The numbers say we shouldn’t care all that much about Shaun Livingston. But the numbers aren’t a complete representation of the truth. Basketball isn’t just points — it has soul, it reveals character and requires sacrifice and perseverance.
Those are the reasons we, the basketball community, care that Livingston announced his NBA career has ended. Those are the reasons his exit has inspired articles and blog posts from all over the country.
People care because the worst day of Livingston’s pro basketball life — when his leg was so badly injured that doctors feared amputation — was so awful.