This week's Summer Movie Series focuses on a phenomenon that has risen every year and refuses to die. This monster has taken on a life of its own over the years, always rising at each trade deadline and off season free agent time. I'm talking about the rumors of Danny's love for Robert Swift and his desire to make him a Celtic. I thought that Swift's out of shape participation...

Herald  Basketball income, compensation up in NBA Longer the NBA lockout goes, the more TMZ becomes a factor for Lakers Pistons’ choice of Lawrence Frank not popular or easy, just right Doc Rivers, Celtics moving on without Lawrence Frank Globe  Celtics among those with plenty of green JaJuan Johnson eager to pull his weight with Celtics Celtics Life  Afternoon Delight: European...

I will be the first to admit the Boston Celtics have a serious need for help at the center position with a big body or two. However, as Doc Rivers has made it clear there are not many seven footers in the world and of the few even less can play basketball. I also understand that it is Danny Ainge’s job to turn over every single stone. However, the Robert Swift rumors need to stop...

Well, something to talk about during this longer than life lockout. The Celtics might be interested in bringing in center Robert Swift: Big man Robert Swift, who played for the on-hiatus Apache in 2010-11 could wind up with the Boston Celtics after the lockout or the New York Knicks, according to former Tokyo Apache coach Bob Hill. You may well remember Danny's love for Swift...

Things change. The swallows really don’t come back to Capistrano anymore. Coffee is not 5¢ a cup anymore. Some late July, there will not be rumors about where Robert Swift will play in the NBA. But that year is not this year. We have Robert Swift rumors. Swift — the well inked, of injured center…

About 7 years ago, Danny Ainge seemingly had an obsession with high schooler Robert Swift.  He was 7 feet tall with a skill set that made more than a few people think he could be something special.  Well, he wasn't.  He never really panned out in the NBA, and even Danny passed on him after a summer league invite a couple of years ago.  But that hasn't stopped the rumors...

It sometimes feels like Robert Swift rumors will persist until he can no longer walk. The latest comes from the Japan Times, which quotes former Tokyo Apache coach Bob Hill. (h/t ESPN)Big man Robert Swift, who played for the on-hiatus Apache in 2010-11 could wind up with the Boston Celtics after the lockout or the New York Knicks, according to former Tokyo Apache coach Bob Hill...

“Why would we waste his time holding him back? Kobe was only 17 and he blossomed. And Lebron blossomed. Howard blossomed. Why not give my son that chance?”.  That is how James Tyler rationalized sending his son, Jeremy Tyler, off to play professional basketball for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Association instead of finishing his senior year at San Diego High School...

The current rules of the NBA prohibit a player from jumping from high school to the NBA.  And that seems to indicate that American players must spend at least one year creating revenues for NCAA school (a level of revenue that will exceed the value of one year of college education).  Jeremy Tyler, though, has taken a different path.  Not only did he not go to college, he also...

Previously on Outside the Boxscore, we featured a clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live GameTime about NBA players tattoos featuring former boxer, Mike Tyson.Well, last night, Iron Mike was back and taking a look at the tattoos of Stephen Jackson, Robert Swift, and even show host, Jimmy Kimmel:For those of you that missed the first two episodes, you can find them below:

by Seth Berkman After busting his ass in Japan for five months, Jeremy Tyler deserved a day off. Beginning in October 2010, under the tutelage of former NBA coach Bob Hill, Tyler suited up for Tokyo Apache in the bj league—the Basketball Japan League, the top level of pro ball in Japan. Tyler battled in practice with former Sonics center Robert Swift, and became a student of the...

Remember Bob Hill? He was the guy who took over as Sonics head coach after Bob Weiss was fired in the middle of the 2006 season. Remember Bob Weiss? It's okay I don't remember him either. You know who I do remember? Robert "Tattoo-Monster" Swift. I'll never forget him. Bob Hill coached Robert Swift for two seasons. According to an article in USA Today, Bob Hill has accepted a head...

