[montauriush4Participant]

Can Eric Gordon and Austin Rivers play along side each other for NOH. Austin River at the point and Eric at the sg then you have Anthony Davis at Center can they become a playoff team.

[ChewyParticipant]

is in the "asset assembely" part of the rebuilding phase. You try and get the best players you can and if it doesn’t work out you just trade one. I dont see eithier Gordon or River’s trade value going down in the next 3 years. Why not get as much fire power as possible and let a good young coach in Montey decide how to use it. 

Personally, I think Rivers is the definition of a combo guard, not a pg who shoots alot and not a sg who has barely average handels, but a TRUE combo guard. I think he has a very high basketball IQ and could figure out how to play with just about any team and can figure it out quickly.

[DatLeftyBoy7Participant]

Davis wont play center- to small, but i dont know, rivers and gordon like to score, and if rivers runs the point can he pass like a pg and play with an IQ for PG. Prob not, both are really scorers only, rivers is insurance incase gordon leaves to another team

[ChrisCrossParticipant]

 meh, I’d not bring in Rivers when you have Gordon, that’s just how I’d do it, I’d rather have a legit PG like Marshall to run the offense and set up shots for Davis and Gordon, but I under the school of thought of taking the best player and figuring how they fit later. I love Rivers, but I’d rather see NO take a legit PG, but kinda how I like things.

[PulseGlazerParticipant]

Rivers works wonderfully off the bench.  Gordon has proven fragile and about 30-32 minutes a game seems right.  That leaves Rivers 16-minutes per as a primary scorer.  Could he manage another 5-10 co-existing with Gordon?  At that point it seems more reasonable, right?

[ChrisCrossParticipant]

 I mean that’s a good idea, personally I want to build my starting lineup through top picks, and fill the bench through later picks and cheap FA’s. Plus I’m not big on taking a guy to be a 6th man in the lotto, yes I know Harden is a 6th man, but it’s not like he has an Eric Gordon starting in front of him, essentially Harden is a starter coming off the bench.

 

I’m not saying you’re wrong, and it’s a great idea if they mesh, but I just like building through getting a starting 5 set.

[SeattleSuperChronicsParticipant]

 I feel like its a much better version of Monta Ellis and Steph Curry when they played together and with the D provided by Ant they will beat a lot of teams in the west 

[omphalosParticipant]

 Yeah I don’t think they’d work together very well. Austin isn’t a good playmaker and is ball-dominant, Gordon isn’t a great playmaker but doesn’t dominate the ball as much.

[HobbyOGParticipant]

Doesn’t matter Gordon will be hurt by the All-star break..

[lalailaParticipant]

first of all Anthony Davis is PF PF PF p-o-w-e-r f-o-r-w-a-r-d..he is not KD neither he is Bill Russell, his ceiling is KG who no matter how versitile still was FULL TIME pf at his prime..

 

then..IMO Rivers has even less playmaking and pg ability than EG and overall the answer would be strong NO

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