Shaun Livingston

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Shaun Livingston
Shaun Livingston Wizards.jpg
Livingston with the Wizards
No. 14 – Cleveland Cavaliers
Point guard / Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1985-09-11) September 11, 1985 (age 27)
Peoria, Illinois
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Peoria Central (Peoria, Illinois)
NBA Draft 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Pro career 2004–present
League NBA
Career history
2004–2008 Los Angeles Clippers
2008–2009 Miami Heat
2009 Tulsa 66ers (D-League)
2009 Oklahoma City Thunder
2010 Washington Wizards
2010–2011 Charlotte Bobcats
2011–2012 Milwaukee Bucks
2012 Washington Wizards
2012–present Cleveland Cavaliers
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Shaun Patrick Livingston (born September 11, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA.

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[edit] Early years

Livingston was born in Peoria, Illinois. He led Concordia Lutheran Grade School to LSA state titles in 1999 and 2000. Livingston played competitive basketball in high school at Richwoods High School for two years[1] and then transferred to Peoria Central High School, where he led his team to Class AA state titles in 2003 and 2004.

He played in the 2004 McDonald's High School All-American game, and was named co-MVP of the game.

In 2007, Livingston was voted one of the "100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament," recognizing his superior performance in his appearances in the tournament.[2]

[edit] Professional career

[edit] 2004-2006

Livingston signed with Duke University, but opted to skip college and enter the 2004 NBA Draft, in which the Clippers selected him with the 4th overall pick.[3]

Livingston, who has a 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) wingspan,[4] is tall for point guard standards (6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)) and, due to the addition of Sam Cassell to the Clippers' roster, saw playing time at shooting guard. He was an integral part of the Clippers' best season in franchise history in the 2005-06 season. Livingston recorded a career-high 14 assists on February 23, 2007 against the Golden State Warriors.[5]

In his first two NBA seasons, playing in a total of 91 games, Livingston averaged 6.3 points per game. In his third season, he scored a career high 9.3 points per game, being one of the few Clippers to improve from the 2005-06 season. His breakout year was interrupted by a knee injury that led him to miss 39 games.

[edit] Knee injury

In a game against the Charlotte Bobcats on February 26, 2007, Livingston suffered a debilitating knee injury, dislocating his left kneecap after landing awkwardly following a missed layup, resulting in the left leg snapping laterally. Livingston injured almost every part of his knee, tearing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), and the lateral meniscus, badly spraining his medial collateral ligament (MCL), and dislocating his patella and his tibia-femoral joint.[6] The injury was so severe that ESPNEWS warned viewers of the graphic nature of the video clip before airing it.[7] Livingston was told by a medical professional at the hospital that there was a chance that his leg would have to be amputated. He required months of rehabilitation to be able to walk again.[8]

Livingston was riddled by injuries during the first three years of his professional career, missing 101 of 246 regular season games.[9][10]

[edit] Return from injury

Livingston's contract with the Clippers expired after the 2007-08 season, and the Clippers did not make Livingston a $5.8 million qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent.[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. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trail Blazers were interested in his services, but he eventually signed a reported two-year deal with the Miami Heat on October 3, 2008. In 4 games with the Heat, he averaged 2.3 points in 10.3 minutes.[13][14]

On January 7, 2009, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies along with cash considerations for a conditional 2012 second-round pick.[13][15] He was waived later that same day.[13][16]

On March 7, 2009, Livingston signed with the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA D-League, owned by the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA.[13][17] After three weeks with the 66ers, Livingston signed a multi-year deal with the Thunder on March 31, 2009.[18] On December 22, 2009, Livingston was waived by the Thunder.[19][20]

On February 26, 2010, he signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Washington Wizards.[21] He was then signed by the Wizards for the remainder of the season.[22] / On July 20, 2010, Livingston signed a two-year contract worth $7 million with the Charlotte Bobcats. [23]

On June 23, 2011, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of a three-way deal among the Sacramento Kings and Charlotte Bobcats.[24]

On June 26, 2012, Livingston was traded to the Houston Rockets along with teammates Jon Leuer and Jon Brockman.[25] Before the beginning of the season, however, they were all waived.[26]

On November 15, 2012, he signed with the Washington Wizards.[27] He was waived by the Wizards on December 23, 2012.[28]

On December 25, 2012, the Cleveland Cavaliers claimed Livingston off waivers after releasing Donald Sloan.[29][30] Livingston made his debut for the Cavaliers on January 2, 2013. Playing 13 minutes, he got two rebounds along with one assist and two points from free throws.

[edit] Awards

  • He was awarded West Rookie of the Month honors for April 2005.[31]
  • Most Valuable Player at the June 2003 NBA Players Association Camp in Richmond, Virginia.

