FILE - In this Sept. 22, 1973 file photo, Randy Smith of the Buffalo Braves (9) drives for a basket as Don Chaney of the Boston Celtics (12) moves in during an exhibition game in New York's Madison Square Garden. Former NBA player Randy Smith has died following a career in which he starred for the Buffalo Braves in the 1970s. William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Conn., says Smith was brought into the hospital's emergency room about noon Thursday and was pronounced dead. He was 60. (AP Photo/File)