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[DoubleTake]

Wasnt Shaun Livingston a high draft pick back in the day? Why didnt he ever pan out?

 

[Shmeagatory94]

Welp... back to OKC we go. Man if the thunders have an all-time meltdown and lose this series...

if that happens, kd along with conley and marc gasol to spurs please

Spoiler

lmao not gonna happen i know

 

[Omega Ultimus]

Wasnt Shaun Livingston a high draft pick back in the day? Why didnt he ever pan out?

Injury, I think.

 

[Dthomp]

Wasnt Shaun Livingston a high draft pick back in the day? Why didnt he ever pan out?

Injuries early on I want to say

 

[random25]

Wasnt Shaun Livingston a high draft pick back in the day? Why didnt he ever pan out?

Career-ending injury. Almost.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Ya know, I thought the amount of pressure on Cleveland was huge for game 5, but that's nothing like the amount of pressure that's gonna be on OKC come Saturday.

 

[DataStream]

Livingston has such a nice fadeaway.

 

[DoubleTake]

Injury, I think.

Injuries early on I want to say

Career-ending injury. Almost.

I see, thanks!

 

[spyder_ur]

Wasnt Shaun Livingston a high draft pick back in the day? Why didnt he ever pan out?

Devastating knee injury - look it up if you want to be grossed out. He's done an incredible job getting his career back on track though.

 

[TSM]

Livingston is one of those guys you hate seeing on the other team. He's no superstar, but he gets it done.

 

[M.W.]

Wasnt Shaun Livingston a high draft pick back in the day? Why didnt he ever pan out?

GRAPHIC, watch at your owl peril

https://youtu.be/MHFs4a-Bb-c

 

[Dthomp]

Ya know, I thought the amount of pressure on Cleveland was huge for game 5, but that's nothing like the amount of pressure that's gonna be on OKC come Saturday.

Hard to say, if the reffing game takes a swing in OKCs favor to make up for tonight then they're fine. Their game is attacking, and they have got almost no calls when they are attacking tonight. Refs have completely swallowed their whistles on their drives

 

[Gouty]

Anyone know what Twilight quote Curry went with on that sweet wrist tattoo?

 

[KazenY2J]

https://youtu.be/MHFs4a-Bb-c

Graphic Warning, btw.

 

[Dthomp]

I feel GRAPHIC is not enough of a warning. Haven't watched that video since it happened. Makes me sick

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Hard to say, if the reffing game takes a swing in OKCs favor to make up for tonight then they're fine. Their game is attacking, and they have got almost no calls when they are attacking tonight. Refs have completely swallowed their whistles on their drives

Yep, didn't expect them to get the whistles in GS though. Still gonna be a shit ton of pressure on them.

 

[psynergylover]

GRAPHIC, watch at your owl peril

https://youtu.be/MHFs4a-Bb-c

GOOD LORD!

 

[DoubleTake]

Yea Im not watching that. Craziest ive ever seen is Willis Mcgahee's and dont wanna see anything else haha

 

[spyder_ur]

yep I was a big Jay Williams fan for duke and wanted him to keep at it. Livingston shows you can comeback and be a contributor.

I thought that dude was going to be incredible. He was one of the best college players I've ever seen.

Graphic Warning, btw.

Yeah, I tried to warn earlier. It's not the footage as much as the screams.

 

[ProvenDeadly]

Yea Im not watching that. Craziest ive ever seen is Willis Mcgahee's and dont wanna see anything else haha

There was this player who played for Louiville forgot his name... His leg literally snapped in half and it was shown on national tv. Absolutely disgusting. DONT GOOGLE IT.

 

[Dthomp]

Yep, didn't expect them to get the whistles in GS though. Still gonna be a shit ton of pressure on them.

Oh for sure. I didn't expect them to get any favors, but they didn't bother on most of OKCs drives in the 1st quarter. This game could be completely different had the refs not been keeping the calls one sided

 

[BassForever]

Thanks xfinity for derping out for a minute

 

[Baroquemantic]

Yeah, I'm not watching that video again. Saw it once before, but not gonna do it this time.

 

[Shmeagatory94]

I dont wanna watch it and im afraid searching it up would show photos of it. can someone explain what happened to livingston? i know it was something with his knee but what exactly happened?

