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Darius' Diary-02/25/04
Throughout the season, Kings.com will be profiling the rookie campaign of
Darius Songaila with Darius' Diary, a personal reflection of his first NBA
season. This is his third installment...
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It's been really busy since I last wrote.
I'm now more than halfway through my rookie year, and things have gone
fast. I feel more comfortable than I did in the beginning of the year,
which obviously, having played some games has helped. Even though we're
almost done with the season I still feel like a rookie.
We've won a lot of games, which is nice. I'm very happy with the situation
I'm in right now. Winning is the best part of it.
I had a nice break during All-Star weekend. Me and my wife went to Maui for
a couple of days and just relaxed. I was able to catch all of the All-Star
festivities on TV. It probably would have been different if I was actually
there, but it was just like any other All-Star Game I've seen in the past.
I didn't watch the rookie game though. I never really gave much thought
into playing in it, and as far as next year goes, I can't look that far
ahead. We'll see what happens. It's about a year from now. So, we'll see.
Maybe I'll get selected.
My minutes have really gone up recently since Brad (Miller) went down.
It's hard though. You don't play that much for most of the year and we're
40-something games in. But now, we're kind of short-handed in the front
line, so I'm playing a lot more. You have to be a little more careful. At
the same time, you have to be aggressive and do all the things they need
you to do. So, you have to try to compensate as much as you can for his
loss.
My first NBA start came right after the break against the Boston Celtics,
the team that drafted me. I was a little nervous before the game started,
because obviously, that was my first start. But once the ball was out
there for tip-off, it went away. And it was just a big game of basketball.
I didn't really think about as a revenge game because they traded me. For
me it was just a game against another team. It just happened to be Boston.
It wasn't like I was extra-pumped up for it, other than it was my first
start.
As for the rest of the season, I just hope we can win the rest of the games
and get a good spot in the playoffs. There, hopefully, we can go on and win
some more games.
Talk to you soon!!
#25-Darius Songaila
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