Ranking all 24 Duke basketball players in the NBA this season
By Matt Giles
15. Former Duke basketball guard Austin Rivers
Austin Rivers is now 29 years old and in his 10th year in the league following a one-and-done Blue Devil campaign in 2011-12. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound combo guard seems to have found a home in his second season with the Denver Nuggets as a consistent bench weapon and fill-in starter.
However, most of his numbers are down from the last go-round. Across 44 games, including 13 starting nods, Rivers boasts the following season averages and percentages:
- 6.0 points per game
- 1.7 rebounds per game
- 1.1 assists per game
- 0.7 steals per game
- 0.1 blocks per game
- 41.3 percent from the field
- 34.6 percent beyond the arc
- 70.4 percent from the charity stripe
Austin Rivers and the Denver Nuggets (33-25), now No. 6 in the Western Conference standings, return from the All-Star break at 10 p.m. ET Thursday in a road contest against the Sacramento Kings (22-38).