The Japan Times‘ Ed Odeven thinks expansion in the young Basketball Japan League should bring more NBA vets to Japan in the near future: “That could opens the door for players to seek employment elsewhere, especially if the lockout becomes a long, drawn-out affair. [...] With four new clubs joining the bj-league next season, more roster spots will open up for imports, too, including...

Damian Johnson's new home, Oita, is on the island Kyushu in southern Japan Recent Minnesota Golden Gopher graduate and former basketball captain Damian Johnson recently signed with Oita Heat Devils in the Japanese BJ League. He generously took some time share what he has been up to and to look back at his Gopher career. From The Barn: The first question has to be how you ended up...

Rajon Rondo and Team USA take on Lithuania on Saturday in their first exhibition game since leaving the USA  and arriving in Spain.  The game will be at 3:00 PM ET and will be televised on ESPN and ESPN 3.   Team USA will also be playing Spain on Sunday at 3:00 PM.  Spain is considered by most to be the favorites to win the gold and so this will be a challenge for the US team...

From the Japan Times Online: by Ed Odeven Just over a month before preseason action begins in earnest, the Tokyo Apache continue to make moves and reshape their roster for the 2010-11 season. Center Robert Swift, whose NBA career includes 97 games and a pair of right knee surgeries, has accepted a contract offer for the upcoming season, the team announced on Monday. He will be reunited...

They have an article up on ESPNBoston on what went down that draft night. Even though its written by Peter May, its still a good read. May ranks Rondo as the 6th greatest draft pick in Celtics history. No mention in the article that when the Sonics wanted Rondo in the Ray Allen trade, Danny was willing to part with him if the Sonics kicked in Robert Swift. I guess since this was...

RealGMBoston (50-32) won a tiebreaker with San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Portland; San Antonio then won a tie-breaker with Oklahoma City and PortlandWell #19 is better than #22 and I much prefer the Celtics to draft before the Spurs as Pop usually knows what he's doing. Don't care about what position the draftee plays, just pick the best player available Danny. Hopefully we don...

Dorell Wright has been one of the forgotten names of the NBA’s preps-to-pros era. While the Miami Heat swingman hasn’t been an All-Star success like KG, Kobe or Dwight, he hasn’t been a bust like Korleone Young, Ndudi Ebi or Robert Swift, either. Drafted out of South Kent Prep (Conn.) with the 19th overall pick in [...]

The Seattle PI checks in with an update on former Sonic #1 pick Robert Swift, who has left his D-League team in Bakersfield to deal with a family matter in Seattle.It's unknown when Swift will return, and I'll thank you for not making any jokes about the situation in the comments. Seriously, if he's leaving the team for family matters, it's obviously not a great situation.

by Lang Whitaker So…long time, no talk. I hope you don’t take it personally. We’re?still friends, right? Still cool? Good. Because you understand,?don’t you? You, you SLAM readers and fans, you guys know we are?grinding over here at the SLAM Dome, working hard to put out the very best magazine we possibly can, month after month after month. You may have just received or finished...

by Holly MacKenzie/@stackmack Good Morning SLAMmers, After rambling my little heart out yesterday, my wrists are B-U-R-N-I-N-G, tonight. I just finished a liveblog, I’ve transcribed almost 5k words today, written a practice report and of course, tweeted it up all evening. In other words, there have been too many words, today. Gonna take some time for my hands to get used to this...

Last year we debuted the “Highs and Lows” system — previewing the NBA season by predicting the respective ceiling and basement for each team. Same theme, different season… Added: James Harden, Byron Mullens, Serge Ibaka, Etan Thomas, Robert Vaden, Kevin Ollie Lost: Desmond Mason, Earl Watson, Damien Wilkins, Robert Swift, Malik Rose, Chucky Atkins Ceiling: 4th place, Northwest [...]

Robert Swift was probably destined to hook on with the Celtics, even if just for the summer league in Orlando.

No one is more giddy to land in Tyler Hansbrough's mouth this fall than Indianapolis-area gnats. And no one in summer league is paler than Coby Karl. With the exception of Robert Swift, of course. But no one's confidence in...