Larry Bird, Steve Kerr Reveal Untold Stories Honoring Basketball Legend Oscar Schmidt After His Shocking Death at 68
At the time, Schmidt explained that, despite his frustration about dropping that far in the draft, he showed up to Nets training camp with something to prove: that he belonged. He felt like he accomplished that goal in preseason competition.
“I go there and said to the coach, ‘Coach, here’s one point a minute,’” Schmidt recalled. “If you give me 20 minutes, I’ll give you 20 points. We played five games … . They gave me 25 minutes, I gave him 25 points. They become crazy about me.”
Back then, there was a FIBA rule that prevented NBA players from representing their national team.



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