Austin Rivers was asked Tuesday to compare the level of attention in Winter Park, Fla., where he attended high school, to the scene in Durham this summer, where he’s playing in the Greater NC Pro-Am basketball league.
"I've been kind of used to this since high school, but it is a little bit different here because North Carolina is more of a basketball state," said Rivers. "Florida is more of a mixture of football and basketball. I'm kind of getting a taste of how serious it is here, and I love it.
"That's why I chose to come to this area and play basketball.
"College basketball, period - the fans, the coaches, the rivalries. I'm very excited to get to play in that atmosphere," Rivers said.