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He went from a boyish, gangly, 18-year-old NBA star to a long-haired, tattoo-covered mess. (Photo: AP, Seattle Weekly)

The transformation of Robert Swift

BY Jillian Raftery  on February 22, 2013 @ 11:30 am (Updated: 1:35 pm - 2/22/13 )

A seven-foot-two-inch kid came straight out of Bakersfield High School to the NBA to play for the Sonics. He was the first round draft pick, a starter right off the bat, and seemed to have a bright future ahead of him.

But he had a lot of injuries. He went from a boyish, gangly, 18-year-old star to a long-haired, tattoo-covered mess.

Now he's been evicted from his Seattle home after a foreclosure. But he won't leave.

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  • hedujg26 wrote...
    Thats it?
    February 22, 2013 2:26 pm
    Where the he[[ is the story?
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  • hedujg26 wrote...
    A link to KOMO?
    February 22, 2013 2:29 pm
    Cmon people, is this what journalism has become? A link t someone elses story?
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  • hpitantso wrote...
    The transformation of Robert Swift
    February 22, 2013 2:56 pm
    So the story is in the three pics ???
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  • Lonestar wrote...
    In the words of Buck Owens
    February 25, 2013 11:17 am
    How many of you that sit and judge me ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
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