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Byron Scott

Age 65 · USA · 193 cm (6'4") · 93 kg · Born Mar 28, 1961 · Arizona State

14.1 PPG 2.8 RPG 2.6 APG 1,073 games 14 seasons
Byron Scott

Career snapshot

14seasons
1,073games
15,093career pts
15.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Los Angeles Lakers · 846 games · 1983-84–1996-97

Position rank · 1996-97

#69PPG rank
#40PER rank
#28WS rank
Among 110 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 21.7 1987-88 · LAL
RPG 4.1 1987-88 · LAL
APG 4.1 1987-88 · LAL
PER 19.2 1987-88 · LAL
WS 10.7 1987-88 · LAL

Draft

1983
Round 1 · Pick 4
from Arizona State

Honors & awards

1×
NBA Coach of the Year
2008
1×
All-Rookie Team
1983

Career by team

Los Angeles Lakers
1983-84 – 1996-97 · 11 seasons
15.1 PPG 3.0 RPG 2.8 APG
846 games
Memphis Grizzlies
1995-96 – 1995-96 · 1 seasons
10.2 PPG 2.4 RPG 1.5 APG
80 games
Indiana Pacers
1993-94 – 1994-95 · 2 seasons
10.2 PPG 1.8 RPG 1.7 APG
147 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1983-84 LAL 74 49 22.1 10.6 2.2 2.4 1.1 0.3 48.4 23.5 80.6 13.4 2.7
1984-85 LAL 81 65 28.5 16.0 2.6 3.0 1.2 0.2 53.9 43.3 82.0 16.8 6.9
1985-86 LAL 76 62 28.8 15.4 2.5 2.2 1.1 0.2 51.3 36.1 78.4 15.0 5.2
1986-87 LAL 82 82 33.3 17.0 3.5 3.4 1.5 0.2 48.9 43.6 89.2 16.0 7.7
1987-88 LAL 81 81 37.6 21.7 4.1 4.1 1.9 0.3 52.7 34.6 85.8 19.2 10.7
1988-89 LAL 74 73 35.2 19.6 4.1 3.1 1.5 0.4 49.1 39.9 86.3 16.6 6.8
1989-90 LAL 77 77 33.7 15.5 3.1 3.6 1.0 0.4 47.0 42.3 76.6 14.3 6.0
1990-91 LAL 82 82 32.1 14.5 3.0 2.2 1.2 0.3 47.7 32.4 79.7 14.2 6.6
1991-92 LAL 82 82 32.7 14.9 3.8 2.8 1.3 0.3 45.8 34.4 83.8 15.5 6.0
1992-93 LAL 58 53 28.9 13.7 2.3 2.7 0.9 0.2 44.9 32.6 84.8 14.4 3.3
1993-94 IND 67 2 17.9 10.4 1.6 2.0 0.9 0.1 46.7 36.5 80.5 17.6 3.1
1994-95 IND 80 1 19.1 10.0 1.9 1.4 0.8 0.2 45.5 38.9 85.0 15.8 3.9
1995-96 MEM 80 0 23.7 10.2 2.4 1.5 0.8 0.3 40.1 33.5 83.5 — —
1996-97 LAL 79 8 18.2 6.7 1.5 1.3 0.6 0.2 43.0 38.8 84.1 13.5 4.1

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1996 Memphis Grizzlies Los Angeles Lakers
Jul 1995 Indiana Pacers Memphis Grizzlies
Jul 1993 Los Angeles Lakers Indiana Pacers

All entries are season change.

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Born on March 28

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About Byron Scott

Byron Antom Scott is an American former professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a role 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 in 2008.