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Isaiah Swann

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Isaiah Swann
Swann with Hapoel Gilboa Galil in May 2009
Juvecaserta Basket
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
LeagueSerie A2 Basket
Personal information
Born (1985-02-10) February 10, 1985 (age 39)
Germantown, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolHargrave Military Academy
(Chatham, Virginia)
CollegeFlorida State (2004–2008)
NBA draft2008: undrafted
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2009Andrea Costa Imola
2009–2010Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2010Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2010–2011Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2011–2012ratiopharm Ulm
2012–2013Gaziantep Basketbol
2013–2014Phantoms Braunschweig
2014İstanbul BB
2014–2015Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2015–2016Maccabi Ashdod
2016–2017Cholet Basket
2017Marinos
2017–2018Comunicaciones Mercedes
2018Universo Treviso
2018Toros de Aragua
2018–2019Kleb Basket Ferrara
2019–presentJuvecaserta
Career highlights and awards

Isaiah Swann (born February 10, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for Juvecaserta of the Serie A2 Basket. He played college basketball for Florida State University before playing professionally in Italy, Israel, Turkey, Germany, France, Argentina and Venezuela.

Early life and college career

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Swann attended Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia. He played college basketball for Florida State University's Seminoles.

In his senior year at Florida State, Swann averaged 11.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1 steal per game.

Professional career

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In 2008, Swann started his professional career with the Italian team Andrea Costa Imola.

On March 4, 2009, Swann signed a two-year deal with the Israeli team Hapoel Gilboa Galil.[1] In his second season with the team, Swann won the 2010 Israeli League Championship with Gilboa Galil, alongside Jeremy Pargo, Brian Randle and Dion Dowell.

On November 1, 2010, Swann was selected by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the sixth round of the 2010 NBA D-League Draft. One month later, Swann returned to Israel to sign with Maccabi Rishon LeZion for the remainder of the season.

On July 4, 2011, Swann signed with the German team ratiopharm Ulm for the 2011–12 season.[2] That year, Swann earned a spot in the All-BBL First Team and led Ulm to the 2012 BBL Finals, where they eventually were defeated by Brose Bamberg.

On June 30, 2012, Swann signed with the Turkish team Gaziantep Basketbol for the 2012–13 season.[3]

On August 6, 2013, Swann returned to Germany and signed with Phantoms Braunschweig for the 2013–14 season.[4] Swann participated in the BBL All-Star Game and was named the All-Star MVP. Swann finished the season as the league second-leading scorer with 17.9 points per game.

On August 22, 2014, Swann signed with the Turkish team İstanbul BB for the 2014–15 season.[5] However, On October 22, 2014, Swann parted ways with İstanbul BB and returned to Israel for a second stint, signing with Maccabi Rishon LeZion.[6] On March 3, 2015, Swann participated in the 2015 Israeli All-Star game.

On August 1, 2015, Swann signed with Maccabi Ashdod for the 2015–16 season.[7] On November 2, 2015, Swann recorded a season-high 34 points, shooting 9-of-17 from 3-point range, along with four rebounds and nine assists in a 93–82 win over Hapoel Eilat.[8] On March 25, 2016, Swann participated in the 2016 Israeli League All-Star game and won the Three-Point Shootout contest during the same event.

On June 28, 2016, Swann signed with the French team Cholet Basket for the 2016–17 season.[9] However, On February 17, 2017, Swann parted ways with Cholet and signed with the Venezuelan team Marinos for the remainder of the season.[10] On May 18, 2017, Swann recorded a career-high 47 points, shooting 15-of-19 from 3-point range, along with five assists and four steals in a 120–59 blowout win over Gaiteros del Zulia.[11]

On August 4, 2017, Swann signed with the Argentinian team Comunicaciones Mercedes for the 2017–18 season.[12] However, on January 10, 2018, he parted ways with Mercedes to sign with the Italian team Universo Treviso for the rest of the season.[13]

On August 29, 2018, Swann signed a one-year deal with Kleb Basket Ferrara,[14] On December 2, 2018, Swann recorded a season-high 44 points, shooting 9-of-13 from three-point range, along with 10 assists, eight rebounds and four steals in a 90–78 win over Pallacanestro Mantovana.[15] Swann went on to average a career-high 22.4 points, to go with 5.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game.

