Basketball career

College and early NBA career with the Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies

Swift spent his college career at Louisiana State University, where he led the Tigers to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament his sophomore year, during the time when the LSU men's basketball program was under probation and had limited scholarships available. Swift was selected second overall in the 2000 NBA draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies.

He competed in the 2001 Slam Dunk Competition against Baron Davis, DeShawn Stevenson, Corey Maggette, Desmond Mason and Jonathan Bender. Swift placed fourth as Mason, of the Seattle SuperSonics, won the competition.

Houston Rockets

After the 2004-05 season, he left the Grizzlies as a free agent and signed a four-year, $22 million contract with the Houston Rockets. At the time of 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.

Second stint with Grizzlies

In 2006, he was traded back to the Memphis Grizzlies along with the rights to the #8 draft pick Rudy Gay in exchange for Shane Battier, in a draft day trade. For some time, he was their starting center.

New Jersey Nets

On February 4, 2008, Stromile Swift was traded to the New Jersey Nets for Jason Collins and cash considerations. Four days later, Swift played his first minutes with the Nets, scoring his first basket late in the game, on a jumper, against the Charlotte Bobcats. In the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, on February 12, he scored on an alley-oop dunk from Jason Kidd, in the only game they would see time on the court together in a Nets uniform, as Kidd would be traded to the Dallas Mavericks shortly thereafter.

On March 1, 2009 Swift was waived by the Nets.

Phoenix Suns

On March 4, 2009 the Suns signed Swift for the remainder of the season.

Philadelphia 76ers

Stromile Swift signed with the 76ers in September 2009, but was released on October 12, 2009.

Shandong Lions

Swift signed with the Shandong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association in December 2009, and made his debut the same month.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2000-01	Vancouver	80	6	16.4	.451	.000	.603	3.6	.4	.8	1.0	4.9
2001-02	Memphis	68	14	26.5	.480	.000	.711	6.3	.7	.8	1.7	11.8
2002-03	Memphis	67	26	22.1	.481	.000	.722	5.7	.7	.8	1.6	9.7
2003-04	Memphis	77	10	19.8	.469	.250	.725	4.9	.5	.7	1.5	9.4
2004-05	Memphis	60	14	21.3	.449	.000	.758	4.6	.7	.7	1.5	10.1
2005-06	Houston	66	5	20.4	.491	.000	.651	4.4	.4	.6	.8	8.9
2006-07	Memphis	54	18	19.1	.465	.000	.724	4.6	.3	.6	1.1	7.8
2007-08	Memphis	35	4	15.7	.525	.000	.642	3.7	.6	.3	1.0	6.8
2007-08	New Jersey	21	0	14.0	.477	.000	.750	3.3	.2	.2	.9	5.0
2008-09	New Jersey	6	0	10.7	.600	.000	.455	2.2	.2	.0	.3	3.8
2008-09	Phoenix	13	0	9.3	.366	1.000	.533	2.5	.2	.3	.5	3.0
Career		547	97	19.8	.473	.074	.699	4.6	.5	.6	1.2	8.4

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004	Memphis	4	0	18.5	.346	.000	.750	4.8	.8	.8	1.5	6.0
2005	Memphis	3	0	16.0	.600	.000	.571	4.7	.3	.3	.0	9.3
Career		7	0	17.4	.457	.000	.667	4.7	.6	.6	.9	7.4

[ Source: Wikipedia ]