Tuesday, October 18, 2005

out of context

I was skimming the recap of the sonics/rockets pre-season game on seattletimes.com. Right next to a picture of Dikembe Mutombo making a layup over the Sonic's red-headed, 7 foot, jr high center Robert Swift the text read,
"Swift scored 12 of his game-high 17 points in the fourth, and Head knocked in a pair of three-pointers..."
My initial thought was that it was a sign of the apocalypse, the Sonics had a legitimate big man. I was floored that this skinny, pale kid was somehow a scoring machine that could post up on Mutombo and score at will. Then I read the rest of the paragraph.
"... the last coming at the 1:13 mark and lifting the Rockets to a 91-83 lead, effectively ending the chances of a Seattle comeback."

Oh... Stromile Swift, not Robert Swift. Nice work Seattle Times.

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