Austin Rivers on playing for Doc: 'If I'm not playing well, he's going to sit me'

Doc and Austin Rivers made history on Friday night as the first father-son, coach-player duo the NBA has ever seen, but that's where the good vibes ended.

Austin went scoreless in 12 undeserved minutes of action, going 0-for-4 from the field, with his only contributions to the boxscore being an assist, a turnover and a pitiful plus/minus of negative-18.

Despite Doc's statements to the contrary, many still believe Austin was only acquired because of his last name, but Austin doesn't believe he'll receive any preferential treatment.

"If I'm not playing well, he's going to sit me," Austin said, as reported by USA TODAY's Sam Amick. "I'm sitting on the bench. It is what it is. He wants to win. My dad's the type of guy when I was five years old, if we played checkers, he would not let me win. That's just kind of how he is. He's not doing any favors for me," Austin added.

"I've got to earn everything here, and I think the guys know that."

Doc reiterated that acquiring Austin was more about doing what he thought was right for the team. "Making history - well great," Doc said, as reported by Amick. "I didn't really care about that. I want to win, and I want to make our team better. And that's my goal whatever I do."

Of course, no one expects him to say any differently, but it's hard to believe that a coach as reputable as Doc would actually believe that Austin can make the Clippers better, or that he's even better than Jordan Farmar.

Aside from showing some flashes of competency in his sophomore season last year (like shooting 36 percent from three-point range), Austin has been among the worst players in the Association since being selected 10th overall by the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2012 Draft.

He should be playing just to keep an NBA job, not being the trade target of a contender in need.