Shaun Livingston today, Friday 14 June, was at PalaBorsani as part of the staff following Dalen Terry on the Italian tour. After wearing 9 NBA jerseys, in 2014 he joined the Golden State Warriors with whom he played 5 seasons, winning 3 NBA titles with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in 2015, 2017, 2018. At the end of 367 games and 1,990 points with the Bay Area franchise, he left playing basketball and became a coach.
Until tomorrow, Saturday 15 June, the arena managed by Legnaon Basket will host the training of two NBA players who are in Italy, together with 13 other players, for promotional purposes. Under the guidance of the personal trainer AJ Diggs the players are undergoing personalized training Dalen Terry of the Chicago Bulls and Onyeka Okongwu of the Atlanta Hawks. With them also a knowledge of the Italian championship, that is Ekpe Udohformer player of Virtus Bologna and Fenerbahçe in Europe.
Legnano Basket brings a bit of NBA to the Pala Borsani in Castellanza
Who is Shaun Livingston?
The player who attended the Richwoods High School, then it is with Peoria Central High School in Illinois, and is judged best freshman during high school; he had accepted a scholarship to Duke University, but then opted to forgo college and become eligible for the 2004 draft, in which the Clippers selected him with the 4th overall pick. After a brilliant start to his career, on 26 February 2007 he suffered a knee injury which kept him out for the whole season and even raised fears for his career; in fact, during a game, he had a bad fall which caused the rupture of the two cruciate ligaments (anterior and posterior), the medial collateral ligament, the lateral meniscus and, furthermore, the dislocation of the patella. There is a risk, according to doctors, of amputation of the leg. In July 2008 he got the OK from the doctors to start training again and after 367 games and 1,990 points with the Bay Area franchise, he left playing basketball and became a coach.
