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 with new Apache coach Bob Hill, who coached the Seattle SuperSonics from January 2006 to April 2007.
A 216-cm, 122-kg big man, Swift was the No. 12 pick in the 2004 NBA Draft. Seattle selected a player who skipped college, but had committed to USC. He was considered one of the nation's top five high school senior centers during his final prep season, when he played at Bakersfield (Calif.) High School and averaged 18.8 points, 15.9 rebounds and 6.2 blocks per game. He played the previous three seasons at Garces Memorial (Calif.) High School.