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Byron Scott

Byron Antom Scott

Position: Guard
Height: 6-3    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: March 28, 1961 in Ogden, Utah
High School: Morningside in Inglewood, California
College: Arizona State University

Drafted by the San Diego Clippers in the 1st round (4th pick, 4th overall) of the 1983 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 74 49 1637 334 690 .484 8 34 .235 112 139 .806 50 114 164 177 81 19 116 174 788
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 81 65 2305 541 1003 .539 26 60 .433 187 228 .820 57 153 210 244 100 17 138 197 1295
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 76 62 2190 507 989 .513 22 61 .361 138 176 .784 55 134 189 164 85 15 110 167 1174
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 82 2729 554 1134 .489 65 149 .436 224 251 .892 63 223 286 281 125 18 144 163 1397
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 81 81 3048 710 1348 .527 62 179 .346 272 317 .858 76 257 333 335 155 27 161 204 1754
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 74 73 2605 588 1198 .491 77 193 .399 195 226 .863 72 230 302 231 114 27 157 181 1448
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 77 77 2593 472 1005 .470 93 220 .423 160 209 .766 51 191 242 274 77 31 122 180 1197
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 82 82 2630 501 1051 .477 71 219 .324 118 148 .797 54 192 246 177 95 21 85 146 1191
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 82 82 2679 460 1005 .458 54 157 .344 244 291 .838 74 236 310 226 105 28 119 140 1218
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 58 53 1678 296 659 .449 44 135 .326 156 184 .848 27 107 134 157 55 13 70 98 792
1993-94 32 IND NBA 67 2 1197 256 548 .467 27 74 .365 157 195 .805 19 91 110 133 62 9 103 80 696
1994-95 33 IND NBA 80 1 1528 265 583 .455 79 203 .389 193 227 .850 18 133 151 108 61 13 119 123 802
1995-96 34 VAN NBA 80 0 1894 271 676 .401 74 221 .335 203 243 .835 40 152 192 123 63 22 100 126 819
1996-97 35 LAL NBA 79 8 1440 163 379 .430 73 188 .388 127 151 .841 21 97 118 99 46 16 53 72 526
Career NBA 1073 717 30153 5918 12268 .482 775 2093 .370 2486 2985 .833 677 2310 2987 2729 1224 276 1597 2051 15097

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 74 49 22.1 4.5 9.3 .484 0.1 0.5 .235 1.5 1.9 .806 0.7 1.5 2.2 2.4 1.1 0.3 1.6 2.4 10.6
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 81 65 28.5 6.7 12.4 .539 0.3 0.7 .433 2.3 2.8 .820 0.7 1.9 2.6 3.0 1.2 0.2 1.7 2.4 16.0
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 76 62 28.8 6.7 13.0 .513 0.3 0.8 .361 1.8 2.3 .784 0.7 1.8 2.5 2.2 1.1 0.2 1.4 2.2 15.4
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 82 33.3 6.8 13.8 .489 0.8 1.8 .436 2.7 3.1 .892 0.8 2.7 3.5 3.4 1.5 0.2 1.8 2.0 17.0
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 81 81 37.6 8.8 16.6 .527 0.8 2.2 .346 3.4 3.9 .858 0.9 3.2 4.1 4.1 1.9 0.3 2.0 2.5 21.7
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 74 73 35.2 7.9 16.2 .491 1.0 2.6 .399 2.6 3.1 .863 1.0 3.1 4.1 3.1 1.5 0.4 2.1 2.4 19.6
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 77 77 33.7 6.1 13.1 .470 1.2 2.9 .423 2.1 2.7 .766 0.7 2.5 3.1 3.6 1.0 0.4 1.6 2.3 15.5
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 82 82 32.1 6.1 12.8 .477 0.9 2.7 .324 1.4 1.8 .797 0.7 2.3 3.0 2.2 1.2 0.3 1.0 1.8 14.5
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 82 82 32.7 5.6 12.3 .458 0.7 1.9 .344 3.0 3.5 .838 0.9 2.9 3.8 2.8 1.3 0.3 1.5 1.7 14.9
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 58 53 28.9 5.1 11.4 .449 0.8 2.3 .326 2.7 3.2 .848 0.5 1.8 2.3 2.7 0.9 0.2 1.2 1.7 13.7
1993-94 32 IND NBA 67 2 17.9 3.8 8.2 .467 0.4 1.1 .365 2.3 2.9 .805 0.3 1.4 1.6 2.0 0.9 0.1 1.5 1.2 10.4
1994-95 33 IND NBA 80 1 19.1 3.3 7.3 .455 1.0 2.5 .389 2.4 2.8 .850 0.2 1.7 1.9 1.4 0.8 0.2 1.5 1.5 10.0
1995-96 34 VAN NBA 80 0 23.7 3.4 8.5 .401 0.9 2.8 .335 2.5 3.0 .835 0.5 1.9 2.4 1.5 0.8 0.3 1.3 1.6 10.2
1996-97 35 LAL NBA 79 8 18.2 2.1 4.8 .430 0.9 2.4 .388 1.6 1.9 .841 0.3 1.2 1.5 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.9 6.7
Career NBA 1073 717 28.1 5.5 11.4 .482 0.7 2.0 .370 2.3 2.8 .833 0.6 2.2 2.8 2.5 1.1 0.3 1.5 1.9 14.1

