Basketball Legend Adrian ‘Odie’ Smith’s Untold Story Ends at 89—What You Didn’t Know About His Game-Changing Career

CINCINNATI (AP) — Adrian “Odie” Smith, whose Hall of Fame basketball career included a college national title with Kentucky, a gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics and a 10-year stint in the NBA, has died at age 89.
Smith died on April 28th, the University of Kentucky said in a statement. There was no word on how or where Smith died.
Smith played for the Cincinnati Royals (now the Sacramento Kings) from the 1961-62 NBA season until the 1969-70 season, when he was traded to the San Francisco (now Golden State) Warriors.
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