GLENN "DOC" RIVERS
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 team-high 18.6 scoring average.
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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