1. Byron Antom Scott was born on March 28,1961 and is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association.
32 Facts About Byron Scott
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Byron Scott was named the NBA Coach of the Year with the New Orleans Hornets in 2008.
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Byron 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.
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Byron Scott played college basketball at Arizona State University for three years and had a successful career with the Sun Devils.
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Byron Scott was Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 1980 and First-team All-Pac-10 in 1983.
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Byron Scott averaged 17.5 points per game in his career for the Sun Devils.
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Byron Scott left after his junior year, entering the 1983 NBA draft.
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Byron Scott played for the Lakers for 10 consecutive seasons.
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Byron Scott was the Lakers' starting shooting guard from 1984 until 1993.
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In Game 1 of the Pacers' first-round playoff matchup against the Orlando Magic, Byron Scott hit the game-winning three-point shot with 2.4 seconds left.
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Byron Scott was left unprotected by the Pacers in the 1995 NBA expansion draft and was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies, where he played one season.
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In that game, Byron Scott played for 15 and half minutes and recorded 4 points and 5 assists.
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Byron Scott would sit out for Game 5 as the Lakers lost 93 - 98 and were eliminated from the playoffs.
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Byron Scott helped to lead his team to the Greek Basket League championship with his scoring in many crucial games.
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Byron Scott began his NBA coaching career in 1998 as an assistant with the Sacramento Kings under Rick Adelman.
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Byron Scott served as an advance scout that looked at game plans on offense alongside work in the perimeter.
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On June 27,2000, Byron Scott was hired to coach the New Jersey Nets after being offered the job the previous day by general manager Rod Thorn.
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Byron Scott was hired to replace Don Casey, who had been fired on April 26 after coaching the team since March 1999.
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Byron Scott was considered for the Indiana Pacers job prior to reaching with Thorn, who himself had been hired recently to try and turn over a team that had missed the playoffs in five of the past six seasons while having had twelve head coaches in 23 seasons as an NBA franchise; the day that Byron Scott was hired was right before the 2000 NBA draft, for which the Nets had the first overall pick.
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Byron Scott's team performed poorly in his first year, winning just 26 games with new draft pick Kenyon Martin.
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Byron Scott himself admitted that his stubborn qualities with Kidd requires him to need to try to be more of a "taskmaster" in being more hands on, particularly with the departure of assistant coach Eddie Jordan, who had left for the Washington Wizards after having done his share of calling plays.
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Rumors of a rift between Byron Scott and Kidd circulated media outlets, with sources allegedly claiming that Kidd wanted Byron Scott out of Jersey.
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Byron Scott claimed that he was "very surprised" by the report and that he and Kidd "always got along".
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Byron Scott became the head coach of the New Orleans Hornets in 2004.
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Byron Scott was mentioned as a candidate for several NBA coaching jobs, including the Los Angeles Clippers, but nothing came to fruition.
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On July 1,2010, Byron Scott was named head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, a few days before the team lost star LeBron James to the Miami Heat.
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Cleveland used their first overall pick to draft Kyrie Irving, who became the second point guard Byron Scott coached to the Rookie of the Year award.
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Byron Scott interviewed three times for the position, which had become vacant after Mike D'Antoni's resignation.
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Byron Scott has recently served as a studio analyst for ABC's NBA telecasts and was featured on ESPN.
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On July 11,2020, Byron Scott married Cece Gutierrez, a registered nurse and cast member of VH1's reality show Basketball Wives.
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Byron Scott converted to Catholicism in late 2020 following their marriage.
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Byron Scott went back to school at Arizona State 37 years after leaving school early when he was drafted by the Lakers, and obtained a bachelor's degree in liberal arts, fulfilling a promise he'd made to his late mother.