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 Glenn
"Doc" Rivers joined Turner Sports as
an NBA analyst for the 1996-97
season.
Rivers played 13 seasons in the NBA
for the Atlanta Hawks, L.A.
Clippers, New York Knicks and San
Antonio Spurs. He played in the 1988
All-Star Game and tallied eight
points and six assists in 16 minutes
of action. He scored a career-high
37 points with Atlanta in a February
4, 1988, game against the Seattle
SuperSonics. He set the Hawks'
single-season assists record with
823 in 1986-87 and left the Hawks
after eight seasons as the team's
all-time assist leader. Rivers
played for the United States at the
1982 World Championship of
Basketball, leading the U.S. to a
silver medal and earning tournament
Most Valuable Player honors with a
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Rivers was honored by the Pro
Basketball Writers with the 1990 J.
Walter Kennedy Basketball
Citizenship Award.
He
received the nickname "Doc" from
former Marquette coach Rick Majerus,
for wearing a "Dr. J" T-shirt to
summer basketball camp. Rivers
earned a pre-law degree from
Marquette in 1985. He is the nephew
of former NBA player Jim Brewer and
a cousin of former NBA player Byron
Irvin and baseball player Ken
Singleton.
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