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Byron Scott
Byron Scott
Scott coaching the Cavaliers in 2012.
No. 4, 11
Position: Shooting Guard
League: NBA
Personal information
Full name: Byron Antom Scott
Born: March 28, 1961 (1961-03-28) (age 63)
Ogden, Utah
Nationality: Flag of the United States American
Physical stats
Listed height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight: 205 lbs (93 kg)
National Basketball Association career
Debut: 1983 for the Los Angeles Lakers
Final game: 1997 for the Los Angeles Lakers
Career information
High school: Morningside
(Inglewood, California)
College: Arizona State (19791983)
NBA Draft: 1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th
Selected by the San Diego Clippers
Playing career: 1983–1998 (15 years)
Coaching career: 19982016 (18 years)
Career history
As player:
1983-1993 Los Angeles Lakers
1993-1995 Indiana Pacers
1995-1996 Vancouver Grizzlies
1996-1997 Los Angeles Lakers
1997-1998 Panathinaikos
As coach:
1998-2000 Sacramento Kings (assistant)
2000-2004 New Jersey Nets
2004-2009 New Orleans Hornets
2010-2013 Cleveland Cavaliers
2014-2016 Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
As player:
As coach:

Byron Antom Scott (born March 28, 1961) is an American former professional basketball head coach and player. As a player, Scott won three NBA championships with the Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s.

Early life & college career[]

Scott grew up in Inglewood, California, and played at Morningside High School, in the shadow of what was then the Lakers' home arena, The Forum. He played college basketball at Arizona State University for three years and had a successful career with the Sun Devils. He was Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 1980 and First-team All-Pac-10 in 1983. He averaged 17.5 points per game in his career for the Sun Devils. He left after his junior year, entering the 1983 NBA Draft. In 2011, his No. 11 was retired by the Arizona State Sun Devils.

Professional career[]

NBA[]

Selected by the San Diego Clippers in the first round, with the fourth pick of the 1983 NBA Draft, Scott was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1983 in exchange for Norm Nixon. During his playing career, Scott suited up for the Lakers, Indiana Pacers and Vancouver Grizzlies. Scott was a key player for the Lakers during the Showtime era, being a starter alongside Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and A.C. Green. He played for the Lakers for 10 consecutive seasons (1983–1993). During that time he was on three NBA championship teams (1985, 1987, 1988). As a rookie, Scott was a member of the 1984 all-rookie team, averaging 10.6 PPG in 22 MPG. He led the NBA in three-point field goal percentage (.433) in 1984–85. In 1987–88, Scott enjoyed his best season, leading the NBA champion Lakers in scoring, averaging a career-best 21.7 ppg, and in steals (1.91 spg). He was the Lakers' starting shooting guard from 1984 until 1993. In 1996–97, the last year of Scott's playing career in the NBA, he went back to the Lakers and proved to be a valuable mentor for a team featuring Shaquille O'Neal, Eddie Jones, Nick Van Exel and 18-year-old rookie Kobe Bryant (Scott would be Bryant's coach on the Lakers towards the end of the latter's career).

Panathinaikos[]

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Scott with Panathinaikos in 1998.

In the summer of 1997, Scott signed with the Greek Basket League team Panathinaikos for the 1997–98 season. That season, he played with Panathinaikos in both the FIBA Saporta Cup (known then as the FIBA EuroCup), Europe's second-tier level competition after the top-tier EuroLeague, and the Greek Basket League. In the Saporta Cup's 1997–98 season, he averaged 13.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.1 steals, in 25.6 minutes per game, in 17 games played.

Scott helped to lead his team to the Greek Basket League championship with his scoring in many crucial games. In the Greek Basket League's 1997–98 season, he averaged 17.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.3 steals per game, in 33.7 minutes per game, in 34 games played. After one season with the Greek Basket League champions, Scott retired from playing professional basketball, and began his coaching career.

Coaching career[]

Sacramento Kings[]

Scott began his NBA coaching career in 1998, when he began the first of two seasons as an assistant with the Sacramento Kings. He specialized in teaching perimeter shooting during his tenure with the Kings and helped to lead the team to an excellent three-point shooting percentage during a pair of playoff seasons.

New Jersey Nets[]

In 2000, Scott took over a struggling New Jersey Nets team. His team performed poorly in his first year, but that changed in the 2001–02 season with the arrival of Jason Kidd as the Nets raced to a franchise record of 52 wins. In the process, they won their first Atlantic Division crown and appeared in their first NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite losing the championship series to LA, Scott came back to coach the team through another successful season during the 2002–03 campaign, once again taking the team to the NBA Finals, but losing once again—this time to the San Antonio Spurs. New Jersey was up by double figures in game six, but the Spurs tightened up their defense, which won the game and the championship.

