I always hear older NBA heads say NBA players couldn’t play in the 80s and 90s but they can play in the NFL 🧐

Bro is hurt. He is walking his word back 😂

As a football player, i understand where Austin is coming from, it was his delivery, he was dismissive of all the NFL players that work hard to make to the NFL. I’d be pissed too.

What’s the point of posting a clip of half the sound is cut off with Cussing 😂

Yep 😂he's definitely Doc's son

"being able to dunk the ball doesn't make you a basketball player". MF being able to catch a short pass doesn't make you a football player tf 😂

James Jones cooked him so he finally said let me just hold the L.

People are giving this too much life.Austin Rivers isn't worth worrying about.

What did he say in the beginning when the audio went out?

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This was great 😂

Son of Doc Rivers, former NBA player, out the league by 27, still listed as an SG free agent, scrub turnt ESPN analyst, Austin Rivers.

What was censored out at the start?

Thank you Austin!!!

I didn’t take it the way that most would. The way I understood Austin rivers’ comment was it was more likely for an NBA player to go to the NFL and be successful (Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzales, Charlie Ward) than an NFL player to go to the NBA and be successful. Not that it’s “easy” just more likely one way than the other.

That destroys your whole opinion. You said, you could not take a hit or tackle. SO if you can't be hit or tackled, you can't play the sport. It is not a good conversation because it is nonsense and hyperbolic!!! Innuendo, supposition, and conjecture!!!

The fact that Rivers acts all defensive with the list Dan Orlovsky put out, saying none of them could goto the NBA. Now does he see how dumb he sounded when he said the NBA players could switch to the NFL?

No NBA player can play in the NFL, with how this era is no way.

I’ll Give it to him, Made for great content past week😂

I mean basketball players that couldn’t play in the nba became hall of fame tight ends. That’s where the debate stems from.

Can we stop giving this guy a platform. Theres a reason his own dad wont sign him.

Point Guards could be really good slot WRs

It’s funny how the mid athletes have the worst takes

Maxx crosby and davante Adam's would be the next kyrie and luka

im a fan of both sports but love football way more and actually played football and i would have to say it would be harder to transfer a football player to basketball than it is vice versa. The challenges a NBA player would face wouldn't be as hard as the challenges a NFL player would face honestly. A NFL player would first have to develop the conditioning of maybe running full sprint no breaks for maybe 2 minutes straight at times on fastbreaks. There is no ok play over reset get a quick breather and maybe the next play call doesn't call for you to use exude so much energy if your say a WR on a run call. Then being able to have the skill to stay in front of some of the fastest and shiftiest guys ever without being able to touch them physically to slow them down. Then having the composure to take pressured shot after shot with the crazy range of heights and speeds and strengths to deal with. The skill part alone is a lot. Now for a NBA player the hardest part would be developing the physical and mental toughness of being in excruciating pain and get right back up and do it again over and over and over. It's not as simple as catch a ball and run but from a skill standpoint there are positions in football that doesn't require too much skill as in basketball. Some just require more physical strength and mental and physical toughness. In the NBA positions 1-5 requires a tremendous amount of skill that and making things that is almost humanly impossible part of your everyday life.

It’s cool that he’s never heard of the James Jones but he’s got a championship, you don’t sir It just sounds like he’s trying to be an ambassador for his league which is understandable because NFL is king now

AR is right a 6'5 nfl player plays and moves like a center it just wouldn't translate at all to an actual NBA game just different physical attributed that would go well

Why austin lookin like andre tate long loss brother with hair

How many NBA players can bench 225x5?

U can’t take a hit but u can play? How is tht possible

Bro got smoked,Mr nepotism over here

Austin Rivers is a G... his stock has gone way up over the past few weeks. Dude is shining on this show all thanks to Perk no-showing

