With his career threatening injury, even if he doesn't play another minute in the NBA, he is set for life financially. If he went to college, he would be injury prone and who knows if he would have made it to the NBA from college.
2007-03-01 05:00:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
I'm wondering if you're responding to the Yahoo! article that Dan Wetzel wrote earlier. I responded to him as I'm responding to you.
Shaun is 21 years old, and an incredibly talented young man, blessed with physical ability and determination. He has the fragile but gifted body of a youthful athlete, which leads him to be somewhat prone to injury, but in that, youth helps all things healing, so he has that working for him. Being in the NBA, he has access to the top doctors and physical therapists to help him, but with such a severe injury, I have seen very few people return to sports at the same caliber even years later. I hope he can make the return, and I have faith that he can, but we have to wait and see.
That being said, Shaun has established a multi-million dollar foundation for him and his own. His family never has to worry about a single bill again for a day in their lives, whether he plays another game or not. Shaun is a millionaire if he retires today at the age of 21, after working in the NBA for 3 short years. He can live the rest of his life sitting on his couch, doing absolutely nothing if he really wants to.
With all this being said, I have to interject my own feelings. I know, this is probably just me, and I guarentee the majority will disagree, and I expect plenty of "thumbs down," but is that really worth it? Would you want to live your life sitting on your money, not having to do a damn thing for the rest of your life? I work full time, and attend school at night. I leave my house at 8 in the morning, and return home after 10 (assuming the trains run on time). My time is fully occupied, and I could never imagine doing nothing for the rest of my life, despite how much money I have in the bank. I just hope Shaun feels the same way. I hope he works his hardest to get back to where he was physically, and proves that skipping a college education was worth while. His money already proves that, but will his mindset, and determination?
That's just my two cents, anyway. I'm out, peace.
2007-03-01 06:29:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably not. if u think about highschool players that have made successful jumps into the nba, ie lebron james, amare stoudemire, they were all very physically talented. If u look at shaun livingston, his body is very thin and he is not in the best physical shape either in terms of muscle. But in terms of his skill as a pg, it wasnt a bad idea skipping college.
2007-03-01 05:23:55 · answer #2 · answered by LBJ BALLA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People tend to forget that in Highschool Livingston was injured quite alot.
He's just an injury prone player. Would college have helped him? i dont think so. Ifhe started to get injured his draft stock will drop drastically.
Just take his money now and get out of there!
2007-03-01 06:21:48 · answer #3 · answered by clayfu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad move. He should went to college first where his skills and body will be further developed. One or two years in college would have been good for him. He was already offered a scholarship by Duke. Imagine his talent improving under Coach K.
2007-03-01 06:27:01 · answer #4 · answered by zircon1973 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. He should have went to college. In college he would become more mature, and get more muscle instead of having a HS body in an NBA league.
2007-03-01 05:43:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Analyzing this question today, I would say absolutely it was a good move. If he would have blown out his knee in college, he likely never would have gotten to the NBA, and he'd be flipping burgers at McDonald's instead of shopping for his latest ride to trick out.
2007-03-01 05:05:37 · answer #6 · answered by D-Low 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it wasnt a god move. He should have went ahead & went to duke like he was planning to do. Coach K good have devloped him into a better player and could have been drafted slightly higher and got more money.
2007-03-01 05:49:55 · answer #7 · answered by da_macdaddy91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both of the previous answers are the right one...and all that follow that have the same point will be the right answer...ask yourself this if he never plays again but wants to go to college....does he have the bread (thats money) to pay tuition ?
2007-03-01 05:09:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, he's proven to be a good player and teams tend to have to focus their defense around him in some situations. NBA good move, Clippers good move.
2007-03-01 05:09:27 · answer #9 · answered by Black_Beauty97 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you tell me how much does he make millons!
2007-03-01 05:04:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