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Son of a gun made a D League roster. Color me suprised. Canton Charge.

Wow.

Good for him. For whatever reason, he had a terrible senior year that wasn't reflective of his actual talent. Something or someone got in his head, and he couldn't shake it.

Listed as a small forward. On the same team as Chris Crawford from Memphis

http://www.indeonline.com/article/201411...593/SPORTS


12 Jordan Swing


• Small forward, 6-6, 200, age 22


• COLLEGE UAB


• HOMETOWN Birmingham, Ala.


• HOW ACQUIRED Open player tryouts


• HIS GAME Lefty and good shooter with nice overall feel for the game.


• PRO EXPERIENCE Rookie making his professional debut.


• COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS Played three seasons with UAB, leading the team in scoring at 14.0 points a game as a junior before slumping as a senior. … Spent one season with Western Kentucky before transferring to UAB. … Scored 1,011 career points.


• THIS AND THAT Selected as the 2009 Gatorade Player of the Year in Alabama, beating out the likes of Eric Bledsoe and DeMarcus “Boogie” Cousins. … Father, Rick Swing, was selected in fourth round (70th overall) of the 1979 NBA Draft by the Cavs, but he did not make the team. Bill Laimbeer was drafted by the Cavs five picks prior to Swing.


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