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NBA: International Players Drafted But Never Played
The Draft Review (with Matthew Maurer) brings you a wealth of NBA draft history through its free resource of extensive statistics, biographies, articles, interviews and this live forum.
The Draft Review (with Matthew Maurer) brings you a wealth of NBA draft history through its free resource of extensive statistics, biographies, articles, interviews and this live forum.
2. Do you know the reasons why the said players could have not played
for the teams that drafted them? Do cite the reasons so others can
also be informed and we can make this thread informative.
4. Say something about the players, add info or trivias or player profiles. Oscar Schmidt/Brazil/NJN/84/131/6
Schmidt never played in the NBA because he was afraid that the NBA-style game wouldn't fit his game and he'd heard about international players being "frozen out" of the game. The Nets tried for years and years to convince him, but he was happy playing in Italy.
In his professional career, Oscar scored 49,703 points. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar leads the NBA with 38,387. They used to call him "Mão Santa," or "Holy Hand," because of his shooting ability.
In 1987, he won the Gold at the Pan-American Games in Indianapolis, beating the USA with 46 points.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, he is one of the best basketball players in history. Absolutely a fantastic player who belongs with the ranks of Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, and other greats.
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