Yardbarker: Shaun Livingston

Blake Griffin Out; Clipper Curse Continues

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:38:00 -0500

Blake Griffin will miss at least six weeks of the regular season due to a broken kneecap. Get out of here!

This marks the second time in three years that the top overall pick has been hurt coming out of the gate. Two years ago, Greg Oden underwent microfracture surgery and missed the entire season.

The Clippers have also been bitten before. In 1988, the Clips drafted Danny Manning with the top overall pick. Manning played just 26 games in his rookie season before blowing out his knee. In 1998, the Clips drafted Michael Olowokandi with the top pick. He didn't get hurt, but he's one of the biggest busts in NBA history.

You can also add in Shaun Livingston, the No. 4 pick in the 2004 draft. Livingston battled injuries and played in just 91 games over his first couple of seasons. Two seasons later, Livingston blew out his knee in one of the most hideous sports injuries ever televised. Joe Theismann's broken leg nearly threw up after seeing Livingston's knee.

In 2005, the Clippers used the No. 12 pick on Yaroslav Korolev. Korolev would play just 34 games in his NBA career ... averaging 1.1 points per game.

The Clippers can't catch a break. They "visit" the Lakers tonight in a nationally televised game on TNT. The hook was not only The Battle Of Los Angeles but the defending champions taking on the top pick in the draft.

Rebuilding Everything

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:00:45 -0500

by Todd Spehr Shaun Livingston’s most valuable asset is his vision. How do I know that? Because he has told us numerous times – as a teenage lottery pick or a twentysomething vagabond, owner of a healthy left knee or not, with or without a guaranteed contract. Livingston’s vision, his foresight, his ability to see; it was always there. And yet, ironically, the thing that motivates him most is the unseen. Something he’s never consumed on film, maybe never even in his mind. By now you know the ...

Thunder guard Shaun Livingston putting knee injury behind | NewsOK.com

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:57:39 -0500

Thunder guard Shaun Livingston putting knee injury behind | NewsOK.com This is kind of a boiler plate piece on Shaun Livingston and his ongoing comeback with the Thunder. They seem to be saying he's at or near 100% physically, and they think playing in summer league helped a lot. Unfortunately, I have to say - I saw him in summer league, and he just didn't play well. He looked physically fine, but he still can't shoot, and he was a non-factor. I am hoping for the best for Sh...

Berger: Each small step for Livingston is giant leap

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:36:00 -0500

Shaun Livingston is preparing for the season -- which is what NBA players do. But it's impressive when you consider that just walking used to be a concern for Livingston after his 2007 knee injury, Ken Berger says.

OKC's Livingston Trying to Make It All the Way Back

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:20:00 -0500

by Gary WashburnFiled under: Clippers, Summer League, ThunderLAS VEGAS -- It was five years ago that Shaun Livingston made his summer league debut for the Los Angeles Clippers. He was a rail-thin 18-year-old with a large Afro and immense talent to match. He wasn't physically developed, but the point guard from Peoria Central High School was tabbed as cornerstone for the Clippers -- he just needed time.OKC's Livingston Trying to Make It All the Way Back originally appeared on Fanhouse ...

Shaun Livingston: The Oldest 24-Year-Old in the NBA - TrueHoop By Henry Abbott - ESPN

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:54:01 -0500

Shaun Livingston: The Oldest 24-Year-Old in the NBA - TrueHoop By Henry Abbott - ESPN Ross Siler (via TrueHoop) has a nice piece on Shaun Livingston.

Shaun Livingston: The Oldest 24-Year-Old in the NBA

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:21:01 -0500

Three years ago, Shaun Livingston embodied the hope of every cautiously optimistic Clippers fan. He was the 6-foot-7 point guard who was to deliver the franchise from its forlorn history. That was before a devastating injury. The Salt Lake Tribune's Ross Siler has more on Livingston's long road back, a route that goes through Orlando this week: Shaun Livingston never has watched a replay of the breakaway that nearly ended his career, though the grotesque video from February 2007 of Li...

