According to a report from La Vanguardia, one of the leading newspapers in Spain, former Ohio State men’s basketball player Granville Waiters has died at the age of 60. A Columbus native, Waiters played 103 games (61 starts) for the Buckeyes from 1979-83. He averaged 5.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game and was named a team captain as a senior, when he upped his average to 10.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. A second-round pick of the Portland Trail Blazers, who subsequently sold his rights to the Indiana Pacers on the night of the 1983 NBA Draft, Waiters played five seasons in the league for the Pacers, Houston Rockets and Chicago Bulls. He averaged 2.4, 2.2 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 249 games in the NBA. Waiters also played two seasons overseas for FC Barcelona and Caja Bilbao in Spain. He averaged a career-best…
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