The world of sport and basketball fans have been in mourning for a few days and the announcement of the tragic disappearance of Caleb Swanigana player like no other and who has just passed away at only 25 years old. He was found dead at his home on June 21 and the cause of death is not yet known. The young man had been talked about a few years ago for his simply extraordinary story. Born in Indianapolis in a extremely poor familyhe was carried around throughout his youth and by the age of 13 he had already known no less than five homes for the homeless in which he went with his mother and his five brothers and sisters.
An obese child, he weighed 160 kg at 14 and spent his time beg in the street, but basketball will allow him to get out of this gear. Very tall (2.06m), he joined an American amateur league where he made a good reputation and ended up joining the best league in the world, the NBA. Selected in 26th position, he will play 75 games with the Portland and Sacramento teams between 2017 and 2020. The Covid will mark a halt in his career and without basketball in his life, he plunges into a deep depression which will never again allow him to find his place in the NBA.
You don’t know what he’s going through and you don’t know what led him to this drastic change.
In 2021, he is arrested for illegal possession of marijuana and avoids prison despite the recidivism that weighs on his case. Very close to Portland star Damian Lillard, the latter had tried to defend Caleb Swanigan in the past. “It seems clear that he has problems in his life. You don’t know what he’s going through and you don’t know what led him to this drastic change.”, he said recently. He also wanted to pay tribute to him on his Instagram account by posting a photo of his friend who died a few days ago. “Rest in Peace Big”he simply wrote on his publication.