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 74 49 1637 7.3 15.2 .484 0.2 0.7 .235 2.5 3.1 .806 1.1 2.5 3.6 3.9 1.8 0.4 2.6 3.8 17.3
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 81 65 2305 8.4 15.7 .539 0.4 0.9 .433 2.9 3.6 .820 0.9 2.4 3.3 3.8 1.6 0.3 2.2 3.1 20.2
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 76 62 2190 8.3 16.3 .513 0.4 1.0 .361 2.3 2.9 .784 0.9 2.2 3.1 2.7 1.4 0.2 1.8 2.7 19.3
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 82 2729 7.3 15.0 .489 0.9 2.0 .436 3.0 3.3 .892 0.8 2.9 3.8 3.7 1.6 0.2 1.9 2.2 18.4
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 81 81 3048 8.4 15.9 .527 0.7 2.1 .346 3.2 3.7 .858 0.9 3.0 3.9 4.0 1.8 0.3 1.9 2.4 20.7
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 74 73 2605 8.1 16.6 .491 1.1 2.7 .399 2.7 3.1 .863 1.0 3.2 4.2 3.2 1.6 0.4 2.2 2.5 20.0
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 77 77 2593 6.6 14.0 .470 1.3 3.1 .423 2.2 2.9 .766 0.7 2.7 3.4 3.8 1.1 0.4 1.7 2.5 16.6
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 82 82 2630 6.9 14.4 .477 1.0 3.0 .324 1.6 2.0 .797 0.7 2.6 3.4 2.4 1.3 0.3 1.2 2.0 16.3
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 82 82 2679 6.2 13.5 .458 0.7 2.1 .344 3.3 3.9 .838 1.0 3.2 4.2 3.0 1.4 0.4 1.6 1.9 16.4
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 58 53 1678 6.4 14.1 .449 0.9 2.9 .326 3.3 3.9 .848 0.6 2.3 2.9 3.4 1.2 0.3 1.5 2.1 17.0
1993-94 32 IND NBA 67 2 1197 7.7 16.5 .467 0.8 2.2 .365 4.7 5.9 .805 0.6 2.7 3.3 4.0 1.9 0.3 3.1 2.4 20.9
1994-95 33 IND NBA 80 1 1528 6.2 13.7 .455 1.9 4.8 .389 4.5 5.3 .850 0.4 3.1 3.6 2.5 1.4 0.3 2.8 2.9 18.9
1995-96 34 VAN NBA 80 0 1894 5.2 12.8 .401 1.4 4.2 .335 3.9 4.6 .835 0.8 2.9 3.6 2.3 1.2 0.4 1.9 2.4 15.6
1996-97 35 LAL NBA 79 8 1440 4.1 9.5 .430 1.8 4.7 .388 3.2 3.8 .841 0.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 1.1 0.4 1.3 1.8 13.1
Career NBA 1073 717 30153 7.1 14.6 .482 0.9 2.5 .370 3.0 3.6 .833 0.8 2.8 3.6 3.3 1.5 0.3 1.9 2.4 18.0

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 74 1637 13.4 .525 .490 3.7 7.3 5.7 14.0 2.3 0.6 13.4 21.3 105 108 1.1 1.5 2.7
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 81 2305 16.8 .587 .552 3.1 6.9 5.2 13.8 2.0 0.4 11.1 21.8 116 109 4.8 2.1 6.9
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 76 2190 15.0 .550 .524 3.0 6.6 4.9 10.2 1.8 0.4 9.4 21.7 111 108 3.2 2.0 5.2
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 82 2729 16.0 .561 .517 2.8 8.5 5.8 13.8 2.2 0.4 10.4 20.6 115 108 4.8 2.9 7.7
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 81 3048 19.2 .590 .550 3.0 9.1 6.2 16.4 2.5 0.5 9.8 22.6 118 108 7.4 3.3 10.7
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 74 2605 16.6 .558 .523 3.3 9.2 6.5 13.1 2.1 0.6 10.8 23.1 111 108 4.1 2.6 6.8
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 77 2593 14.3 .546 .516 2.3 8.1 5.3 15.5 1.5 0.7 10.0 20.1 112 110 3.8 2.2 6.0
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 82 2630 14.2 .534 .510 2.5 8.1 5.4 10.3 1.8 0.5 7.1 19.9 112 107 3.6 2.9 6.6
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 82 2679 15.5 .537 .485 3.1 10.2 6.6 13.4 2.0 0.6 9.5 20.4 112 110 3.9 2.1 6.0
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 58 1678 14.4 .535 .483 1.8 7.3 4.6 14.2 1.6 0.5 8.6 20.6 112 112 2.4 0.9 3.3
1993-94 32 IND NBA 67 1197 17.6 .549 .492 1.9 8.5 5.3 18.9 2.7 0.5 14.0 27.0 107 105 1.7 1.4 3.1
1994-95 33 IND NBA 80 1528 15.8 .587 .522 1.5 10.3 6.0 12.2 2.1 0.7 14.8 24.0 110 107 2.1 1.9 3.9
1995-96 34 VAN NBA 80 1894 13.0 .523 .456 2.4 9.8 5.9 11.7 1.8 0.9 11.3 21.3 103 110 1.0 1.3 2.3
1996-97 35 LAL NBA 79 1440 13.5 .590 .526 1.7 7.6 4.7 10.7 1.7 0.8 10.6 15.5 120 108 2.8 1.3 4.1
Career NBA 1073 30153 15.5 .556 .514 2.7 8.5 5.7 13.4 2.0 0.6 10.5 21.3 112 109 46.7 28.5 75.2

