He scored more points than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. More than Michael Jordan. More than any player who has ever lived. And he did it without playing a single regular-season NBA game. Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt — “Mão Santa,” the Holy Hand — was born in a city in Brazil where basketball barely existed. He taught himself to shoot a thousand times a day. He turned down Michigan State when Magic Johnson was there. He walked into the 1984 NBA Draft as the 131st pick, showed up to the New Jersey Nets’ training camp, averaged 25 points per game in 25 minutes — and then flew back to Italy. Because no contract was worth giving up Brazil. This is the complete story of Oscar Schmidt. From Natal to Caserta. From a youth gym in Brasília to five consecutive Olympic Games. From a state championship in Rio de Janeiro — where a 43-year-old man shattered the most sacred scoring record in basketball history — to a Brazilian national team jersey he was cremated in. He never won an Olympic medal. He never played in the NBA. He had no regrets. This is why.
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