Stromile Swift
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Stromile Swift (born November 21, 1979 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a 6'9" 230 pound professional basketball player currently with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association. He was recently traded to the Nets in a deal to send Jason Collins to the Memphis Grizzlies. Swift's NBA career averages include (approximately) nine points, five rebounds, and over one blocked shot per game, in twenty one minutes per game.
After a college career at Louisiana State University, where he led the Fightin' Tigers to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament his sophomore year, Swift was selected second overall in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies.
After the 2004-05 season, he left the Memphis Grizzlies as a free agent and signed a four-year, $22 million dollar contract with the Houston Rockets. In 2006, he was traded back to the Grizzlies along with the rights to the #8 draft pick Rudy Gay in exchange for Shane Battier.
Before his departure to Houston for the 2005-06 season, Swift was the last remaining player on the Grizzlies roster to have moved with the team from Vancouver. He was also one of only two Vancouver Grizzlies players to participate in NBA All-Star Weekend festivities other than the rookie game. Swift competed in the 2001 slam dunk competition, following Mike Bibby's participation in the 2000 long-distance shootout.
