Who is that guy?

Who is that guy?

Perto Swift is a pretty good center, better than JJ ever was. He, Petro Swift, is a little inconsistent, from one night to the next you are note getting the same thing, you're getting more of the better things and fewer mistakes. Petro Swift is growing right before our very own eyes. Last night Petro Swift played 38 minutes (20+18) 12 points (8+4), 5 rebounds (2+3), 3 blocks (2+1), 4 turn overs (2+2), 9 fouls (3+6).

Sure I'm joking but let's just look at the low end that is Robert Swift (buy low), and not forget his improvement from one game to the next is very impressive. I think coach Hill is right, Robert Swift woke up one morning and the light went on. At this point he's still thinking about what he's doing, but you can see that he knows what he wants to do. He's getting there, in a hurry.

This is Robert Swift's line from last night, he gave 10 or 50 pounds up to Cato, he gave some quickness to Dwight Howard, but he used his reach to his advantage with both, and some better defensive footwork in the paint changed what was an automatic foul to stuffing the ball back down on Howard's head when he got to the baseline for a lay-up. Howard, no lay-up for you! Swift ran him under the glass a little, took a slight step back, planted his feet and reached over Howard to shut off the sky. No foul.  Lather, rinse, repeat.

 

Robert Swift's line last night.

Robert Swift, 18 minutes, 1-3 FG, 0-0 3pt, 2-4 FT, 3 rebounds, 0 ast, 0 stl, 1 blk, 2 TO, 6 fouls, points 4

Jerome James' career year last year (same as the prior 3)

16.6 minutes, 2.2-4.3 FG, 0.0-0.0 3pt, 0.6-0.8 FT, 3 rebounds, 0.2 ast, 0.3 stl, 1.4 blk, 1.1 TO, 3.5 fouls, 4.9 points.

One of these guys is 20 years old, the other is 30.

As I've said elsewhere, you could play Swift all of JJ minutes from last year and you wouldn't miss JJ one little bit.

Petro was dynamic at times last night, fluid, I could see him getting PT at the PF spot and Robert at the C. Remember the playoffs last year when Tim Duncan would pity-pat the ball high-over who ever we had in the paint, to Nazr Mohommad for easy points in the paint? I don't know if Perto Swift can stop that but they could emulate it.

Petro had another good game

20 min, 2-4 FG, 0-0 3pt, 4-5 FT, 0 stl, 2 blk, 2 TO, 3 PF, 2 Reb, 0 ast, 8 points

That's better than the JJ average or the line Swift had last night.

Here's the and-1

James will make 5 million dollars this year, Swift will make $1,764,480 this year, Petro will make $936,600 this year. Petro.

You couldn't Trade their contracts even if you swapped Isaiah Thomas for Rick Sund (i.e., lost your mind).

RealGM Trade checker #2813283

And the 20 year olds are improving each game.

 

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supersonicsfan