Caleb Swanigan

Swanigan's career has largely been struck in neutral over its first two seasons, with the 26th overall pick of the Trail Blazers in 2017 struggling to find any meaningful playing time in either Portland or his current NBA home, Sacramento. The Purdue product was thought to be a potential steal after declaring for the draft following two impressive college seasons, but he never managed to tunnel up the depth chart with the Blazers and then was traded to the Kings for fellow big Skal Labissiere in early February. Swanigan also put in time on the G League teams of both franchises over the last pair of seasons, with his eight-game Stockton Kings after arriving in Sacramento counting as his most successful at that level (15.3 points, 12.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals across 29.5 minutes). Swanigan's biggest non-personnel-related obstacle to minutes thus far in his NBA tenure has likely been his highly inefficient shooting, as the 22-year-old forward has an unsightly 37.2 percent success rate from the floor, including 13.3 percent from three-point range, over his first pair of seasons. Looking ahead to the coming campaign, Swanigan didn't demonstrate any real progress in that regard during his five-game summer league stint this year, either, draining just 35.3 percent of his attempts over five games in the California Classic and Las Vegas tournaments. Therefore, he heads into training camp still facing quite the uphill battle for playing time at both frontcourt spots, with a mix of proven veterans and younger assets that includes Marvin Bagley, Nemanja Bjelica, Richaun Holmes, Trevor Ariza and Harry Giles among those ahead of him on the depth chart.