Originally Posted by
superdave
Chad Ford
(2:00 PM)
If he was an elite athlete, I'd totally agree with you. He's clearly modeled his game, demeanor, everything after Kobe. He has a ton of those moves and has the swagger. The difference is that Kobe was an all-world explosive athlete. That allows him to do things that Rivers tries to do, but isn't nearly as successful at. That will become even more apparent at the next level. For Rivers to have a really successful NBA career, he's going to have to drop the Kobe act and become a better shooter and really work on that floater. If he does that he'll be really effective. But I'm not sure he knows what he is and that has been, time and time again, a problem for players as they make the leap to the next level. It's why another year at Duke could really help him hone his game.