Admittedly a fan of Oscar Schmidt, former player Shaquille O’Neal published the Brazilian’s record and joked about his poor use of free throws
The history of basketball would be different if Shaquille O’Neal was good at free throws. The former player himself stated this in a comment on his post about the highest scorers in the history of the sport. According to him, he would compare himself to the Brazilian Oscar Schmidt If it happened.
“If he was good at free throws, he would be Oscar Schmidt. Wow, I’m terrible“, wrote the American who occupies the tenth position in the ranking released this Friday, the 15th. The leadership belongs to Oscar, with 49,737 points throughout his career, with Lebron in second place with 2,003 points less.
Despite being well behind in scoring, with 34,266, Shaq is one of the main names in the history of the NBA and basketball, having been champion of the North American league four times, with three consecutive times for the Lakers (2000, 2001 and 2002). The former pivot has stated several times that the Brazilian is his biggest idol.
In addition to the historic record, Oscar also holds that of the Olympic Games, where he scored 1,093 points in the five editions in which he competed. Despite not having won the competition once, he had four South American titles and one Pan-American title, won over the United States team.
Source: sportbuzz
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