U-Austin Rivers, owabhalwa indawo ye-10 yi-New Orleans Hornets ngo-2012, akazange aqale ngendlela ayenethemba ngayo. Umfundi ovelele esikoleni samabanga aphezulu kanye nomholi, u-Rivers wanconywa kakhulu ngokubhalwa kodwa akazange athole indawo eNew Orleans.
U-Rivers, owadayiselwa i-Los Angeles Clippers ngoJanuwari 2015, ekugcineni uthola isiqalo esisha, kodwa ngomunye wemibono yakhe ehluke kakhulu: manje usengumdlali wokuqala emlandweni we-NBA ukudlala ngaphansi kukayise. Ngemva kokujoyina i-Clippers ngo-2013, u-Rivers wayesaphethe lapho indodana yakhe u-Austin ifika eLos Angeles. Ngenkathi umbhangqwana ubulindele ukuthi kube yindaba, futhi bekungalindelekile ukuthi kuqale kusibekele umsebenzi ka-Austin.
Ukusekelwa okuqinile kwe-Clippers njengoba beqeda isizini ka-2015, i-Rivers ithole iminyaka emibili, isandiso se-$ 6.4 million. Nakuba lesi sivumelwano sesithole ukugxekwa okuthile, isandiso seminyaka emithathu, esingamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-35.4 asisayina ngo-2016 sayibhebhethekisa indaba osekuyiminyaka iqhubeka.
Nakuba kwashiwo ngo-2015 ukuthi u-Austin Rivers wangena kuphela ku-NBA ngenxa kayise, manje sekukhulunywa ngakho ngemva kokuvuselela iminyaka eminingi ku-2016. Njengoba kubonakala enkathini yesimanje yezemidlalo, ukulandisa ngokuvamile akunakwenzeka ukuhlehlisa, ngisho uma kusekelwe emangeni. Lokhu kuyinto u-Austin Rivers abhekana nayo okokuqala njengoba wayesevele engumdlali oqinile we-NBA lapho ukunwetshwa kwakhe okusha kuqala ukusebenza. Kodwa-ke, ukulandisa kuyamzungezile ukuthi indawo yakhe kwiligi yasindiswa nguyise.
Engxoxweni ekhethekile nabakwa-AllClippers, u-Austin Rivers uvule isifuba ngokuthi ubhekana kanjani nokuba seligi ngenxa yezimangalo zikayise.
“Yebo, ngidlale ngaye. Ngakho-ke, ngokwemvelo, abafana abangazi lutho nge-basketball bacabanga kanjalo, ”kusho uRivers. “Ngokujulile. Akukaze kube khona omunye umdlali owadlalela uyise ku-NBA iminyaka eminingi kangaka. Yimi ngedwa okwenzile. Indlela yami ibinzima ukwedlula eyanoma ubani, uma kwenzeka.”
Ngalo mehluko uRivers uthe, “Wonke umuntu lapha unendaba efanayo, yimi ngedwa nginesizinda esihlukile. Yimi ngedwa okumele ngidlale nobaba ngisabahlupha. I-NBA. Akekho umuntu okufanele aphinde enze lo mkhuba. Ngakho-ke, noma ubani oke wazama ukushaywa ngenxa yento engalawuleki njengomsebenzi kababa uyahlanya. ”
URivers ubengomunye wabadlali abadume kakhulu nabaqashiwe ku-basketball esikoleni samabanga aphezulu futhi egqama eDuke, kanti uRivers uthe kungalesi sikhathi lapho abalandeli bakhe baqala ukunyundela kuClippers.
“Ngesikhathi ngiseDuke High, laba bafana babelokhu bengijabulisa,” kusho uRivers. ukunganaki okuningi lapho ngiyodlala eHouston eminyakeni emibili kamuva, futhi "
Umakadebona we-NBA weminyaka engu-11, u-Austin Rivers uphumelele noyise nabanye abadlali. Ube nesizini enhle ngempela ka-2017-18 nama-Clippers, efinyelela amaphuzu angu-15.1 ngenani lokudubula elingcono kakhulu lomsebenzi elingu-37.8%. Idlala imidlalo engu-59 yeClippers ngaleyo sizini, uRivers wadlala indima enkulu ngemva kokuhamba kukaChris Paul futhi wasiza iqembu ukuthi lihlale lintanta ngesikhathi soguquko.
Kubadlali abangama-60 abaqokwe ku-2012 NBA okusalungiswa, uRivers ungomunye wabadlali abayi-14 abasele kuligi. Izinkathi zakhe ezintathu kuphela kwezingu-11 ezaqoshwa ngaphansi kukayise, futhi wayazi ukuthi indaba ifile.
“Ngibe ku-NBA iminyaka engu-11 futhi ngidlalele ubaba wami iminyaka emithathu kuphela,” kusho uRivers. “Angikhathazekile-ke ndoda. Ngakufakazela kudala ukuthi [ukulandisa] akulungile. njalo abangabazayo. Kulungile, kuhle uma kukhona abantu abakungabazayo, futhi uyakudinga. Ukuze udlale ezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu, udinga othile ozokutshela okuthile. Wonke umuntu unokuthile afuna ukukusho. Ibhizinisi lami”.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Oct-11-2022