I agree somewhat with Rivers, but I think that it was much more true in the past. But at the moment, the players I'd like to see try to make that switch over to football is a long one... -Jaylen Brown -Jrue Holliday -Dennis Smith Jr. -Julius Randle -Josh Hart -OG Anunoby -Donte Divincenzo -Tyrese Maxey -Bruce Brown -Scottie Barnes? -Jaden Ivey -The Thompson Twins -Bennedict Mathurin -Aaron Nesmith -Patrick Beverly (younger version) -Jae Crowder (younger version) -Pat Connaughton -Saddiq Bey -Miles Bridges -Grant Williams -Jimmy Butler (younger version) -Bam Adebayo -Terry Rozier -Paolo Banchero -Gary Harris (younger version) -Jalen Suggs -Christian Braun -KCP -Aaron Gordon -Reggie Jackson (younger version) -Anthony Edwards -Lou Dort -Scoot Henderson -Shaedon Sharpe -Kris Dunn -Colin Sexton -Kenny Lofton Jr. -Talen Horton-Tucker? (has the size at least) -Draymond Green (younger version) -Moody or Kuminga? -Terrance Mann -PJ Tucker (younger version) -Russell Westbrook (current or younger version) -Lebron (younger version) -Grayson Allen -Josh Okogie -David Roddy -Thad Young (younger version) -Harrison Barnes (younger version) -De'Aaron Foxx -Malik Monk -Davion Mitchell -Dillon Brookes -Derrick Rose (younger version) -Marcus Smart -Desmond Bane -Zion -Devin Vassell -Isaac Okoro -Donovan Mitchell

They got AR f’d up 😅

Huge difference between NBA & NFL HAS to be talked about that in NFL you only have to be great or good at certain parts to the game. Like an offensive lineman is not playing QB or getting hand offs or catching passes or chasing down WRs to tackle them. Speedsters are not blocking on the line, QBs are not tackling. In the NBA yes there are more skilled and more athletic players than others BUT they all have to play offense & defense. They have to switch and guard different sizes, they all have to be able to pass & dribble & score at a certain skill level so far more complexed. Contrast to that am NBA player only needs to go to NFL and learn 1 position like TE or WR and trust me there are few big boys that could play on D - Line & linebacker.... Lebron at TE killing it. Ja or Westbrook or other flash type guys at 6'0 - 6'4 WR all day or kick off returners. All these dudes and catch and run just need to learn routes, but Visa versa the NFL dudes gotta have handles & be able to shoot a variety of shots and understand on ball off ball & help rotations on Defense.....whole different animal. Because of that learning & skill curve much much bigger to transition to NBA.

They say every play in the NFL is like a car wreck.... So... NBA players could go on the field right now and take that kind of punishment????

I respect that he at least stood on business

But thats the thing doesnt matter how big or tall you are can you take a hit

I've never seen A. Rivers unleash so much passion like this. Shout-out to Patty Mac for getting people to let their hair down. ...by the way... Doc's son is right about the NBA-to-NFL potentials. Although NFL players are more athletic, the height that [most] NBA players have would make a drastic difference (on the football field).

Just YT Johnny Knoxville & Jared Allen!! Austin Rivers is Johnny Knoxville after the Jared Allen tackle going up the middle!!

Tee Higgins, Davante Adams both could play in the NBA FOR SURE

You can’t compare one set of players that cry about every touch foul to a fully contact sport.

He is absolutely right ngl

All I know is _neither_ NBA nor NFL players could hit a 103-mph fastball or a 73 mph curveball for that matter. P.S. Former Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame tight end, Tony Gonzalez, could have played in the NBA. He played both sports at the University of California, Berkeley, and could have been drafted by the NBA if he hadn't decided to play for the NFL.

You take the best 15 NFL players at basketball and have them play the worst NBA team and then you take the best 50 NBA players at football and you have them play the worst NFL team.. The NBA team would not get one first down and would most likely quit... The NFL players would at least score

PAT AT THA GAME!!!

Rivers looks like the conversation he started is eating him alive

in all honesty Dan's list is absolute trash of his 30 maybe 5 could even try the nba

Idk why i dont like dudes face but good to see when parents can help you become successful.

Somebody tell Austin rivers that nfl players got their 40 inch verts without running starts

What Austin rivers should have said we have the taller athletes… but not the popular sport

Lots of high school basketball players converted to Football or gotten scholarships from both sports and had to decide which sports to play.

"those guys can't play in the NBA" neither can you Austin

Wow! Austin Rivers was absolutely spot on as there are top notch players in the NBA who can play tight end, wide receiver, Defensive back, Quarterback and defensive end, come on it might have been his delivery folks!

James Jones cooked this lil dude Austin Rivers

Are we talking about playing a full NFL season? ain't no way boy. If your body ain't used to that there's no way you're going to finish three games forget a 16 to 18 game regular season!!

