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.