Shaun Livingston Still on Comeback Trail

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:00:00 -0500

by Tim PovtakFiled under: Clippers, Summer League, Thunder, FanHouse ExclusiveORLANDO - He's only 23 years old, but Shaun Livingston already sounds like such an old soul. There is a good reason. He's been to basketball hell and back. Livingston is continuing his miraculous comeback here -- from that horrific knee injury he suffered in the 2006-07 season -- at the Orlando Pro Summer League, hoping to earn a roster spot next season with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He may never be the pla...

Livingston Signs Two Year Pact With Heat

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:18:41 -0500

Days after Miami Heat Team President Pat Riley said his team did not have the budget for a free agent, the franchise signed former L.A. Clippers point guard Shaun Livingston to a two year deal Friday. The "Associated Press" reported that Livingston was practicing with the team on Friday, and would join the team as [...]

Livingston Signs Two Year Pact With Heat

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:10:52 -0500

The Dreaded ACL Injury

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:41:10 -0500

Detroit Shock's forward Cheryl Ford is done for the rest of the WNBA season. And it couldn't have happened in a worst way. She was a peacemaker. While trying to restrain teammate Plenette Pierson during the confrontation against Candice Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks, Ford's right knee buckled as she tore her anterior cruciate ligament. The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is one of the four major and stabilizing ligaments in our knees. Studies have found that this type of injuries is common among athletes?especially women?due to a variety of reasons: hormonal, balance, posture, and genes. An ACL can be torn by way of a "sudden dislocation, torsion, or hyperextension of the knee." Basically, these type of injury can happen at anytime and anywhere?even outside the arena of sports?as I heard a story awhile back wherein someone did tear their ACL after sitting down for a long time with their legs crossed. In the National Basketball Association (NBA), Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries have been out there for quite some time. Over the last twenty years, several prominent players like Bernard King, Patrick Ewing, and Ron Harper have been able to return from his injury despite surgical procedures still being in its infancy. Other instances Probably the worst possible ACL injury occurred in February last year when former Los Angeles Clippers guard Shaun Livingston tore three of the four major ligaments in his knee on a breakaway drive in the first quarter against the Charlotte Bobcats. In contrast, Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Minnesota Lynx point guard Lindsey Harding, the first overall pick in the 2007 WNBA draft, suffered a torn ACL in her left knee during a seemingly harmless drive to the basket during the later part of her rookie season while playing against the Washington Mystics. Just can't get healthy No player has suffered more ACL injuries than NBA forward Danny Manning. Manning was the top pick out of Kansas in 1988 who spent portions of his productive 15 year career with the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, and Detroit Pistons; suffered three ACL injuries: injuring his right knee during his rookie year in a game against the Milwaukee Bucks (1/4/89), another in the left knee during a team practice in Phoenix (2/7/95), and re-injuring his right knee again two years later in Sacramento (4/7/98). While in the WNBA, Rebecca Lobo, one of the most decorated collegiate and Olympic female basketball players of this generation, was also not spared of his injury. In the New York Liberty season opener against the defunct Cleveland Rockers (6/10/99), Lobo tore her left ACL 42 seconds into the contest. Six months later, she reinjured the same leg during a rehab session (12/16/99). Exceptions to the rule For every injured player, there are also exceptions and two players come to mind, Karl Malone (Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers) and NBA Iron Man A.C. Green (Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, and Miami Heat). Playing in 1458 games in a career that spanned 19 years, Malone's only significant injury came during his last and only year with the Los Angeles Lakers wherein he missed 39 games due to torn knee ligament. On the other hand, A.C. Green has never missed any significant time having played in 1192 consecutive games (an NBA record).

Pulling a Livingston

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:54:08 -0500

Pulling a Livingston (as defined by the Isaac dictionary) pull-ing a liv-ing-ston phrase, slang 1. A player who takes a cartoon-like fall and dislocates his knee, therefore, rendering themself useless for the rest of their athletic career and subsequently, getting cut by their team a year later.

Still Living-ston

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:12:25 -0500

The patron saint of The Pure Point Blog resumes basketball-related activities.

Shaun Livingston Medical Update

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:59:06 -0500

Believe it or not, Livingston's injury sounds just as bad as it looked. Have you ever heard of anyone doing this much damage to his leg. I don't think there was anything else left to ruin. The recovery time is 8-12 months which puts him on pace for a post 2008 All-Star break return. "The MRI revealed that Livingston suffered tears to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), medial collateral ligament (MCL) and lateral meniscus. Livingston also s...