{"id":493305,"date":"2026-04-17T22:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=493305"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:20:30","slug":"brazilian-basketball-legend-oscar-schmidt-passes-away-at-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/brazilian-basketball-legend-oscar-schmidt-passes-away-at-68\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian basketball legend Oscar Schmidt passes away at 68"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:06a9e97b-2ea9-438a-b5cf-0cc82453f081-4\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-10\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"8b4e78b0-9f9f-4a66-bad5-c1869da2ddb0\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"416\">Sad news from Brazil, where the basketball world mourns the passing of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Oscar Schmidt<\/span><\/span>, who died at 68 following sudden health issue. The legendary Brazilian player, nicknamed \u201cHoly Hand,\u201d was one of the greatest scorers in basketball history, enjoying an incredibly long career filled with records at both national team and club level.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"599\">According to CNN Brazil, the news was confirmed through a statement released by the family after the passing of the former Brazilian star, an absolute icon of the sport worldwide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"825\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Schmidt also left a significant mark in Italy: during the 1980s he played for Caserta before moving to Pavia, becoming one of the most prolific scorers in the Italian league and holding major scoring records for a long time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px absolute bottom-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sad news from Brazil, where the basketball world mourns the passing of Oscar Schmidt, who died at 68 following an health issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":412940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[333,399,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-493305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brazil","category-nba","category-serie-a"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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