Re: The Baltic Bear!

["John Heydt" <jheydt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As an alumni of Wake Forest I have been watching Darius for 4 years and am
ecstatic that he lasted this long.   I think that there is a good
possibility that by the end of the year he will be starting for the C's.  He
gives us a low post presence that would allow Antoine to roam on the outside
which he tends to do.  Songaila has a very good game up to 18 feet or so and
has a wide variety of shots.  He can also play with his back to the basket.
He, as many Europeans, has the basics down and is very fundamentally sound.
He's a great foul shooter.   He also doesn't shy away from contact and will
mix it up underneath.  I think he has a little mean streak in him. The only
real knock on him at Wake was he tended to pick up cheap fouls.  He improved
a lot in that respect in his senior year and didn't get called for a lot of
the cheap reach in fouls.  It seemed that the ACC refs tended to watch him a
little more closely.   Some will say he doesn't have a lot of foot speed.
Don't believe that.

I think you guys are going to be very happy with Darius.  A great 2nd round
pick.

John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael J.King Sr." <kingpin@primenet.com>
To: "Celtics List" <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:02 PM
Subject: The Baltic Bear!


> I love it!!  We now can add the Baltic Bear with the Ukrain Train.  >G<
> Later.Mike