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In the beginning of the season Shaun Livingston was willing to give his NBA career another shot after arguably the nastiest injury ever caught on tape in an NBA game.
Personally, when I found out that Livingston was going to sign with the Miami Heat I was excited because he seemed to be a perfect fit as the Heat needed a point guard after losing both Gary Payton and Jason Williams (signed with Clippers then retired) to retirement.
When Livingston came into the league with the Los Angeles Clippers he was compared with Magic Johnson because of his size at the point guard position. Well, obviously he didn’t turn out to be even near Magic’s status, but he was talented and had a promising career in this league, but then the injury that will stick in all of our memories happened and his career and his leg seemed unrepairable.
Fortunately for Livingston, the Heat needed a point guard and he was the best fit to play alongside Dwyane Wade, Michael Beasley and Shawn Marion, but he wasn’t used very much do to rookie Mario Chalmers playing consistently well as the Heat’s starting point guard.
After the trade sending Livingston to the Memphis Grizzles for a 2012 conditional second round pick rookie head coach of the Heat Erik Spoelstra said:
“It gives us some flexibility.”
In my opinion, if Livingston would have had some more time to get back into the feel of things he would have been huge for the Heat, but I guess he just wasn’t in their future plans. Once the trade was finalized the Grizzles immediately waived him leaving him available to restart his career once again elsewhere.
