The knee was all deformed, bloodied up and leaking with puss, Livingston told ESPNs The Undefeated in 2016. Alipour: Livingston still plans to be Clips' future, 'It's going to be epic': Stephen Curry and LeBron James face off -- again, Panthers in awe after ousting 'unbelievable' Bruins, Kraken win 1st playoff series, oust champion Avs, Curry sets G7 record with 50 as Dubs move on, Bergeron undecided on future after B's stunner, Harper may return Tue., 160 days post-TJ surgery, Grizz's Brooks doesn't regret verbal jab at LeBron, LB Barrett's 2-year-old daughter drowns in pool, Griner: 1st practice 'everything I wanted it to be', Which teams will reach the NBA conference finals? He never got comfortable with it, and so we never really pressed the issue, Steve Kerr said before Game 2. In a 15 year professional career in the league, Livingston played 959 games for nine teams and won three NBA championships as a Golden State Warriorin 2015, 2017 and 2018. Performance & security by Cloudflare. Basketball of Illlinois and named a McDonalds All-American. On July 10, 2019, Livingston was waived by the Warriors. Following the dramatic conclusion of 1000lb Sisters' fourth season, 36-year-old Tammy has been keeping fans up to date with her progress. Those tests take place at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in L.A., where Livingston has bunkered down in a five-days-a-week rehabilitation program. "Im the guy thats probably gonna be shooting threes at 24 Hour Fitness when I retire, just becauseRight now, the twos just look so good., He agrees with Kerr about the increased comfort with his in-between game, even though he works on his three-point shot during the offseason and in practices. He finally regained a foothold in the league while with the Brooklyn Nets, as he went from being signed for guard depth to starting 10 of the teams 12 postseason gamesin 2014. Thats just taking good shots, he said. McGee was active and engaged from the outset Sunday, moving without the ball and looking for passes from his teammates. Shaun Livingston Twitter : ShaunLivingston. And weve needed them because those other four guys attract so much attention, there are holes in the defense, and those guys (McGee and Livingston) exploit them.. On September 13, 2019, Livingston announced his retirement from the NBA. Curry has taken 638 threes in 2017-18, between the regular season and playoffs. Looney had started the five previous games. In fact, he became more effective. "It's up to me where I take it from here.". 1 point guard and the No. He had moved into the starting lineup to accommodate for the injured Stephen Curry. He was offered a basketball scholarship to play for coach K at Duke University, but he decided to skip college and went straight for the NBA Draft it was one of those rare moments in NBA history that a player was drafted directly out of high school. Livingston signed a three-year deal the following offseason with the Warriors, and the rest of the story is straight out of a movie script. Shaun Patrick Livingston (born September 11, 1985) is an American professional basketball executive and former player. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. In Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Livingston scored a playoff career-high 20 points, leading the Warriors to a 10489 win. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trail Blazers were interested, but it was reported he eventually signed a two-year deal with the Miami Heat on October 3, 2008. Click to reveal Shaun Livingston made his last three pointer on April 5, 2017. Rightfully so. 73 isnt possible without elite talent across the entire roster and Livingston was the best at what he did. Comment below other players or stories you want us to cover!Narrator: Brian J. MacCalla Jr.Every Beat in this Video is mentioned as \"Free to Use and Profit\".-Editor: Frdric BrissonLeague Alerts:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leaguealertsTwitter: https://twitter.com/LeagueAlertsWebsite: https://leaguealertsofficial.com [13][16] On March 7, 2009, Livingston signed with the Tulsa 66ers, the NBA development league team owned by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mid range GOAT. Hotlines/WhatsApp. [36] On August 15, 2014, he was ruled out for six to eight weeks after having arthroscopic surgery on the big toe of his right foot. Livingston was the 4th player picked in his draft straight out of high school. Play to my strengthsI stick to my comfort zone. Its my game. Put another way, he knows his role. When the chips are down, I want you to understand the type of person I am.Thanks for checking out the video, be sure to subscribe to the page and follow LeagueAlerts on all platforms for the best basketball coverage. The step he was expected to take last season in supplanting 37-year-old Sam Cassell as the team's floor leader. So he sticks to that.. Instead, he parlayed two 10-day contracts with the Washington Wizards into a contract for the remainder of the 2009-10 season. He redefined his career, and in doing so, became one of my favorite players to watch. For Livingston, it was like having a different set of legs. NBA at 75: Michael Jordan has arrived. Shaun Patrick Livingston (born September 11, 1985) is an American professional basketball executive and former player. Archived post. A lot of those are layups and dunks, so its just being in the right place at