Re: Bulpett: Schintzius Feels he Can Be A Great Player

[damekmo@teleport.com]

>                  BOSTON HERALD
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>                  Schintzius buy's Rick's optimism
>                  Celtics Notebook/by Steve Bulpett
>
>                  Friday, January 22, 1999
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>                  Buoyed by the free agent pitch of Rick Pitino, Schintzius
>                  insists he's prepared to achieve what has eluded him since
>                  being a first-round pick of San Antonio in 1990. ``He said
>                  if I come in here and give him 100 percent that I can be a
>                  great player in this league. And I feel that,'' the
>                  7-foot-3, 255-pound Goliath said. ``I've got all the
>                  skills. Everybody's said that all along. If I can just
>                  stay injury free and just really work hard, which I plan
>                  on doing, you know, the sky's the limit.

Are these prescription drugs Pitino's handing out?

Paul M.