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Shaun Patrick Livingston (born September 11, 1985, in Peoria, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. Livingston plays point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bob Cousy Point guard (PG), also called the one or the ball-handler, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. ... Clippers redirects here. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... : See how it plays in Peoria United States Illinois Peoria 46. ... Richwoods High School the most northern of the four regular public high schools in Peoria, Illinois. ... Peoria High School is a public high school in Peoria, Illinois. ... 2004 NBA Draft - 24 June 2004 See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft After the completion of the regular season, Emeka Okafor was named Rookie of the Year, while Ben Gordon earned the Sixth Man Award, becoming the first rookie in NBA history to do so. ... Clippers redirects here. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... : See how it plays in Peoria United States Illinois Peoria 46. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (140,998 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ... This article is about the sport. ... NBA redirects here. ... Bob Cousy Point guard (PG), also called the one or the ball-handler, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. ... Clippers redirects here. ...

Biography

Livingston played competitive basketball in high school at Richwoods High School for two years^[1] and then transferred to Peoria Central High School in Illinois, was highly touted as a high school recruit, earning comparisons to Magic Johnson. Livingston accepted a scholarship to play for Duke University, but later opted to skip college and enter the 2004 NBA Draft, in which the Clippers selected him with the 4th overall pick. Richwoods High School the most northern of the four regular public high schools in Peoria, Illinois. ... Peoria High School is a public high school in Peoria, Illinois. ... Earvin Johnson redirects here. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. ... 2004 NBA Draft - 24 June 2004 See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft After the completion of the regular season, Emeka Okafor was named Rookie of the Year, while Ben Gordon earned the Sixth Man Award, becoming the first rookie in NBA history to do so. ...

Livingston is tall for point guard standards (6'7", 201cm) and, due to the addition of Sam Cassell to the Clippers roster, has seen 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. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Samuel James Cassell (born November 18, 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland), commonly referred to as Sam Cassell, is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBAs Boston Celtics. ... The Shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard,[1] is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. ... The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. ...

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.

Injury

In a game against the Charlotte Bobcats on February 26, 2007, Livingston broke his leg terribly at the knee, dislocating his left kneecap after landing awkwardly following a missed layup, resulting in the left leg snapping laterally. At first, doctors feared they may have to amputate Livingston's leg due to the severity of the injury.^[2] 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.^[3] The damage is such that recovery will take 8 to 12 months to return.^[3] He was back up and walking a couple of months later and made a speech to the fans at the Staples Center before a game late in the 2006-2007 season. Livingston sat out the entire 2007-2008 season as the Clippers struggled badly all year long. The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Allen Iverson performing a high percentage layup. ... Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. ... The anterior cruciate ligament (or ACL) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. ... Diagram of the knee The posterior cruciate ligament (or PCL) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. ... The lateral meniscus, also called the external semilunar fibrocartilage is a fibrocartilaginous band that spans the lateral knee. ... The medial collateral ligament or MCL (or tibial collateral ligament) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. ... For other uses, see Patella (disambiguation). ... This article is about the vertebrate bone. ... The femur or thigh bone is the longest, most voluminous, and strongest bone of the mammalian bodies. ...

The injury was so severe that ESPNEWS warned viewers of the graphic nature of the video clip before airing it, particularly the way he yelled after dislocating his leg.^[4] Livingston has been riddled by injuries during his three-year professional career, and has missed 101 of 246 regular season games.^[5]^[6] ESPNEWS (word origin: grammatical blend of ESPN and news, spoken as ESPN news), launched on November 1, 1996, is a 24-hour-a-day sports news television channel produced by the sports network ESPN. It airs news, highlights, press conferences, and commentary by analysts all in relation to sports. ... As a noun, a graphic usually refers to a computer image or picture, or an infographic, such as a chart. ...

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