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Davis Bertans: 'Random attacker' happy Spurs picked him

Since the Express-News isn't helping us out with any info about Davis Bertans, I decided to check Latvian newspapers. Found a lengthy article in one:

http://zinas.nra.lv/sports/basketbols/50314-davis-bertans-nokluvu-komanda-kura-gribeju-but.htm

I've plugged it into various translators with medium success. Apparently, it's not easy for Web bots to translate Latvian to English. However, Google Translator did translate Bertans' position as "random attacker," which I think should be adopted by all as the new term for "scorer." "That Nowitzki, he is one hell of a random attacker."

Anyway, a few things I'm able to glean from bad translations of this article:

Bertans was "shocked" when he wasn't chosen by the Spurs with the 29th pick, but then thought, first or second round doesn't matter. He's just happy he was chosen by the Spurs.

He and his agent were seeking a promise from the Spurs (or other teams) to take him in the first round. No promise was given, but he decided to stay in the draft anyway, hoping to be chosen by the Spurs.

The draft started at 2:35 a.m. in Latvia, Davis and his brother stayed up all night watching.

Latvian national team (or junior team) coach says Spurs are great fit for Bertans because of their established willingness to wait for a player and their experience with international players.

That's about all I'm able to get out of it. Nothing too revealing, but good to know our future random attacker is happy to be in the Spurs pipeline.

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