Basketball - Shaun Livingston Out For The Season With

In a game against Charlotte, Clippers’ point guard Shaun Livingston tried driving to the basket and ended up tearing three of the four ligaments in his left knee. He is expected to be out of the game for nearly 8 to 12 months.

According to Dr Tony Daly, Clippers’ physician, the injury is quite serious and he expects Livingston to miss the entire year.

After Livingston was injured, he was taken for an MRI which concluded that he has tears in his anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and lateral meniscus. He has also dislocated his patella and previously he had dislocated his tibia femoral. In his rookie year in 2004, Livingston had dislocated his right knee.

Livingston injured himself when he was driving to the basket on fast break. He went up for a layup and his left knee distorted and he collapsed on the court in pain. The team doctor had the arduous task of popping Livingston’s knee to help him get relief from the pain. It looks like Livingston would have to undergo arthroscopic surgery. The only good news in all this is that Livingston did not tear an artery or damage any nerves in the knee.

Livingston was selected by the Clippers in 2004 draft out of high school and he was the fourth pick overall. Unfortunately for Livingston and the Clippers, Livingston has been facing a lot of injuries and he has never played a entire season in NBA. In his rookie season, he missed 39 games when he dislocated his right knee, then he missed another 12 games after tearing the cartilage in his right shoulder. Last season he was out for 21 games when he suffered from a stress reaction to his lower back.