Scott was fired during the 2003–04 season, as New Jersey had a disappointing 22–20 record coming into the All-Star break, even though they were leading their division at the time of his dismissal. Rumors of a rift between Scott and Kidd circulated media outlets, with sources allegedly claiming that Kidd wanted Scott out of Jersey. All the parties, including then Nets GM Rod Thorn, denied the reports. Scott claimed that he was "very surprised" by the report and that he and Kidd "always got along".

He was succeeded by his assistant Lawrence Frank. While coaching the Nets, Scott lived in Livingston, New Jersey.

New Orleans Hornets[]

Byron Scott talking to Chris Paul

Byron Scott talks to Chris Paul in a 2009 game; Scott was head coach of the Hornets from 2004 to 2009.

Scott became the head coach of the New Orleans Hornets in 2004. Chris Paul was drafted by the team in 2005, and was named Rookie of the Year. In the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, he guided the team to a pair of sub .500 seasons. One obstacle was that the team played most of its home games in Oklahoma City due to Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans.

In the 2007–08 season, Scott had his first winning season as the Hornets head coach. They had a winning percentage of .683 with a record of 56–26. They became Southwest Division champions and finished 2nd overall in the Western Conference. Scott was named the head coach of the 2008 Western Conference All-Star team, and a few months after, he was awarded the 2007–08 NBA Coach of the Year Award. Due to his success, the Hornets awarded Scott with a two-year extension.

The Hornets had a 30–11 home record and a 26–15 road record and clinched the second seed in the Western Conference Playoffs. The Hornets won their first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks, posting a 4–1 record for the series. They would go on to face the defending champion San Antonio Spurs in the Conference Semifinals. An unusual trend of home court blowouts would mark the series until the deciding Game 7 when the veteran Spurs would pull out a 91–82 win on the Hornets rowdy home court. The win marked the 100th playoff victory for Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.

In the 2008–09 season, the Hornets finished 49–33 and entered the playoffs as a seventh seed. They faced the Denver Nuggets in the first round, losing after five brutal games, including a 58-point loss in Game 4, which tied the worst margin of defeat in NBA postseason history. Scott was relieved from his head coaching duties for the Hornets on November 12, 2009, following a 3–6 start. He was mentioned as a candidate for several NBA coaching jobs, including the Chicago Bulls.

Following his dismissal, he briefly served as a studio analyst for the NBA on ESPN.

Cleveland Cavaliers[]

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Byron Scott (left) coaching the Cavaliers in 2013.

On July 1, 2010, Scott was named head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, a few days before the team lost star LeBron James to the Miami Heat. During Scott's first season at the helm of the Cavaliers, he watched his team endure a 26-game losing streak, which was then the longest such streak in NBA history. Scott was reunited with Baron Davis (whom he coached with the Hornets) when a mid-season trade brought Davis to Cleveland, and helped the Cavaliers close the season with several victories, including a 102–90 upset victory over LeBron and the Miami Heat, which ensured that Cleveland did not have the worst record in the league at the season's end.

Cleveland used their first overall pick to draft Kyrie Irving, who became the second point guard Scott coached to the Rookie of the Year award. His second season in Cleveland saw them show some improvement in a shortened 66-game schedule.

On April 18, 2013, Scott was fired by Cleveland Cavaliers management. Though the Cavaliers ranked in the bottom five of the league in defensive efficiency in each of his three seasons, analysts were surprised at the firing given the team's young and oft-injured rosters. Irving and other Cavaliers players expressed their disappointment with the firing.

Los Angeles Lakers[]

Scott spent the 2013–14 season as a Lakers television analyst on Time Warner Cable SportsNet. After the season, he was the frontrunner to become the new Lakers head coach. Scott interviewed three times for the position, which had become vacant after Mike D'Antoni's resignation. On July 28, 2014, he signed a multi-year contract to coach the Lakers.

With the team rebuilding in 2014–15, Scott finished his first season as coach of the Lakers with a 21–61 record. In the 2015 NBA Draft, the Lakers selected Ohio State point guard D'Angelo Russell with the second overall pick. The Lakers finished a franchise-worst 17–65 in 2015–16, Kobe Bryant's final season before retiring. On April 24, 2016, the Lakers did not exercise their option on Scott's contract for the following season, deciding to pursue a new coach. His 38–126 (.232) record with the team was the worst of any of the 16 coaches who had led the franchise for at least two seasons.