[edit] NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

[edit] Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004–05 L.A. Clippers 30 15 27.1 .414 .000 .746 3.0 5.0 1.1 .4 7.4
2005–06 L.A. Clippers 61 14 25.0 .427 .125 .688 3.0 4.5 .8 .5 5.8
2006–07 L.A. Clippers 54 31 29.8 .463 .313 .707 3.4 5.1 1.1 .5 9.3
2008–09 Miami 4 0 10.3 .375 .000 .750 0.5 1.0 .5 .0 2.3
2008–09 Oklahoma City 8 1 23.8 .538 .000 1.000 3.3 2.0 .6 .2 7.8
2009–10 Oklahoma City 10 0 13.0 .313 .000 .000 2.0 1.3 .5 .2 1.0
2009–10 Washington 26 18 25.6 .535 .000 .875 2.2 4.5 .5 .4 9.2
2010–11 Charlotte 73 0 17.3 .466 .250 .864 2.0 2.2 .6 .4 6.6
2011–12 Milwaukee 58 27 18.8 .469 .667 .785 2.1 2.1 .5 .3 5.5
2012–13 Washington 17 4 18.8 .364 .000 1.000 2.2 2.2 .6 .1 3.7
Career 341 110 22.4 .457 .214 .784 2.6 3.4 .7 .4 6.6

[edit] Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006 L.A. Clippers 12 0 27.7 .474 1.000 .810 4.7 4.8 0.6 .5 7.5
Career 12 0 27.7 .474 1.000 .810 4.7 4.8 0.6 .5 7.5

[edit] Career highs

  • Points: 25 @ Boston 04/09/10
  • Rebounds: 9 vs. Houston 12/17/06
  • Assists: 14 vs. Golden State 02/24/07
  • Steals: 6 @ Charlotte 04/05/05
  • Blocks: 4 vs. New Orleans 03/01/06

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Shaun Livingston official website: About Shaun Livingston[dead link]
  2. ^ "Legends of Boys Basketball". IHSA. http://www.ihsa.org/initiatives/legends/index.htm. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  3. ^ "Deng, Livingston forgo Duke for NBA Draft | The Chronicle". Dukechronicle.com. 2004-05-07. http://dukechronicle.com/article/deng-livingston-forgo-duke-nba-draft. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  4. ^ Heat's Pat Riley: No plans to purse any veteran free agents[dead link]
  5. ^ "Brand Throws a Block Party in Clippers’ Win". Nba.com. 2007-02-24. http://www.nba.com/games/20070224/GSWLAC/recap.html. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  6. ^ "Livingston out for season with major knee injury". Associated Press. February 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-11. 
  7. ^ ESPNEWS Gametime, ESPNEWS, air date February 26, 2007
  8. ^ http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8934761/on-career-shaun-livingston-survived-one-worst-injuries-nba-history
  9. ^ "Shaun Livingston Career Stats Page". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/shaun_livingston/career_stats.html. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
  10. ^ "Shaun Livingston Statistics". Basketball-Reference.com. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/livinsh01.html. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
  11. ^ "Clippers renounce rights to Livingston, four other players". Associated Press. 2008-07-10. 
  12. ^ "Shaun Livingston resumes basketball related activities". Los Angeles Times. June 16, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2008-06-16. 
  13. ^ a b c d "Heat trade Livingston to Grizzlies". Sports.espn.go.com. 2009-01-07. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3817147. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  14. ^ "HEAT Sign Shaun Livingston". NBA.com. 2008-10-04. 
  15. ^ "Grizzlies trade conditional second round draft pick to Miami". NBA.com. 2009-01-07. http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/grizzlies_trade_second_round_pick_to_miami-090107.html. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  16. ^ "Grizzlies waive Shaun Livingston". NBA.com. 2009-01-07. http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/grizzlies_waive_shaun_livingston-090107.html. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  17. ^ "Ex-Clipper Livingston joins 66ers". NewsOK.com. 2009-03-08. 
  18. ^ Shaun Livingston Signs Multi-Year Deal March 31, 2009
  19. ^ "Thunder Acquires Maynor From Utah Jazz". NBA.com. 2009-12-22. http://www.nba.com/thunder/news/thunder_aquires_maynor_2009_12_22.html. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  20. ^ "Thunder acquires Eric Maynor from Jazz, waives Livingston and Wilks". Daily Thunder.com. 2009-12-22. http://www.dailythunder.com/2009/12/thunder-acquires-eric-maynor-from-jazz-waives-livingston-and-wilks. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  21. ^ "Wizards Sign Guard Shaun Livingston". NBA.com. 2010-02-26. http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/livingston_100226.html. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  22. ^ "Wizards Sign Livingston For Remainder of the Season". NBA.com. 2010-03-19. http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/livingston_100319.html. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  23. ^ "Bobcats Sign Point Guard Shaun Livingston". NBA.com. 2010-07-20. http://www.nba.com/bobcats/release_livingston_signed_100720.html. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  24. ^ "Bucks acquire Jackson, Livingston, Udrih and draft rights to Tobias Harris in a three-team trade". NBA.com. 2011-06-23. http://www.nba.com/bucks/release/draft_trade_110623.html. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  25. ^ "Rockets Receive 12th Overall Pick Via Trade With Bucks". NBA.com. 2012-06-27. http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/rockets-receive-12th-overall-pick-trade-bucks. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  26. ^ "Rockets trim roster to 15, waive Livingston". The Dream Shake. 2012-10-29. http://www.thedreamshake.com/2012/10/29/3573082/rockets-trim-roster-to-15-waive-livingston. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  27. ^ Wizards Sign Shaun Livingston
  28. ^ Wizards Waive Livingston And Barron
  29. ^ Cavaliers Claim Shaun Livingston Off Waivers, Waive Donald Sloan
  30. ^ Cavaliers claim Livingston
  31. ^ "Weekly and Monthly Awards, 2004-05". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/news/week_month_2004-05.html. Retrieved 2007-07-11.

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