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Livingston Called to Hometown

January 27, 2003 - United Indoor Football Association (UIF)
Ohio Valley Greyhounds News Release


Boise, Idaho (Jan. 27, 2003)— The Continental Basketball Association announced today that Sioux Falls Skyforce guard Randy Livingston has been called up by the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. The call-up is the fourth of the 2002-03 CBA season and the record-tying fifth career CBA-to-NBA call-up of Livingston's career (Lloyd Daniels, Henry James, Carl Thomas).

"It was important for us to get a player with experience, savvy, and the intangibles to adapt quickly to an environment," said Hornets General Manager Jeff Bower. "Randy fits well with those qualities as well as being a terrific player. Given our situation at this very moment we felt he was a person that could come in and help us."

The Louisiana State standout ('96) and New Orleans (Newman High School) native averaged 14.1 ppg, 8.2 apg, and 5.3 rpg in 12 games for the Skyforce. He also shot .875 (42-48) from the free-throw line. Livingston posted the season's first triple-double with a 24-point, 13-rebound, 12-assist performance in a 117-104 (5-2) win over the Idaho Stampede on December 19.

"We are extremely happy for Randy. He has worked hard, and it is great to see that hard work recognized by a NBA team," said Skyforce head coach Stacey King. "The Hornets are getting an excellent, well-rounded point guard."

Livingston was a 1996 second round (42nd overall) NBA draft pick of the Houston Rockets and a fourth round (47th overall) CBA pick of the Florida Beachdogs. After his rookie season with Houston he began the 1997-98 campaign with the Skyforce, receiving his first two CBA-to-NBA call-ups to the Atlanta Hawks on December 9 and January 9. He returned to Sioux Falls the next season and was called up to the Phoenix Suns on January 22, where he remained through the 1999-00 season. After two games with the Golden State Warriors in 2000-01, Livingston joined the Idaho Stampede, averaging 14.1 ppg and 7.3 apg in 24 games. Last season he posted 11.1 ppg and 7.2 apg in 29 games for the Skyforce and seven with the Gary Steelheads before a March 8 call-up to the Seattle Supersonics, where he finished the season.

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