Austin Rivers, wanda New Orleans Hornets ya tsara na 10 gaba ɗaya a cikin 2012, bai fara yadda ya yi fata ba. Wani fitaccen wanda ya kammala karatun sakandare kuma duke, Rivers ya yi fice sosai don daftarin amma bai taba samun gindin zama a New Orleans ba.
Rivers, wanda aka yi ciniki da Los Angeles Clippers a watan Janairun 2015, a ƙarshe ya fara sabon farawa, amma tare da ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan ban mamaki nasa: yanzu shine ɗan wasa na farko a tarihin NBA da ya taka leda a ƙarƙashin mahaifinsa. Bayan shiga Clippers a cikin 2013, Rivers har yanzu yana kan gaba lokacin da ɗansa Austin ya isa Los Angeles. Duk da yake ma'auratan suna tsammanin zai zama labarin labari, ba wanda ya yi tsammanin zai fara mamaye ayyukan Austin.
Ƙarfafa goyon baya ga Clippers yayin da suka gama kakar 2015, Rivers sun sami tsawon shekaru biyu, dala miliyan 6.4. Duk da cewa yarjejeniyar ta samu wasu suka, amma tsawaita wa'adin shekaru uku da dala miliyan 35.4 da ya sanya hannu a shekarar 2016 ya tayar da hankulan jama'a da ke tafe tsawon shekaru.
Yayin da aka ce a cikin 2015 cewa Austin Rivers ya shiga NBA ne kawai saboda mahaifinsa, yanzu ana magana ne game da shi bayan sabunta shi na shekaru da yawa a 2016. Kamar yadda aka gani a cikin zamani na wasanni na zamani, labarun sau da yawa ba za a iya jujjuya ba, har ma. idan akan karya. Wannan wani abu ne da Austin Rivers ya samu a hannunsa na farko domin ya riga ya kasance ƙwararren ɗan wasan NBA wanda ba za a iya musantawa ba lokacin da sabon haɓakarsa ya fara aiki. Duk da haka, wani labari ya kewaye shi cewa mahaifinsa ya ceci matsayinsa a gasar.
A wata hira ta musamman da AllClippers, Austin Rivers ya bayyana yadda yake mu'amala da kasancewa a gasar saboda ikirarin mahaifinsa.
“Eh, na buga masa. Don haka, a zahiri, mutanen da ba su san komai ba game da wasan ƙwallon kwando suna tunanin haka,” in ji Rivers. “Gaskiya. Ba a taɓa samun wani ɗan wasa da ya buga wa mahaifinsa wasa a NBA tsawon shekaru da yawa. Ni kadai na yi. Tafarki na ya fi na kowa wahala, idan har abada.
Game da wannan bambance-bambance, Rivers ya ce, “Kowa a nan yana da labari iri daya, ni kadai ce mai banbanta. Ni kad'ai na yi wasa da mahaifina har yanzu ina ta fama da su. NBA. Babu wanda ya isa ya sake yin wannan shirmen. Don haka, duk wanda ya taɓa ƙoƙarin samun bugu don wani abu kamar yadda aikin mahaifina ya yi hauka. ”
Rivers na daya daga cikin ’yan wasa da suka fi shahara da daukar hayar a wasan kwallon kwando na makarantar sakandare da kuma fice a Duke, kuma Rivers ya ce a daidai wannan lokaci ne magoya bayansa suka fara yi masa kazafi a Clippers.
"Lokacin da nake Duke High, wadannan mutanen sun ci gaba da yi mani murna," in ji Rivers. sosai rashin hankali lokacin da na je wasa a Houston shekaru biyu bayan haka, kuma "
Tsohon dan wasan NBA mai shekaru 11, Austin Rivers ya yi nasara tare da mahaifinsa da sauran 'yan wasa. Ya sami kyakkyawan lokacin 2017-18 tare da Clippers, yana da matsakaicin maki 15.1 akan ƙimar harbi mafi kyawun aiki na 37.8%. Yin wasa na 59 ga Clippers a wannan kakar, Rivers ya taka muhimmiyar rawa bayan tafiyar Chris Paul kuma ya taimaka wa tawagar ta kasance a cikin ruwa a lokacin canji.
Daga cikin 'yan wasa 60 da aka zaba a cikin daftarin NBA na 2012, Rivers na daya daga cikin 'yan wasa 14 da suka rage a gasar. Sau uku ne kawai daga cikin 11 da ya yi fim a ƙarƙashin mahaifinsa, kuma ya san labarin ya mutu.
"Na kasance a NBA tsawon shekaru 11 kuma na yi wa mahaifina wasa na tsawon shekaru uku," in ji Rivers. “Don haka ban damu ba mutum. Na tabbatar tun da daɗewa cewa [labarin] ba daidai ba ne. kullum masu shakka. To, yana da kyau idan akwai mutanen da suke shakkar ku, kuma kuna buƙatar shi. Don yin wasa a matakin mafi girma, kuna buƙatar wani ya gaya muku wani abu. Kowa yana da abin da zai ce. Aikina ne”.
Lokacin aikawa: Oktoba-11-2022