Dwayne Schintzius

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Dwayne Kenneth Schintzius (born October 14, 1968 in Brandon, Florida) is an American basketball player perhaps best known for his role as a Russian player in the 1996 Whoopi Goldberg comedy Eddie (film), and his spectacular mullet. Recently, Schintzius has alleged his former New Jersey Nets teammate Jayson Williams killed his own dog with a shotgun. [1]

After attending Brandon High School, Schintzius went to the University of Florida and achieved national prominence as a center on the Gators basketball team in the late 1980s. He was the 24th pick in the 1990 NBA draft. His initial team, the San Antonio Spurs, traded him to the Sacramento Kings for Antoine Carr on September 23, 1991. The Kings waived Schintzius in the 1991-92 season, and he was signed by the Nets as a free agent on October 1, 1992.

For the rest of the decade, Schintzius would go from team to team in the NBA. He played three seasons for the Nets, followed by a year each with the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Clippers. After missing the entire 1997-98 season, he played with the Boston Celtics in 1998-99 before retiring.

Schintzius averaged 2.7 points per game in his eight NBA seasons, and never played more than 42 games in any season.