Rivers speaks on recovery

While participating in the rookie transition program in New York City, New Orleans Hornets rookie guard Austin Rivers spoke to the media via telephone to address his injury and his future.

“I’m doing great actually now, so I’ll be back very soon....It’s got a lot better and I actually got even stronger than I think I was before I got hurt...I’ll get more comfortable and confident in training camp. It’s really going to come down to those first week of games before you realize what you need to do and then try to come out full blast from there whether you play good or not.....It was tough going into summer league trying to play hurt, but everything is looking good,” Rivers said. “I’m real excited because I think we have a young talented team that can make a possible push for the playoffs.”