Clippers' Austin Rivers drops a career-high 10 dimes against New York

Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers dished out a career-high 10 assists in 36 minutes against the New York Knicks, adding 7 points on 3-of-10 shooting with 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 5 turnovers.

What It Means:

Rivers hasn't turned into a superstar all of a sudden with Chris Paul out, but he has been serviceable with averages of 16.0 points and 4.2 assists in the dozen games leading up to Wednesday. Paul is reportedly making progress in his recovery from thumb surgery and once he returns, Rivers' fantasy value will take a pretty big hit.

Rivers is averaging 12.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists over 28.0 minutes per game. He owns a career-best .512 effective field goal percentage and his nERD of -2.2 ranks him 400th among all players.