Donatas Montiejunas of Lithuania has decided to test the NBA draft waters.

"He applied today,'' Herb Rudoy, Montiejunas' Chicago-based agent, told me. "I don't know where he'll go in the draft, but he'll be a lottery pick. I'm pretty sure of that.''

Most NBA officials would concur with Rudoy's assessment. The 7-foot, 220-pound Montiejunas is generally regarded as one of the best big men in the draft.

In a recent informal poll of several NBA GMs, player personnel directors and scouts by The Journal Times, Montiejunas was considered one of the top 10 prospects for the draft.