K. C. Rivers

Kelvin Creswell Rivers (born March 1, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for BC Samara of the VTB United League. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.

K. C. Rivers
Rivers with Khimki, in 2012
Free agent
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Personal information
Born (1987-03-01) March 1, 1987
Charlotte, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight217 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolOak Hill Academy
(Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
CollegeClemson (2005–2009)
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009Latina
2009–2010Treviso
2010–2011Chorale Roanne
2011Virtus Bologna
2011–2012Lokomotiv Kuban
2012–2013Khimki
2013–2014Reno Bighorns
2014–2015Real Madrid
2015Bayern Munich
2015–2016Real Madrid
2016–2018Panathinaikos
2018–2019Reggiana
2019Crvena zvezda
2019Real Betis
2019–2020Žalgiris Kaunas
2020–2021Zenit Saint Petersburg
2021–2022Bayern Munich
2022Hapoel Jerusalem
2022–2023BC Samara
Career highlights and awards

High school career

Rivers attended high school at Oak Hill Academy, in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, where he played high school basketball. While there, he helped his team capture two USA Today national high school basketball championships. In those two years, his team's record was a combined 72–2. He holds Oak Hill's record for the most three-point field goals made in a game, with 15.

College career

Rivers played college basketball at Clemson University, with the Clemson Tigers, seeing action in 102 games, while starting 55 of those games. Rivers averaged 14.2 points, and grabbed 6 rebounds a game, in his four years at Clemson.

Professional career

After failing to be drafted in the 2009 NBA draft, Rivers signed with AB Latina of the Italian LegaDue Basket, the Italian second-tier league, in August 2009.[1] In 10 games with Latina, he averaged 24.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, and in December 2009, he signed with Benetton Treviso of the Italian top-tier league, the LBA, for the remainder of the season.[2]

On June 30, 2010, he signed a contract with Chorale Roanne of the French LNB Pro A for the 2010–11 season.[3] In January 2011, he returned to Italy and signed with Virtus Bologna, for the rest of the season.[4]

On July 29, 2011, he signed a one-year deal with Lokomotiv Kuban of Russia.[5] On May 30, 2012, he signed a two-year deal with another Russian team, Khimki Moscow Region.[6] In July 2013, he parted ways with Khimki.[7]

In November 2013, he was acquired by the Reno Bighorns of the NBA D-League.[8] In 47 games played in the D-league, he averaged 15.8 points and 4 rebounds per game, during the 2013–14 season.

On August 7, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with the Spanish club Real Madrid.[9] In the 2014–15 season, Real Madrid continued its successes in the EuroLeague from the previous seasons, advancing to the EuroLeague Final Four for the third straight time. In the semifinal game against Fenerbahçe Ülker, Rivers helped his team to secure its third straight EuroLeague Finals appearance, by scoring 17 points, on 5 of 6 shooting from the three-point line, in a 96–87 win.[10] Real Madrid eventually won the EuroLeague championship, after defeating Olympiacos in the EuroLeague Final, by a score of 78–59.[11] Over the season, Rivers averaged 5.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game, to help his team win its ninth EuroLeague title overall, and its first in 20 years. Real Madrid eventually finished the season by also winning the Spanish League championship, after a 3–0 series sweep in the Spanish League Finals series against Barcelona. With the Spanish League title, they won the triple crown.[12]

On September 8, 2015, Rivers signed a one-year contract with the German club Bayern Munich.[13] On December 22, 2015, he left Bayern,[14] and returned to his former club, Real Madrid, for the rest of the season.[15][16]

On July 24, 2016, Rivers signed a 1+1 deal with the Greek club Panathinaikos.[17]

On December 7, 2018, Rivers signed a deal with the Italian club Pallacanestro Reggiana.[18] He parted ways with Reggiana in February 2019.[19]

On February 11, 2019, Rivers signed for Serbian club Crvena zvezda for the rest of the 2018–19 season.[20][21] On August 20, 2019, Rivers signed a one-year deal with Spanish club Coosur Real Betis.[22]

On November 22, 2019, Rivers signed with Lithuanian club Žalgiris Kaunas for the remainder of the 2019–2020 season.[23][24]

On July 6, 2020, Rivers signed with BC Zenit Saint Petersburg for the 2020–2021 season.[25] On July 9, 2021, Rivers officially parted ways with the Russian club.[26] On December 10, he returned to Bayern Munich.[27] Rivers parted ways with the team on January 25, 2022.[28]

On February 22, 2022, Rivers signed with Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. in Israel.[29]

On August 3, 2022, Rivers signed with BC Samara of the VTB United League.[30]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
† Denotes seasons in which Rivers won the EuroLeague

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Khimki 241726.3.445.364.5332.71.5.8.19.67.5
2014–15† Real Madrid 301617.0.432.4111.0002.31.1.6.05.35.1
2015–16 Bayern 10223.5.457.431.6672.31.3.5.110.88.0
2015–16 Real Madrid 17417.5.609.315.7781.5.8.8.16.75.7
2016–17 Panathinaikos 33527.4.488.420.7802.5.8.8.111.27.7
2017–18 31423.2.500.358.6562.7.81.1.18.56.5
Career 1454822.4.503.386.7012.41.2.8.18.76.9

Domestic leagues
Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10Latina BasketLegaDue1238.1.477.371.7675.71.21.8.124.5
Benetton BasketLBA2330.2.489.442.8254.31.31.5.212.3
2010–11Chorale Roanne BasketLNB Pro A1429.7.523.360.7144.61.91.0.114.3
Canadian Solar BolognaLBA1731.8.432.580.8114.41.61.9.217.2
2011–12PBC Lokomotiv-KubanRussian PBL1724.4.513.431.7504.4.9.9.011.4
VTB United League1927.1.481.402.8064.31.01.2.011.2
2012–13BC KhimkiRussian PBL1318.5.487.413.7892.51.1.8.28.5
VTB United League2420.0.480.494.5712.21.40.9.08.6
2013–14Reno BighornsD-League4730.7.510.352.8524.02.21.30.115.8
2014–15Real MadridLiga ACB4217.7.600.393.8331.9.8.6.15.7
2015Bayern MunichBasketball Bundesliga1324.3.512.442.8333.42.21.00.415.0
2015–16Real MadridLiga ACB10 ?.559.536.5712.72.00.80.18.7
2016–17PanathinaikosGBL3221,3.458.416.6202.30.91.10.38.9

Personal life

Rivers is the nephew of former NBA player Byron Dinkins. Rivers is divorced, and has 2 children, Maiyah and Micah.

References
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  4. "Virtus Bologna lands KC Rivers".
  5. "LOKOMOTIV KUBAN tabs Rivers - Eurocup 2011-12 - Welcome to Eurocup". September 25, 2011. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011.
  6. "Basketball Club Khimki". bckhimki.com.
  7. "KC Rivers, Khimki part ways".
  8. "Bighorns Open Training Camp". NBA.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014.
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  10. "Real Madrid heads to third straight final after beating Fenerbahce". euroleague.net. May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  11. "Real Madrid is Euroleague champion for record ninth time!". euroleague.net. May 17, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  12. "Real Madrid make it 4 out of 4". marca.com (in Spanish). June 24, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
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  17. "Panathinaikos inks former champ Rivers". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL.
  18. "Grissin Bon, ufficiale l'ingaggio di K.C. Rivers" [Grissin Bon officially signed K.C. Rivers]. legabasket.it (in Italian). December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
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