Austin Rivers always thinks he can beat anyone.
This is something that Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau discovered when he was an assistant on Doc Rivers’ staff in Boston. Austin, then a cocky high school junior, was visiting his dad at the Celtics practice facility. And in a story that has become a minor legend around the NBA, Austin challenged Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett to a first-to-score-five, one-on-one game.
"This is a high school kid and I know he has a lot of confidence, but I’m a dragon," Garnett recalled a while back on an appearance on the Chris Vernon show.