Shaun Livingston

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Arts, Comedy, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Illinois, stand up!! This week we got a Peoria legend, three-time NBA champion, and another straight-outta-high school guy, none other than Shaun Livingston. Shaun tells what it was like being a high school phenom, then deciding to go to the draft instead of Duke, and shares his journey from devastating injury to becoming a key member in the Warriors dynasty. Shaun is one of the realest out there. Tune in!

Illinois hoops lore (4:00)
Winning Mr. Basketball in Illinois (16:22)
Going straight from high school to the NBA, getting drafted fourth by the Clippers (25:37)
Suffering his devastating knee injury and the process of returning to the NBA (49:50)
Signing with the Nets, Shaun’s comeback story (1:01:53)
Signing with the Golden State Warriors and the beginning of the dynasty (1:05:23)
Leading Warriors bench with Andre Iguodola (1:13:20)
Winning the first championship in Warriors history (1:15:41)
Kevin Durant coming to GSW and what that was like (1:25:49)
Steph Curry’s greatness and leadership (1:28:40)

About Our Hosts:

NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls.

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0:00.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah, we got another one.
0:04.0	Straight out of high school, Kew, you know what I'm saying?
0:07.0	You wouldn't know nothing about that.
0:09.0	My guy, you know, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:12.0	My guy, you know, he got him here.
0:15.0	Finally, you know, it's how I fault, but we should have been had you on, bro,
0:18.4	but you know, this one of our brothers, man, we go way back.
0:22.2	All us been knowing each other since we was
0:23.9	J. High and young Illinois boys. He was J. High. You was J. High. I'm older than young.
0:29.8	But you know my boy you know we go way back with brothers man, we always root for each other and he was right behind us doing this thing as we came out.
0:40.0	So man, we definitely appreciate you coming on the show man, having you and rocking with you man.
0:45.0	Good to see you man. I ain't seen you in a minute. We all old with kids now.
0:49.0	You know, grades.
0:50.0	The fro ain't as big as you you're life fro.
0:53.0	You know what I'm saying?
0:54.0	You know, that's all, for you know,
0:57.0	you know, that's all, for you.
0:58.0	You know, another straight out of high school guy, Q.
1:02.0	Yew. Yel State Representative.
1:04.0	Yes, sir.
1:05.0	Eel State Representative.
1:06.0	I appreciate you, bro, for coming on the show at Rockin' room now.
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