re: Ryno in? Rivers out?

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The guy has athleticism

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Not really.

32.5 inch vert is average or below

He posted an 11.54 agility time at the combine last year. By comparison 7'0, 247 pound Tyler Zeller posted an 11.3.

But hey, his 3.32 sprint time did best Miles Plumlee's 3.36.

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shown a great attitude and work ethic.

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He does work hard. Or at least talks about working hard all the time.

He's a good kid. But he's probably long for Euro ball.

He's a below average shooter. He's not explosive and his main ability is getting to the rim. That usually isn't a great combo.

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Again, NO ONE can predict based upon a 19 year old kid's first season in the league.

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No one is. You are overreacting. People that dislike Rivers are looking at his subpar college career, subpar athletic abilities AND then looking at his awful rookie year and saying "yeah, that makes sense."

It was a bad pick that was basically made because our peeps are tight with his pops.

ETA: My point is that everyone who "doesn't believe" in Rivers isn't just reacting to a bad rookie season. There's a lot of reasons to believe he won't be any good in the NBA.