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Monday, September 28, 2009
Sixers add Stromile Swift

The Sixers signed former No. 2 overall pick Stromile Swift to their roster in advance of tomorrow's start to training camp.

 The 6-10 Swift, the second overall pick by Vancouver in 2000, appeared in a total of 19 games last season for New Jersey and Phoenix. He played six games with the Nets last season before being waived in early March. Three days later, he signed with the Sun and remained on their roster for the rest of the season.

In 547 career games with 97 starts, he has averaged 8.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.25 blocks in 19.8 minutes per game while shooting 47.3 percent from the floor and 69.9 percent from the line. He played in 21 games for the Nets in the 2007-08 season.

The Sixers also announced the signings of Temple product Dionte Christmas, Penn Charter grad Sean Singletary and Brandon Bowman, a rookie from Georgetown.

The team has 17 players in camp at Saint Joseph's University.

 

Posted by Daily News staff @ 12:27 PM  Permalink | 34 comments
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Posted 12:38 PM, 09/28/2009
SilliBilli
I think this newspaper can save money by not covering the Sixers this year, just sayin.
Posted 12:44 PM, 09/28/2009
bostoneagle104
Yawn.
Posted 12:45 PM, 09/28/2009
bostoneagle104
Yawn.
Posted 12:52 PM, 09/28/2009
dasher
I think Ed the Shot has perimeter help and peripheral help confused!
Posted 12:57 PM, 09/28/2009
Chuck Earley Sr
Your not excited about seeing Sammy in the Princton offense?
Posted 01:09 PM, 09/28/2009
DennyP
I heard this was done to fill out the concession staff. Stromile will be selling popcorn and assisting with the "guys night out" packages.
Posted 01:18 PM, 09/28/2009
Grazman
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 01:18 PM, 09/28/2009
MilesDyson
CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 01:18 PM, 09/28/2009
MilesDyson
CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 01:22 PM, 09/28/2009
XmarksTheSpot
Not bad....were you expecting anything more? He's athletic but can't latch on to a team which makes him seem suspect. Someone tell him to stop crossing his arms in an "X" shape after every dunk plz.
Posted 01:26 PM, 09/28/2009
knebman
Celtics are crapping themsevles now.
Posted 01:30 PM, 09/28/2009
brob1900
What, was Marcus Fizer not available?
Posted 01:30 PM, 09/28/2009
dpcoz
I can't wait to see Stromile Swift scratch his arse at the end of the bench this season for the veteran minimum.
Posted 01:34 PM, 09/28/2009
42Homestead
Who are the sixers? Are they a professional team?
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Phil Jasner joined the staff of the Daily News in 1972. He has covered the 76ers and the NBA on a full-time basis since 1981. He won the 2004 Curt Gowdy Media Award, presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to the sport during his career; he was a finalist for the award in 2001, when he also received a lifetime achievement award from the Professional Basketball Writers Association during the NBA Finals. He is a past president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association and the Philadelphia College Basketball Writers Association. Along the way, he has covered high school sports, the Big 5, the Eagles and the NFL, the World Football League, the North American Soccer League and what was then the Major Indoor Soccer League. He is a proud graduate of Temple University, and spent his early professional days at the Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury, Montgomery Newspapers (Fort Washington, Pa.), the Norristown (Pa.) Times-Herald and the Trentonian.

Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for almost 20 years, working in the sports department the past 12 years. This is his first season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he has been the La Salle beat writer for the past six seasons.

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