David Rivers

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David Lee Rivers (born January 20, 1965 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American basketball player. He attended the University of Notre Dame. He was a third team All-American in 1986-87 and a second team selection in '87-88. He was the co-captain of the '87-88 squad. He currently ranks fourth in school history, in scoring with 2,058 points, and second in Notre Dame history in assists (586). He also ranks second all-time in steals (201) and steals average (1.7 spg), second in games started (116), fourth in assists average (5.0 apg) and three-point field goal percentage (.406), ninth in games played (118), 11th all-time in three-point field goals made (67) and 13th in three-point field goals attempted (165). He was selected to the '87 NCAA Championship All-Regional team. He earned four monograms while a member of the Fighting Irish. He was selected 25th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 1988 NBA Draft.

He also played successfully in Europe, including Greece, Italy and Turkey. In Greece he played for Olympiacos Piraeus winning the Euroleague in 1997. This was the one and only time the Greek club has won the trophy, winning the triple crown (Greek Cup, Greek Championship and Euroleague). In 1997 Rivers left Olympiacos to join Teamsystem Bologna and played alongside former NBA all- star Dominique Wilkins. He later played for Tofas Bursa in Turkey before re-joining Olympiacos for 2 seasons. He won 2 Turkish leauge and 2 Turkish Cup championships there. He is considered a legend for Olympiacos fans.