Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian Superstar Who Spurned the N.B.A., Dies at 68

Scritto il 23/04/2026
da Richard Sandomir

A Hall of Fame forward, he was a basketball scoring machine and an early master of the three-pointer. “There was not a shot I didn’t like,” he said.Oscar Schmidt, right, playing for Brazil’s Olympic team, drove past Scottie Pippen, the Chicago Bulls star who was playing for the U.S. team, in a quarterfinals contest during the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta. The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.