27, 2013, Schectman gave his very last autograph to young NBA fans who came to visit him in his home for the elderly in New City, New York. At the time of the visit Schechtman was watching the triple-overtime Game 4 of the first round NBA playoff series between the Chicago Bulls and Brooklyn Nets. On July 30, 2013, Schectman died at age 94 in Delray Beach, Florida. He was survived by his sons Stewart and Peter, his sister and two grandchildren. BAA career statistics Regular season See also List of select Jewish basketball players The First Basket References External links The First Basket – Documentary Film 1919 births 2013 deaths All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players from New York City American people of Russian-Jewish descent Jewish American sportspeople Jewish men's basketball players LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball players New York Knicks players Paterson Crescents players People from Kew Gardens, Queens Philadelphia Sphas players Samuel J. Tilden High School alumni Shooting guards Small forwards Sportspeople from Brooklyn Sportspeople from Queens, New York Burials at New Montefiore Cemetery 21st-century American Jews