Sixers add four to roster including Christmas

The Philadelphia 76ers signed four free agents in preparation for training camp which runs from Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 at Saint Joseph's University.

With today's additions of Brandon Bowman, Dionte Christmas, Sean Singletary and Stromile Swift, the Sixers roster now stands at 17.

Bowman (6-9, 225) has played both overseas and in the NBA Developmental League since going undrafted in 2006. Last year, he played for Telekom Baskets Bonn in the German league and has also played professionally in Italy. Bowman spent all four seasons at Georgetown and was named Third-Team All-BIG EAST as a junior.

Christmas (6-5, 205) was not selected in this past June's draft following a standout career at Temple. He was named to the Atlantic 10's First Team after both his junior and senior seasons and was a Second Team pick as a sophomore. Christmas played for the Sixers/Nets entry in the Orlando Summer League back in July and participated in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas as a member of the Clippers.

Singletary (6-0, 185) was drafted by Sacramento in the second round (42nd overall pick) in the 2008 NBA Draft but was later traded to Houston, Phoenix and eventually Charlotte. In a combined 37 games with two starts for the Suns and Bobcats last season, Singletary averaged 2.4 points in 8.2 minutes per game. The Philadelphia native was a four-year starter at Virginia and left as the only player in ACC history to record 2,000 points, 500 assists, 400 rebounds and 200 steals.

Swift (6-10, 220) is a nine-year veteran who entered the league as the second overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies. In 547 career games with 97 starts, he has averaged 8.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.25 blocks in 19.8 minutes per game while shooting 47.3% from the floor and 69.9% from the line. Last season, Swift appeared in a total of 19 games for New Jersey and Phoenix.

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. DOB FROM YEARS PRO
1 Samuel Dalembert C 6-11 250 5/10/81 Seton Hall 7
4 Stromile Swift F-C 6-10 220 11/21/79 Louisiana State 9
7 Primoz Brezec C 7-1 255 10/2/79 Postojna, Slovenia 7
9 Andre Iguodala G-F 6-6 207 1/28/84 Arizona 5
11 Jrue Holiday G 6-3 180 6/12/90 UCLA R
12 Royal Ivey G 6-4 215 12/20/81 Texas 5
14 Jason Smith F-C 7-0 240 3/2/86 Colorado State 1
16 Marreese Speights F-C 6-10 245 8/4/87 Florida 1
20 Dionte Christmas G 6-5 205 9/15/86 Temple R
21 Thaddeus Young F 6-8 220 6/21/88 Georgia Tech 2
23 Lou Williams G 6-1 175 10/27/86 South Gwinnett HS (GA) 4
25 Rodney Carney G-F 6-7 205 4/5/84 Memphis 3
31 Brandon Bowman F 6-9 225 10/15/84 Georgetown R
33 Willie Green G 6-3 201 7/28/81 Detroit Mercy 6
42 Elton Brand F 6-9 254 3/11/79 Duke 10
44 Sean Singletary G 6-0 185 9/6/85 Virginia 1
72 Jason Kapono F 6-8 215 2/4/81 UCLA 6