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Born: Dec 3, 1985
Height: 7-1 /  2,16
Weight: 270  lbs. / 122,5  kg.
High School: Bakersfield HS (CA)
Years Pro: 4

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Background

2007-08: Appeared in eight games…Grabbed five rebounds twice…Missed 70 total games…Sat out 41 games due to right knee tendonitis and the final 29 games of the season after suffering a torn meniscus in his right knee at Portland on 2/21… Surgery performed on 3/4.
2006-07: Missed entire season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee in a preseason game vs. Sacramento on 10/25…Surgery performed on 11/22.
2005-06: Averaged 6.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg and 1.2 bpg in 21.0 mpg...Appeared in 47 games (20 starts)…Scored 10-plus points nine times…Led or co-led team in rebounding 12 times…Shot 51.5 percent (124-241) from the field…Sat out the final three games of the season with a sprained right foot…Scored a career-high 17 points and blocked a career-high four shots at Denver on 3/24…Had successful surgery on his broken nose on 2/22 and missed four games due to the injury…Recorded a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Atlanta on 2/10…Notched his first career double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds vs. New Jersey on 1/28.
2004-05: Averaged 0.9 ppg, 0.3 rpg and 4.5 mpg in 16 games…Placed on the Injured List on 4/8 with right knee patellar tendinitis and missed six games…Placed on the Injured List on 12/11 with a sprained right thumb and missed 25 games.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played three seasons at Garces Memorial High School (Calif.), then transferred to Bakersfield for his senior campaign...Rated among the top five centers in high school basketball this past season...Led Garces to the state semifinals three years straight...Ended his high school career with 2,044 points, the ninth-best total in Central Section history...He also had 1,503 career rebounds, the section's second-best mark...Played for the West team in the McDonald’s High School All-American game and tallied 10 points and four rebounds in 19 minutes, as the East posted a 126-96 victory...Had 17 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks as the West defeated the East 124-110 in the EA Sports Roundball Classic. Senior (2003-04): Averaged 18.8 points, 15.9 rebounds and 6.2 blocks...Was named MVP of the California Prep Invitational Tournament in December after scoring 20 points to lead Bakersfield to a 50-46 Championship Game win over Clovis West...Junior (2002-03): Averaged 19.7 points, 11.4 rebounds and 4.7 blocks...Sophomore (2001-02): Averaged 14.5 points, 11.4 rebounds and 5.0 blocks...Freshman (2000-01): Averaged 11.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.1 blocks.

Personal

  • Full name is Robert Christen Swift
  • Wears #31 because it was "handed to him as the only number left over" when he was a freshman in high school
  • Lists Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal as his professional sports heroes
  • Played with the son of former Sonics forward Lonnie Shelton at Bakersfield HS
  • Rookie Report With Robert Swift Homepage
  • The Robert Swift File
  • Swift's Rapid Journey Concludes, Begins in Seattle

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