the right time.. USA. "Obviously, Steph and Klay, the way they space the floorDraymond and Andre stretch the floor There's all that space inside," he said. Their roles are no where near the same. The game ended with James jawing with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson and then teammate Tristan Thompson getting ejected for a flagrant foul after he got upset when Shaun Livingston attempted a. She has made some huge milestones recently such as . [39] Despite the Warriors going up 31 in the series following a Game 4 win, they went on to lose the series in seven games to the Cleveland Cavaliers. I just couldnt move it. There was a time in history when Livingston and Walton actually shared the court together and made a pretty juicy bench combo themselves. This is his 13th season. Like each other players, Livingston had games during his career where he missed shots. Stephen Curry staking claim to be the MVP. The two-man combination of Iguodala and Livingston was an impressive plus-10.2 in over 700 minutes in 2016-17 while he and David West were plus-6.1 in just under 600 minutes. Shaun Livingston is the perfect example of a player who faced a tragic injury but never gave up. Still, Livingston says he gets pressured sometimes to take a 3. Its more so just what I do. Livingston entered the league directly out of high school and was selected fourth by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2004 NBA draft. Does it matter. I was just keeping to myself and my family, and praying about it. He became a key cog on a team that won three championships in five years -- providing countless memories and cementing victories with his iconic, unblockable turnaround jump shot. Hes also The Chronicle's golf columnist, covering the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and all major championships in Northern California. Privacy Policy. It was like a pole with a pineapple in the middle of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After being a top-five pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, the young man who had jumped straight from high school to the NBA suddenly was looking for work. In the meantime, the Clippers have addressed Livingston's absence by acquiring journeyman point guard Brevin Knight to spell the creaky Cassell and drafting Marist's Jared Jordan, a player many draft pundits hailed as a playmaker, an attribute often used to describe the Clippers' incumbent point guard of the future. Stiff. 14 8 14 2 2 9 14 14 14 34. In the same season, the Warriors had the fifth-most effective bench in the league per Hoops Stats despite only Livingston and Iggy making more than the minimum salary. did shaun livingston ever miss a shot. Were going to take a deep dive into the ups and downs of the career of Shaun LivingstonLivingston hails from Peoria, Ill., home of the late comedian Richard Pryor. "Shaun's going to be ready," he says. The following season, Steph expanded his game again, becoming the first-ever unanimous MVP and led the league in scoring with over 30 points per game. During Game 4 of the 2016 Western Conference semi-finals, Livingston was ejected late in the second quarter against the Portland Trail Blazers. 6-7 , 192lb (201cm, 87kg) More bio, uniform, draft, salary info. Despite having a great shooting %, he did occasionally miss shots during the course of his career. This marked the first change in Golden States lineup since Andre Iguodala banged knees with James Harden in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals against Houston. JaVale is making it simple on himself. He was drafted with the fourth overall pick of the 2004 draft by the Los Angeles Clippers at just 18 years old. David West was the ideal complement to Livingston in the twilight of their careers. His mid-range pull-ups (hesi pull-up jimbo, if you will) were unguardable in the halfcourt or transition and if you were average-sized for your position, Livingston would just post you up and take a tidy post-fade over you. Even the ones he missed he didn't actually miss. Stiff. I dont know anybody that wasnt happy to see him win his first-ever NBA championship after everything he went through. For more information, please see our So, through two games of the Finals, McGee and Livingston have combined to score 36 points a blown dunk away from perfection. He's the last of a dying breed, in an unusual but ideal situation, playing for an organization that hasn't tried to jam a square peg into a round hole. [RELATED:Shaun Livingston's five most memorable moments in five Warriors seasons], I want people to use my story to stand up, be strong-willed and persevere, Livingston said to ESPNs Marc J. Spears. In 2019, he played in his fifth straight NBA Finals, where the Warriors lost to the Toronto Raptors in six games. [11] On June 16, 2008, doctors allowed Livingston to resume basketball activities;[12] during the 2008 offseason, he tried to find a guaranteed contract to finalize his comeback. So I'm in the gym every day, working out, lifting weights, just trying to fill out," he says, before hedging his bet, adding that he isn't sure if he'll raise his playing weight from 194 pounds of seasons past. In 2021, Kroichick earned an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award for his feature on Stanford quarterback Tanner McKee conquering cancer. Souness said working with Sky Sports for the last 15 years has been a privilege.