Caleb Swanigan

Swanigan played two seasons at Purdue from 2015-17 before being drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft by the Portland Trailblazers. “Our thoughts and ...

Our thoughts and prayers to Caleb Swanigan’s family and friends. “Our thoughts and prayers to Caleb Swanigan’s family and friends.

Former NBA player and Purdue Boilermakers standout Caleb Swanigan has died at 25. The Purdue men's basketball program said Swanigan died Monday night, ...

Swanigan had a standout sophomore campaign at Purdue and was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and was a consensus first-team All American. He was also a finalist for the Naismith Award. Following the season, he entered the NBA draft and was selected No. 26 overall. A first-round pick of the Portland Trail Blazers in 2017, the 6-foot-9 Swanigan played three years in the NBA with the Blazers and Sacramento Kings.

Former Purdue forward Caleb Swanigan has reportedly died at age 25, according to a Fort Wayne TV station.

Caleb Swanigan, ex jugador de los Portland Trail Blazers y Sacramento Kings, ha fallecido a la temprana edad de 25 años, adelantó la información Shams ...

Following his career at Purdue, Swanigan was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2017 NBA Draft but he had not played in the NBA since the 2019 season.

“Being able to play with two seven-footers, that made me play the four and guard smaller people,” Swanigan said back in 2016. It doesn’t bother me one bit.” “I pull for him, I really do.

Former NBA player and Purdue Boilermaker standout Caleb Swanigan passed away from natural causes Monday in Indiana.

The 6-foot-9 Swanigan played three years in the NBA with the Trailblazers and the Sacramento Kings, averaging 2.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 0.7 assists. Swanigan was arrested several months later, in December 2020, for drug possession and appeared out of shape in his mugshot. He was named the Big Ten Player of the Year, a consensus first-team All-American, and a finalist for the Naismith Award his sophomore season. Swanigan was named Indiana’s Mr. Basketball 2015 his senior year at Homestead High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and led the team to the state championship. Swanigan averaged 14.4 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game in two seasons at Purdue. Former NBA player and Purdue Boilermaker Caleb Swanigan passed away from natural causes at the age of 25 on Monday night at a Fort Wayne hospital, according to the Allen County coroner’s office.

El ala-pivote, con fugaz paso en la NBA entre los Kings y los Trail Blazers, falleció a los 25 años.

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El estadounidense Caleb Swanigan, que jugó en la NBA para los Portland Trail Blazers y los Sacramento Kings, murió a los 25 años en Fort Wayne (Indiana, EE.

Siete meses después de su última imagen se ha conocido que fallecía a los 25 años de edad. Su salvación fue Roosvelt Barnes, un exjugador de fútbol americano y representante que le adoptaba y hacía explorar sus cualidades para el baloncesto. Nuestros pensamientos y oraciones para la familia y los amigos de Caleb Swanigan. El mundo perdió un alma amable. En la NBA nunca terminó de despegar. En total, Swanigan disputó 75 partidos de la NBA en tres temporadas de 2017 a 2020 en los que consiguió 2,3 puntos y 2,1 rebotes de media por encuentro. Pasó por cinco refugios entre Indianápolis y Utah, pues era 'hijo del crack'. Su padre, adicto a esa droga y a la cocaína destructuró una familia e incluso maltrataba a su madre, también trascendió que llegó a pesar 220 kilos.

"He made a huge difference in everyone's lives that he touched and he will be greatly missed," Boilermakers Coach Matt Painter said of the 2017 Big Ten ...

Following Swanigan’s departure from the NBA, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drug possession charge in 2021. Swanigan was then drafted 26th by the Portland Trail Blazers, who later dealt the 6-foot-9, 260-pound forward to the Sacramento Kings in a 2019 midseason trade. “… He had to learn to eat stuff that’s green.” Was such a thoughtful person and gentle soul who had to overcome so much in his life.— Purdue’s Matt Painter (@CoachPainter) “Caleb was a very thoughtful individual and a gentle soul who excelled both on and off the court. As a sophomore at Purdue, Swanigan earned numerous accolades, including the 2017 Big Ten player of the year award and first-team all-American citations.

El exNBA Caleb Swanigan falleció este lunes por causas naturales, según reveló la liga en sus redes sociales; jugó entre 2017 y 2020 para Portland Trail ...

Descansa en paz”, escribió la cuenta de Portland a través de su Twitter. Según varios medios de comunicación estadounidense, Swanigan siempre tuvo que lidiar con problemas de sobrepeso, llegando a pesar hasta 360 libras en 8vo grado. Su último chance para jugar en la NBA lo tuvo en la “burbuja” de 2020, a la cual optó por no jugar debido a “razones personales”. Desde entonces no regresó a las canchas.

Swanigan falleció el lunes por la noche, y la oficina del forense del condado de Allen dijo que murió por causas naturales en un hospital de Fort Wayne. Caleb ...

El exjugador de la NBA y ex integrante de los Purdue Boilermakers, Caleb Swanigan, murió a los 25 años. Swanigan falleció el lunes por la noche, y la oficina del forense del condado de Allen dijo que murió por causas naturales en un hospital de Fort Wayne.

Former NBA player Caleb Swanigan died aged 25 on Monday night, his college basketball team, Purdue, announced.

"Caleb was a very thoughtful individual and a gentle soul who excelled both on and off the court. Rest In Peace, Biggie," Portland said on Twitter. He also played for the Sacramento Kings.

The former NBA star - who was ranked amongst the top national prep players during his time with the Purdue Boilermakers before joining the Portland Trail ...

Swanigan was a standout at Purdue and was drafted in the first round in 2017 by the Portland Trail Blazers.

It was that decision that led Swanigan down a path in basketball that turned him into one of the best high school prospects in the country. "Caleb was a very thoughtful individual and a gentle soul who excelled both on and off the court. He pursued a vocation in rap music thereafter — long before that, he lovingly took on the nickname "Biggie" — though Swanigan also gained notoriety for his ongoing health issues, and a drug charge in 2021, following his departure from the NBA. Swanigan, a former McDonald's All-American, parlayed his dominant sophomore campaign to early entry into the NBA Draft. He was selected 26th overall in 2017 by the Portland Trail Blazers, where he played for two seasons. The family confirmed the death. Former Purdue standout and 2016-17 consensus First Team All-American Caleb Swanigan died Monday, the school announced.