Stromile Swift (born November 21 1979 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a 6'9" 230 pound professional basketball player currently with the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association.

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. His career has been marked by inconsistency and after five seasons, during which he averaged nine points and five rebounds per game.

After the 2004-2005 season, he left the Memphis Grizzlies as a free agent and signed a four year, $22 million dollar contract with the Rockets. Swift did not live up to what the Rockets expected as they were hoping for a power forward that would take pressure off of Yao Ming. In 2006, he was traded back to the Grizzlies along with the rights to the #8 draft pick Rudy Gay for Shane Battier.

Swift is the holder of a unique piece of Vancouver Grizzlies history. Before his departure to Houston for the 2004-05 season, Swift was the last remaining player on the Grizzlies roster to have moved with the team to Memphis. 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.

External links

• ClutchFans.net Stromile Swift Profile - Houston Rocket Fan Site

1979 births | Living people | American basketball players | African American basketball players | Houston Rockets players | LSU Tigers basketball players | Memphis Grizzlies players | Vancouver Grizzlies players | People from Louisiana | McDonald's High School All-Americans

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