Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers (left) drives against the Lakers (Photo: Kelvin Kuo, USA TODAY Sports)
Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers took to Twitter on Saturday night to bemoan the mixtape culture, where seemingly all basketball players who go to camps or tournaments are featured with their own highlight videos.
Confronted with the notion that he was being too nostalgic at age 24, Rivers backed off a bit.
Rivers was ranked as the No. 1 player overall in the Class of 2011 by Rivals.com coming out of Winter Park, Fla., and was named the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Player of the Year. He also was a McDonald’s All-American and the Naismith Player of the Year.
He played at Duke before leaving for the NBA, where he was drafted by the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round and currently plays for the Los Angeles Clippers.