NBA Development League: Who is Kevin Sweetwyne?
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Who is Kevin Sweetwyne?

  • Kevin started playing basketball when he was about 5 years old.
  • Between the CBA and the D-League Kevin played for in the IBL and worked.
  • Kevin came out to Utah to play in the Rocky Mountain Review with the Memphis Grizzlies, but then he dislocated his left wrist. He had a few surgeries at the U of U and ended up just staying here!

    AD: Where were you working?

    KS: "At Willow Creek. It is a residential treatment center for kids. They are just regular kids that deal with drug abuse and attitude problems. To me its normal, it is a part of the world."

    AD: Do you still work there?

    KS: "Yes, I’ve been there about a year now."

    AD: What do you like to do for fun in your spare time?

    KS: "Spend time with my son Alijah."

    AD: How old is Alijah?

    KS: "He is 8 years old."

    AD: Why do you love basketball?

    KS: "It takes my mind off of everything else going on in the world. It’s a place of peace for me."

    AD: How do you prepare for a game?

    KS: "By staying loose, and I like to laugh a lot. "

    AD: What makes you laugh?

    KS: "My son and just funny things that happen. It helps my mind concentrate."

    AD: What is your favorite non-basketball sport?

    KS: "Football, the Raiders, best colors in the world!"

    AD: Do you ever wish you were famous?

    KS: "I’m already famous, ha ha! Nah, I don’t wish I was famous."

    AD: What did you want to be growing up?

    KS: "I always wanted to be a scientist."

    AD: What is your favorite food?

    KS: "Chicken, any type of chicken."

    AD: What is your dream vacation?

    KS: "Relaxing on the beach in the Virgin Islands or Jamaica."

    AD: Have you ever been in an ambulance?

    KS: I have, I was in a car accident and fractured my right hand. I was hit by a drunk driver.

    AD: Where do you keep your spare change?

    KS: "In a Pringles (Barbeque flavor) can."

    AD: What is your dream car?

    KS: "A Bugatti, it goes about 250 miles per hour or something like that. (Flash owner) Brandt (Andersen) probably knows what I’m talking about."

    AD: What is one of your hidden talents?

    KS: "I can twist a cherry string with my tongue."

    AD: Who would you like to meet?

    KS: "Martin Luther King, if he was alive."

    AD: What is one of the craziest things you have ever done?

    KS: "When I was going to school up in Idaho, I went cow tipping. It mooed and went to sleep on the ground with its legs straight up in the air."

    AD: What is your favorite quote?

    KS: "Patience is a virtue."

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