Career snapshot
7seasons
537games
8,022career pts
16.0PER (avg)
Most-played franchise:
Detroit Pistons
· 301 games · 1962-63–1965-66
Position rank · 1969-70
#30PPG rank
#37PER rank
#36WS rank
Among 49 Forward players (min. 41 games)
Career highs (single season)
PPG
17.9
1965-66 · DET
RPG
13.7
1967-68 · WAS
APG
3.6
1964-65 · DET
PER
17.1
1965-66 · DET
WS
5.3
1965-66 · DET
Draft
1961
Round 1 ·
Pick 4
from Portland
Honors & awards
1×
NBA Coach of the Year
1974
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-63 | DET | 76 | 0 | 33.4 | 16.2 | 10.2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.4 | 0.0 | 67.4 | 15.1 | 3.5 |
| 1963-64 | DET | 80 | 0 | 37.1 | 17.6 | 13.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 71.9 | 16.9 | 3.4 |
| 1964-65 | DET | 66 | 0 | 32.8 | 15.5 | 9.6 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.8 | 0.0 | 70.1 | 15.0 | 1.3 |
| 1965-66 | DET | 79 | 0 | 33.6 | 17.9 | 9.6 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.6 | 0.0 | 74.3 | 17.1 | 5.3 |
| 1967-68 | WAS | 81 | 0 | 36.1 | 16.4 | 13.7 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 77.9 | — | — |
| 1968-69 | WAS | 82 | 0 | 26.4 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.6 | 0.0 | 75.9 | — | — |
| 1969-70 | WAS | 73 | 0 | 19.1 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42.5 | 0.0 | 80.3 | — | — |
Transfers & team changes
Derived from season-by-season team membership.
| Date | Move | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1967 | Detroit Pistons | Washington Wizards | From 1965-66 to 1967-68 | |
All entries are offseason.
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About Ray Scott
John Raymond Scott is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played twelve seasons in professional basketball, ten in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons and Baltimore Bullets, and two with the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association (ABA). After he retired from playing basketball, he was selected an assistant coach of the Pistons by Earl Lloyd. Seven games into the 1972–73 season, Lloyd was fired, and Scott was chosen to replace him as the head coach. In his first full season in 1973–74, the Pistons won 52 games that saw