(1961-03-28) March 28, 1961 (age 63) Ogden, Utah, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight
205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school
Morningside (Inglewood, California)
College
Arizona State (1979–1983)
NBA draft
1983: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the San Diego Clippers
Playing career
1983–1998
Position
Shooting guard
Number
4, 00, 11
Coaching career
1998–2016
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[a]
2010–2013
Cleveland Cavaliers
2014–2016
Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
As player:
3× NBA champion (1985, 1987, 1988)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1984)
FIBA EuroStar (1997)
Greek Basket League champion (1998)
Greek League All-Star (1997)
First-team All-Pac-10 (1983)
Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (1980)
No. 11 jersey retired by Arizona State Sun Devils
Fourth-team Parade All-American (1979)
McDonald's All-American (1979)
As coach:
NBA Coach of the Year (2008)
2× NBA All-Star Game head coach (2002, 2008)
Career NBA statistics
Points
15,097 (14.1 ppg)
Rebounds
2,987 (2.8 rpg)
Assists
2,729 (2.5 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Byron Antom Scott (born March 28, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, Scott won three NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s. He was named the NBA Coach of the Year with the New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans) in 2008.
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once the Warriors' season ended in the 2016 NBA Finals. He replaced ByronScott. In his first season with the Lakers, the team improved upon their franchise...
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jumper then rattled out and was rebounded by ByronScott, who was fouled with 2.7 seconds remaining. Scott missed the first of his two free throws and...
of Famers Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, plus ByronScott, A.C. Green, Mychal Thompson, Kurt Rambis, and Cooper, the Lakers finished...
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for the Philadelphia 76ers, Randy Wittman for the Washington Wizards, ByronScott for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2014 to 2016, and point guard of the...
Nuggets. After a slow start to the 2009–10 season, the Hornets fired coach ByronScott. Paul stirred up controversy when he announced his displeasure with the...
Jazz, when Bryant was pressed into a lead role at the end of Game 5. ByronScott missed the game with a sprained wrist, Robert Horry was ejected for fighting...
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franchise's first head coach was Paul Silas, who coached for one season. ByronScott is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games...
season, and with a 22–20 record early in the season they fired head coach ByronScott. Lawrence Frank took over and led the Nets to another Atlantic Division...
Worthy supplanted Jamaal Wilkes as the starting small forward, while ByronScott began to earn more minutes as the backup to both Magic Johnson and Michael...
stint, he led the Cavs to their first NBA Finals appearance in 2007. ByronScott was the head coach of the Cavaliers from 2010 to 2013. During the 2010–2011...
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