughing, not even His Airness after being SHOOK!!! TWICE!!

    Remember, sports has thought us that on any given day, it’s who wants it more that’s going to prevail….It’s called the Buster Douglas Rule…lol

  • Louie

    hey i went to school with this kidd as a child and he practices his butt of and iv’e seen him play i personally think he can take lebron who seems to travel on every possesion

  • wes

    thts wht i like to hear, he can play and maybe he wont destroy lebron but yu have to respect his confidence

  • Charles

    Good luck ever destroying LBJ-that will never happen.

  • JaeAmazin

    The dude is 6’5 and can score from anywhere..Get ya weight up Austin..And you’ll be tearing the Nba a new one

  • ha

    @lekings man never will that happen lebron will not get 7 the only person on the heats with a ring is d-wade nobody cares about lebrick or chris bosh neither of those two have a ring they have to make it to the finals to even be considered a team of champions

  • mike

    it dont take much to destroy lebron james lol he is the most over rated player in NBA history. trying to compare him to kobe or MJ is a slap in the face to both kobe and MJ. lebron is good but he aint no where compared to MJ and kobe if kobe was on the heat the heat would of already been champs instead of looking at elimination tonight

  • devnarayan

    ram is good

    MTECH COMPUTER

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