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Austin Rivers offers advice to Bronny James: Don't try to be your dad

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As the son of a famous NBA player, Washington Wizards guard Austin Rivers can certainly sympathize with the pressure that LeBron "Bronny" James Jr. must feel while playing in the shadow of a four-time league MVP.

With that in mind, Rivers hopes the 13-year-old prodigy - who was a main attraction in Las Vegas recently with his North Coast Blue Chips squad - carves his own path and worries about his own game.

"Just focus on being the best him he can be. Don't focus on trying to be LeBron James," Rivers told TMZ Sports about James Jr. "I didn't focus on trying to be Doc (Rivers). I just tried to be myself."

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Austin played under his father, Doc, with the Los Angeles Clippers for three-and-a-half seasons before being traded this summer to Washington in exchange for Marcin Gortat.

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