NBA career statistics[]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship

NBA[]

Regular season[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1983-84 L.A. Lakers 74 49 22.1 .484 .235 .806 2.2 2.4 1.1 .3 10.6
1984-85 L.A. Lakers 81 65 28.5 .539 .433 .820 2.6 3.0 1.1 .2 16.0
1985-86 L.A. Lakers 76 62 28.8 .513 .361 .784 2.5 2.2 1.1 .2 15.4
1986-87 L.A. Lakers 82 82 33.3 .489 .436 .892 3.5 3.4 1.5 .2 17.0
1987-88 L.A. Lakers 81 81 37.6 .527 .346 .858 4.1 4.1 1.9 .3 21.7
1988-89 L.A. Lakers 74 73 35.2 .491 .399 .863 4.1 3.1 1.5 .4 19.6
1989-90 L.A. Lakers 77 77 33.7 .470 .423 .766 3.1 3.6 1.0 .4 15.5
1990-91 L.A. Lakers 82 82 32.1 .477 .324 .797 3.0 2.2 1.2 .3 14.5
1991-92 L.A. Lakers 82 82 32.7 .458 .344 .838 3.8 2.8 1.3 .3 14.9
1992-93 L.A. Lakers 58 53 28.9 .449 .326 .848 2.3 2.7 .9 .2 13.7
1993-94 Indiana 67 2 17.9 .467 .365 .805 1.6 2.0 .9 .1 10.4
1994-95 Indiana 80 1 19.1 .455 .389 .850 1.9 1.4 .8 .2 10.0
1995-96 Vancouver 80 0 23.7 .401 .335 .835 2.4 1.5 .8 .3 10.2
1996-97 L.A. Lakers 79 8 18.2 .430 .388 .841 1.5 1.3 .6 .2 6.7
Career 1073 717 28.1 .482 .370 .833 2.8 2.5 1.1 .3 14.1

Playoffs[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1984 L.A. Lakers 20 0 20.2 .460 .200 .600 1.9 1.7 .9 .1 8.6
1985 L.A. Lakers 19 19 30.8 .517 .476 .795 2.7 2.6 2.2 .2 16.9
1986 L.A. Lakers 14 14 33.6 .497 .353 .905 3.9 3.0 1.4 .1 16.0
1987 L.A. Lakers 18 18 33.8 .490 .206 .791 3.4 3.2 1.1 .2 14.8
1988 L.A. Lakers 24 24 37.4 .499 .436 .865 4.2 2.5 1.4 .2 19.6
1989 L.A. Lakers 11 11 36.5 .494 .385 .836 4.1 2.3 1.6 .2 19.9
1990 L.A. Lakers 9 9 36.1 .462 .382 .769 4.1 2.6 2.2 .3 13.4
1991 L.A. Lakers 18 18 37.7 .511 .526 .794 3.2 1.6 1.3 .2 13.2
1992 L.A. Lakers 4 4 37.0 .500 .583 .889 2.5 3.5 1.5 .3 18.8
1993 L.A. Lakers 5 5 35.4 .500 .533 .783 2.2 1.8 1.0 .0 13.6
1994 Indiana 16 0 14.9 .396 .474 .784 2.1 1.3 .8 .1 7.8
1995 Indiana 17 0 17.5 .340 .265 .882 1.5 .9 .6 .1 6.1
1997 L.A. Lakers 8 0 16.8 .455 .364 .895 1.5 1.4 .1 .0 6.4
Career 183 122 29.3 .482 .395 .819 2.9 2.1 1.2 .2 13.4

Head coaching record[]

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
New Jersey 2000-01 82 26 56 6th in Atlantic Missed playoffs
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New Jersey 2003-04 42 22 20 (fired)
New Orleans 2004-05 82 18 64 5th in Southwest Missed playoffs
New Orleans/Oklahoma City 2005-06 82 38 44 4th in Southwest Missed playoffs
New Orleans/Oklahoma City 2006-07 82 39 43 4th in Southwest Missed playoffs
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New Orleans 2009-10 9 3 6 (fired)
Cleveland 2010-11 82 19 63 5th in Central Missed playoffs
Cleveland 2011-12 66 21 45 5th in Central Missed playoffs
Cleveland 2012-13 82 24 58 5th in Central Missed playoffs
L.A. Lakers 2014-15 82 21 61 5th in Pacific Missed playoffs
L.A. Lakers 2015-16 82 17 65 5th in Pacific Missed playoffs
Career 1,101 454 647   57 33 24  

Personal life[]

Scott's non-profit organization, The Byron Scott Children's Fund, has raised more than $15 million over the past decade, with the proceeds going to various children's charities. Scott has recently served as a studio analyst for ABC's NBA telecasts and was featured on ESPN.

Scott and his ex-wife, Anita, have three children. In June 2013, Scott and Anita separated and in March 2014, he filed for divorce after 29 years of marriage due to irreconcilable differences.

On July 11, 2020, Scott married Cece Gutierrez, a registered nurse and cast member of VH1's reality show Basketball Wives. He converted to Catholicism in late 2020 following their marriage.

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