Professional Career
Despite his personal issues, Schintzius was regarded as a good NBA prospect due to his performance on the court. The San Antonio Spurs selected him in the first round (twenty-fourth pick overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft. He injured his back during his rookie season and was traded to the Sacramento Kings for Antoine Carr on September 23, 1991. He later revealed Spurs general manager Bob Bass disliked his mullet haircut and told him to shave it, which he did. Schintzius then sent Bass the shavings in an envelope. The Kings waived Schintzius during the 1991–92 season, and the New Jersey Nets signed him on October 1, 1992.
Schintzius had several injuries and several surgeries for a spinal disc herniation over the next several years as he moved from team to team in the NBA. He spent three seasons with the New Jersey Nets, a year with the Indiana Pacers, and then a year with the Los Angeles Clippers. After missing the entire 1997–98 season due to injury, he played sixteen games with the Celtics in 1998–99 before retiring from the NBA. In eight NBA seasons, he appeared in 217 regular season games and started thirty-three of them.
He later came out of retirement to play in the minor leagues, and appeared in thirty-five games for the Mobile Revelers of the NBA's Development League in 2001–02. He last played for the Brevard Blue Ducks of the United States Basketball League (USBL) in 2003.
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