Larry Bird, Steve Kerr Reveal Untold Stories Honoring Basketball Legend Oscar Schmidt After His Shocking Death at 68
That message was relayed by members of the basketball community on Friday.
“I always admired Oscar and considered him a friend, he was, without a doubt, one of the greatest players to ever play the game,” said fellow Hall of Famer Larry Bird in a statement circulated by the NBA.
“It was an honor of a lifetime when Oscar asked me to present him at his well deserved induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. My sincere condolences to Oscar’s family.”
Schmidt was inducted into the Hall in 2013. He played in a record-tying five straight Olympics, appearing in every Summer Games from 1980-96. He’s responsible for seven of the 10 highest-scoring outings in Olympic men’s basketball history. Fittingly, he’s the Games’ all-time leading scorer.



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