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Former NBA player Dwayne Schintzius has an interesting theory about why he was traded from San Antonio to Sacramento after just one season with the Spurs: it was his mullet.
Well, it may not have been his hairstyle, per se, but maybe how he handled Spurs GM Bob Bass’ request to change it.
Photos can be deceiving -- Dwayne Schintzius rocked a classic early-90s mullet. (AP Photo)
Schintzius told the Tampa Tribune (via the San Antonio Express-News) that Bass did not like his “lobster” haircut and asked him to cut it.
"He told me to cut it,'' Schintzius told the Tribune. "So I got it cut and sent him the shavings in an envelope. I'm not sure he appreciated that. And then, away I went.''
He was traded to the Kings in exchange for Antoine Carr in September 1991.
Schintzius, a center from the University of Florida who the Spurs picked with the 24th overall pick in the 1990 NBA Draft, played for six teams during an undistinguished eight-year NBA career, in which he averaged just 2.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. Perhaps Bass’ reasons for trading him went beyond his haircut.
