Diamond and I went to the Capitol Classic last evening to scout one of our incoming recruits, Jeremiah Rivers, son of former Atlanta Hawk and NY Knick and current Boston Celtic coach Glenn "Doc" Rivers, who was in attendance last evening.
The sneak peek looked promising. Rivers showed an uncanny ability to dish and find the open man in traffic, which should mean a lot of high percentage shots for our guys down low and hopefully someone on the perimeter to knock down the occasional three. He is quick and exhibited great court awareness. He also looked to be in pretty good physical condition although I'm sure this could improve. My only criticism was that he may have been too willing to pass/give up the rock while driving to the hoop, if there is such a thing as too much passing. I thought in doing so he passed up some high percentage penetration shots. He will need to learn sometimes take these and/or draw contact to get a foul.
We unfortunately did not get to see if he could really shoot from the perimeter. His outside shooting during warm-ups appeared to be either dead-on or way way off.
All in all seems like a good addition and someone who will integrate well into JTIII's system.
Am also pleased to report that Jeff Green and Jonathan Wallace were in the house checking out their new teammate!!!
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Funny, Rivers got trashed on both the GU and GW message boards today for his performance. I honestly can't figure out why. He didn't do a whole lot because it was an out-of-control, garbage game. He's clearly well-schooled to play under control and there weren't a lot of opportunities to do so within the flow of the game. I was impressed with his quickness and passing ability. Those are the key tools of a point guard.
What the hell were the people on the GU board trashing him for? He was the only player who looked to pass to the open man the entire game.
I think the expectation in All-Star games is to dominate offensively by yourself. I think Ticket got dinged for *just* rebounding during the McD's game. But he led all players in rebounds. Rebounding and assists are important but in All-Star games all anyone cares about is scoring. When Rivers is driving and dishing to Green and Hibbert, nobody will be complaining.
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