A 7-foot-1 former NBA star has been arrested for attempted armed robbery after neighbors spotted him and a friend with masks over their faces trying to break into a rural Washington State home in broad daylight. This is just the latest trouble for 29-year-old Robert Swift, who blew his NBA $20million earnings and was evicted from his Seattle home in 2013. At the time of his arrest, he was a fugitive from justice, wanted for failing to show up for court to answer charges of possession of a sawed-off shotgun from last November. Swift and 28-year-old Carlos Abraham Anderson were busted on Tuesday near Gold Bar, Washington, as they were trying to break into a home there, police told to KIRO-TV.
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Robert Swift, 28, blew his $20million NBA earnings and was evicted from his home in 2013
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He was arrested last November for possession of a sawed-off shotgun
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Swift told cops he was high on drugs at the time of his arrest on Tuesday
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He was heavily armed, according to reports
He played four seasons of NBA basketball, but was saddled with injuries, but hasn't been on an @placeholder court since 2009.