Suns Waive Austin Rivers

[r0drig0lac]

Yeah Shams is now saying that nothing is for sure with the Grizzlies and that there are 4-5 teams interested.

[callo1]

As much as it pains me to say this, Rivers would be a good grab.

[timvp]

It's tempting because he's a 26-year-old in his prime who has a ton of experience and has hit some big shots in the playoffs () but I just can't co-sign on signing Rivers for the minimum. Offensively, he's a bad mix of too ball-dominant without being a good shooter or a good playmaker. That's pretty much the opposite of what the Spurs need. Add in sub par defense and I'd much rather just keep a path open for White to eventually soak up minutes.

Advanced stats are very unkind to Rivers. Real plus-minus, for example, ranks him has the 433rd best player in the NBA out of 455, with his offense and defense equally as terrible.

Pass.

[talkspurs]

So i dont get why Suns did this trade. they gave up a trade piece that a lot of teams wanted for a player they waived and a player they did not even want. They tried to have a third team take Oubre. They got no picks so why did they do this deal?

[Budkin]

As much as it pains me to say this, Rivers would be a good grab.

I think so too. He wrecked us in the playoffs in 2015 as well as a couple regular season games over the years.

[Jeremy]

So i dont get why Suns did this trade. they gave up a trade piece that a lot of teams wanted for a player they waived and a player they did not even want. They tried to have a third team take Oubre. They got no picks so why did they do this deal?

I doubt anyone offered us a first rounder for Ariza, or else we probably would have done that. Apparently he was becoming too toxic to hold onto until the trade deadline. He didn't want to be here.

I think we intended to keep Rivers until the 3 game win streak and now they don't want to mess up the chemistry.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

I doubt anyone offered us a first rounder for Ariza, or else we probably would have done that. Apparently he was becoming too toxic to hold onto until the trade deadline. He didn't want to be here.

I think we intended to keep Rivers until the 3 game win streak and now they don't want to mess up the chemistry.

if suns are tanking makes no sense to keep a vet taking away young guys minutes

[Mugen]

White isn't too far away and he has a bigger forehead tbh.

[Chomag]

Don't you guys think that we have enough garbage on this team already? Pass!

[rogcl1]

He would be an immediate upgrade in every facet of the game for Forbes.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Phoenix have so many 3s - Oubre, Josh Jackson, TJ Warren, Bridges - something's got to give. Seems like they're high on Bridges, TJ Warren's extension just kicked in and they probably liked Oubre to do that trade way before the deadline. Wonder when they'll sour completely on Jackson. They don't even try to play him at the 4 and his development has stagnated, he's on the Marquese Chriss trajectory, only Jackson's been even worse. But still a good project if that shot is somewhat fixable.

[venitian navigator]

I still really like Jackson's skills...he could be just what we need at sf (expecially if Chip start immediately to work on improving his outside shot). Considering Phoenix needs to mentor Ayton, maybe they could be interested in trade Him and Bender for Pau...I would't mind to include a second draft choice too.

[Drom John]

ESPN Real Plus Minus Wins out of 455 NBA players:
437 Nik Stauskas
438 Austin Rivers
439 Alec Burke

Spurs:
418 Zach Lofton
419 Derrick White
420 Tyler Ulis

410 Melvin Frazier, Jr.
411 Drew Eubanks
412 P.J. Dozier

352 Caleb Swanigan
353 Chimezie Metu
354 Troy Brown, Jr.

342 Rodions Kuracs
343 LaMarcus Aldridge
344 Michael Beasley

289 Hamidou Diallo
290 Quincy Pondexter
291 Jon Leuer

244 Quinn Cook
245 Pau Gasol
246 Dwight Howard

184 Tony Snell
185 Marco Belinelli
186 Miles Bridges

170 Justin Jackson
171 Dante Cunningham
172 Zaza Pachulia

166 Dewayne Dedmon
167 Jakob Poetl
168 Mitc Robinson

152 Boban Marjanovic
153 Bryn Forbes
154 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

129 JaVale McGee
130 Davis Bertans
131 Terrence Ross

114 Mike Muscala
115 Patty Mills
116 Myles Turner

43 Thaddeus Young
44 Rudy Gay
45 Bradley Beal

38 Marcus Smart
39 DeMar DeRozan
40 Khris Middleton