On August 3, 2019, Swann signed with Juvecaserta for the 2019–20 season.[16]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high     Led the league

Domestic Leagues

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Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009 Israel H. Gilboa Galil IPL 7 18.6 .525 .520 .750 1.9 1.1 .9 .3 8.1
2009–10 22 21.7 .420 .430 .800 2.6 2.3 1.5 .1 9.1
2010 United States RGV Vipers D-League 3 15.3 .235 .286 .909 2 1.6 .3 .3 7.3
2010–11 Israel M. Rishon LeZion IPL 20 29.6 .490 .350 .870 3.6 4.3 1.2 .5 12.9
2011–12 Germany Ulm BBL 41 27.9 .421 .369 .872 2.8 2.7 .8 0 15.7
2012–13 Turkey Gaziantep BSL 25 31.4 .409 .326 .866 4.1 3.3 .6 .1 13.8
2013–14 Germany Braunschweig BBL 34 32.3 .409 .352 .866 4.1 3.3 1 .1 17.9
2014–15 Israel M. Rishon LeZion IPL 37 27.6 .396 .349 .812 3.1 4.5 1.1 .1 12.3
2015–16 Israel M. Ashdod 32 31.7 .388 .390 .843 4 3.8 1.1 0 14.6
2016–17 France Cholet Pro A 16 26.9 .417 .398 .860 3 3.3 .9 .1 13.1
2017 Venezuela Marinos LPB 50 29.3 .447 .392 .848 3.9 3.3 .9 .1 16.5
2017–18 Argentina Mercedes TNA 7 29.2 .310 .250 .692 5.2 3.7 1.1 .2 10.7
2018 Italy Universo Treviso Serie A2 23 23.6 .473 .443 .636 2.8 2.6 .8 .0 11.9
2018–19 Italy Kleb Basket Ferrara 29 34.6 .407 .393 .816 5.1 4.2 1.0 .1 22.4

Sources: Basket.co.il & RealGM

References

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  1. ^ "גלבוע/גליל החתימה את אייזיאה סוואן". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). March 4, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Isaiah Swann inks with Ratiopharm Ulm". Sportando.basketball. July 4, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Isaiah Swann moves to Gaziantep BSB". Sportando.basketball. June 30, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Isaiah Swann officially signs with Phantoms". Sportando.basketball. August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Isaiah Swann signs with IBB". Sportando.basketball. August 22, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "Maccabi Rishon LeZion officially signs Isaiah Swann". Sportando.basketball. October 22, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "Isaiah Swann signs with Maccabi Ashdod". Sportando.basketball. August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  8. ^ "Winner League, Game 4: Maccabi Ashdod Vs Hapoel Eilat". basket.co.il. November 2, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  9. ^ "Cholet Basket lands Isaiah Swann". Sportando.basketball. June 28, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  10. ^ "Marinos de Anzoategui sign Isaiah Swann and Darrius Garrett". Sportando.basketball. February 17, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  11. ^ "Marinos 120 at Gaiteros 59". RealGM.com. May 18, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  12. ^ "Isaiah Swann inks with Comunicaciones in Argentina". Sportando.basketball. August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  13. ^ "Treviso Basket signs Isaiah Swann". Sportando.basketball. January 10, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  14. ^ "Isaiah Swann signs with Ferrara". Sportando.basketball. August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  15. ^ "Highlights: Isaiah Swann's 44 points, 65 of evaluation performance vs Mantova". Sportando.basketball. December 2, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  16. ^ "Isaiah Swann officially signs with Juvecaserta". Sportando.basketball. August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
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