RealGM has the press release
The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed guard Shaun Livingston to a multi-year deal, Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti announced today.
Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not announced.
Livingston, 23, is being called-up from the NBA Developmental League’s Tulsa 66ers, where he averaged 9.5 points, 6.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 29.4 minutes in 11 games (10 starts).
Those D-League numbers are not impressive. Still, it’s only early in his comeback attempt and a lot could yet change.
I’d love to know the exact details of the contract — my guess is that — the deal is likely a minimum contract with team options or non-guaranteed money on future years.
With Westbrook, Watson and Atkins ahead of Livingston in the rotation … I do not expect Livingston to see much, if any, court time at the point this season. All three of those players are under contract with the Thunder next season, although the two veterans face an uncertain future with Oklahoma.
Update
Nice article in the Oklahoman on Livingston — one section in particular is interesting
The Thunder is willing to be patient. Although Livingston isn’t expected to play much, if at all, over the final eight games, the organization wants to evaluate him in practice and have him join the summer league team to continue to gauge him in an NBA setting.
“We’re not looking at it as a project,” said Thunder general manager Sam Presti. “We’re looking at it as an opportunity to work with a talented player, someone that continues to have a great focus about getting back to where he wants to be. And we’re excited to have him.”
Dave
April 5, 2009
Some positive reviews from Shaun Livingston’s first game in a Oklahoma City uniform
Good to hear Livingston is off to a good start.