450 jobs in the NBA- to say that everyone is too soft to get tackled as if none of them ever played football is just lazy. On the other hand, NFL players arent good enough at BASKETBALL to compete with G league players or Euroleague players. Theres countless D1 basketball players who had crazy statistical production in college and dont get drafted or even invited to a training camp. NFL teams sign track guys, rugby players, and basketball players who have no high level football experience. Size and raw athleticism can take you much farther in the NFL than the NBA

I stop playing football to focus on basketball senior year got a d2 offer to play when I haven’t played in 2 years

Tee Higgins was that dude in basketball

Since you can barely hit anyone in the NFL now maybe these floppy NBA players could come in and play.

In my opinion , AG is a more athletic and controlled version of Draymond Green.

I bet these people that saying he’s right will not speak to the public and he does not have a 40 inch vertical

GET EM AUSTIN

Again. Take one hit from a linebacker coming down hill

James Jones ended this man 😂😂😂

Mark Jackson as Lakers head coach

This the most Austin Rivers been talked about since high school. You can tell he was bothered by what James Jones said last week because Austin brought up money and high school success instead of pro success. Which makes it worse because you’ve had all this success in high school and college just to average 9ppg for a career. Just stop Austin

Take your L Dukie 😂😂😂😂

Ice cube need to let some old nfl players in the big 3

Bruh we all grew up playing multiple sport. You hoopers were scary asf playing football. Yall always quit just like he said. “I’ll make one catch then be out the rest of the season” yall too soft for football!

Mike Evans is the best hooper on that list

Little less bass in your voice this go around. 😂

Micah pushed a light weight sumo wrestler that was standing still with a running start of the mat. that's impressive but not so impressive as you might think.

You disrespect guys in another sport that worked their whole lives to get there... don't back down and try to butter up your words now

The problem is Austin is overlooking the mentality you have to have to play the sport let alone in the league. From a physical perspective the average basketball player is more rare than the average football player. You see more 6’2 220 people than you see 6’6 210 people however we are overlooking the physicality, mentality, and technique that goes into football…but sure there are more players in the nba that look like football players. But to assume they can actually play is disrespectful

@7:09 😂 Denver beat the Wolves 1st round last year everyone forgot …

Why don’t football and b-ball players don’t get along? Didn’t pick up on inkling from Austin

Have and organized nba game and nfl with both

This isn't nba live anything controversial said on this show always goes to the moon

Why do ppl take this guy serious

He backtracked hard cause originally he said 30 players from the nba could put pad on today and be better in the nfl that’s a bold face lie

AR mad his dad didnt pick him up

NBA players would probably be effective FLAG FOOTBALL players....

You should be rooting for teams and cities and not diva athletes

Like someone else said in the comments, all these nba analysts out here saying nba players cant play in the 90s and 80s because of how physical the nba was back then yet you have clowns like rivers thinking theyd survive in the nfl 😂. You literally have nba players getting injured and sitting out games from just jumping the wrong way or from just getting grazed across the eyes. Theyd get folded in the nfl.

This is coming from a guy who never played in an all star game

He would play the same amount of nfl games as nba games before he gets injured again

23:33 pro tip for anyone in the market to get floor seats: sitting next to/behind the bench is cool and all, but the players and coaches will literally block your view for half of the game. far side or under the basket is the way to go imo

AJ Hawk would break Rivers and Hawk just letting him live right now talking

what if its a top ten nba player saying it ? what if he said 5, not 30 ?

Austin rivers trying to stay relevant cause his NBA career certainly didn't 😂

Austin Rivers is 100% correct. There are easily 30 NBA players that can get on the NFL field and play. I guarantee you 100% of them wouldn't finish a quarter. As the wise Iron Mike once said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” As James Jones said, a top 10 pick whose career avg is 8/2/2, seven teams in 11 years, a bench player for the majority of his career, dude is a bust who's trying to stay relevant by making asinine comments. Or as JJ Watt pointed out, he's 31 years old without no job in either league.

Aj hawk need to stand up for his fellow packer and educate this dude. That packer dude? Jones led the league in touchdowns.

bro youre not 220 😂

The nfl is loaded with Patrick Beverlys. This argument is dumb.

No one actually cares about this dude just the debate he sparked. Good for him I guess

Austin Rivers 🌽

Any football player that hooped in high school chose football cuz they couldn’t make it basketball. Rarely the other way around. More guaranteed money way less taxing on the body.

Who the F is this Rivers dude? Never heard of him any relation to Joan Rivers?

He should train for a year and tryout for an NFL team