 

[xHiryu]

Westbrook is doing everything he can, love watching him play. Great series so far

There was this player who played for Louiville forgot his name... His leg literally snapped in half and it was shown on national tv. Absolutely disgusting. DONT GOOGLE IT.

Damn the Kevin Ware injury. I remember him saying he didnt even feel it when it first happened, guess its all that adrenaline pumping or something.

 

[Bread]

I thought that dude was going to be incredible. He was one of the best college players I've ever seen.

He was probably the closest prospect to magic we've seen

 

[Dthomp]

How was that not a charge?

 

[eBay Huckster]

I dont wanna watch it and im afraid searching it up would show photos of it. can someone explain what happened to livingston? i know it was something with his knee but what exactly happened?

literally every part of his knee got torn

 

[spyder_ur]

There was this player who played for Louiville forgot his name... His leg literally snapped in half and it was shown on national tv. Absolutely disgusting. DONT GOOGLE IT.

That was 10x worse. I will never forget watching that live. Paul George's was also bad and I saw that live - in some dumb Olympic warmup.

Back to happier topics - this series continues to be awesome.

He was probably the closest prospect to magic we've seen

I was talking about Williams, since Livingston didn't play college. Livingston has some awesome HS highlight tapes.

 

[kaiju]

MO BUCKETS MO PROBLEMS

 

[ProvenDeadly]

I dont wanna watch it and im afraid searching it up would show photos of it. can someone explain what happened to livingston? i know it was something with his knee but what exactly happened?

From Wikipedia

"inst 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 tibio-fibular joint.[7] The injury was so severe that ESPNEWS warned viewers of the graphic nature of the video clip before airing it.[8] 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.

 

[M.W.]

Jesus Russ...

 

[friskykillface]

lol westbrook

 

[El Topo]

GRAPHIC, watch at your owl peril

Oh God, why did I click that?

 

[Shmeagatory94]

literally every part of his knee got torn

wtf? how did that even look live? jesus...

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Gotta admit. Its pretty nice of the Warriors to shield Oracle from seeing their season end on their home floor.

 

[DietRob]

it's about time for an OKC run

 

[Tom Penny]

I'm convinced if YNB ever got the mindset of leading the league in assists he'd be a machine. It will never happen though.

 

[Resilient]

I see the fix is in! Silver has made the call. Durant with that blocking foul!

 

[Instro]

I'm not sure Livingston would have turned out to be much more than he currently is anyway.

 

[Shmeagatory94]

From Wikipedia

"inst 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 tibio-fibular joint.[7] The injury was so severe that ESPNEWS warned viewers of the graphic nature of the video clip before airing it.[8] 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.

damn, i see, thanks. i was thinking about wiki but didnt wanna risk the chance of seeing it lol its pretty amazing he has recovered so well

 

[Bread]

I'm not sure Livingston would have turned out to be much more than he currently is anyway.

...what


He lost like all explosiveness, that's insane.

 

[TSM]

OKC defense looks competely lost.

 

[Gorillaz]

OKC better run these dudes off of the floor come Saturday

No faith in them if it goes to a game 7.

 

[random25]

That one college player where the broken bone literally protruded out of the skin was the worst I've seen since the Livingston injury. That was horrifying.

And the Warriors are doing a good job maintaining the lead. If OKC can't close it out today, they should in game 6 because I'm not betting my money on them on the road in game 7.

 

[DoubleTake]

I'm convinced if YNB ever got the mindset of leading the league in assists he'd be a machine. It will never happen though.

Once he realizes he cant move at 120 mph forever he'll be unstoppable. But he only has a few more years for that to click.

 

[Dthomp]

Too many quick Russ 3s this game without setting up on the offensive end. It's what will stop a push here, well that and the refs

 

[Line_HTX]

Oh Jesus, Ibaka.

5 minutes left

 

[ProvenDeadly]

Curry forgot how to make layups

 

[spyder_ur]

I'm not sure Livingston would have turned out to be much more than he currently is anyway.

Who knows. He was a jaw-dropping ball handler and never quite got the chance to run his own team after the injury.

Favorite HS mix tape - Jason Williams and Randy Moss.