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 20 404 74 161 2 10 21 35 11 37 34 18 2 26 39 171 .460 .200 .600 20.2 8.6 1.9 1.7
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 19 585 138 267 10 21 35 44 16 52 50 41 4 24 47 321 .517 .476 .795 30.8 16.9 2.7 2.6
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 14 470 90 181 6 17 38 42 15 55 42 19 2 30 38 224 .497 .353 .905 33.6 16.0 3.9 3.0
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 18 608 103 210 7 34 53 67 20 62 57 19 4 25 52 266 .490 .206 .791 33.8 14.8 3.4 3.2
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 24 897 178 357 24 55 90 104 26 100 60 34 5 47 65 470 .499 .436 .865 37.4 19.6 4.2 2.5
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 11 402 79 160 15 39 46 55 10 45 25 18 2 20 31 219 .494 .385 .836 36.5 19.9 4.1 2.3
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 9 325 49 106 13 34 10 13 7 37 23 20 3 13 32 121 .462 .382 .769 36.1 13.4 4.1 2.6
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 18 678 95 186 20 38 27 34 13 57 29 23 4 17 53 237 .511 .526 .794 37.7 13.2 3.2 1.6
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 4 148 22 44 7 12 24 27 3 10 14 6 1 5 10 75 .500 .583 .889 37.0 18.8 2.5 3.5
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 5 177 21 42 8 15 18 23 0 11 9 5 0 4 11 68 .500 .533 .783 35.4 13.6 2.2 1.8
1993-94 32 IND NBA 16 239 38 96 9 19 40 51 10 33 20 12 2 25 22 125 .396 .474 .784 14.9 7.8 2.1 1.3
1994-95 33 IND NBA 17 298 32 94 9 34 30 34 5 25 16 10 1 22 30 103 .340 .265 .882 17.5 6.1 1.5 0.9
1996-97 35 LAL NBA 8 134 15 33 4 11 17 19 0 12 11 1 0 8 15 51 .455 .364 .895 16.8 6.4 1.5 1.4
Career NBA 183 5365 934 1937 134 339 449 548 136 536 390 226 30 266 445 2451 .482 .395 .819 29.3 13.4 2.9 2.1

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1983-84 22 LAL NBA 20 404 10.5 .485 .466 3.3 6.8 5.2 10.6 2.1 0.3 12.8 20.8 97 110 -0.1 0.3 0.2
1984-85 23 LAL NBA 19 585 15.9 .560 .536 3.3 6.2 4.9 10.5 3.1 0.4 7.7 20.6 115 108 0.9 0.8 1.7
1985-86 24 LAL NBA 14 470 13.5 .561 .514 4.1 9.6 7.0 11.2 1.9 0.2 13.1 20.3 111 109 0.5 0.5 1.0
1986-87 25 LAL NBA 18 608 13.0 .555 .507 4.1 7.0 5.7 12.3 1.5 0.4 9.5 17.9 117 112 0.9 0.7 1.5
1987-88 26 LAL NBA 24 897 16.5 .583 .532 3.6 9.4 6.6 10.3 2.0 0.3 10.5 22.3 116 112 1.6 0.7 2.3
1988-89 27 LAL NBA 11 402 17.1 .594 .541 3.1 9.3 6.4 9.8 2.3 0.3 9.8 22.1 118 111 0.8 0.4 1.2
1989-90 28 LAL NBA 9 325 13.0 .542 .524 2.7 10.5 6.8 10.3 3.1 0.6 10.4 16.9 110 109 0.3 0.4 0.6
1990-91 29 LAL NBA 18 678 11.7 .590 .565 2.4 7.8 5.1 6.6 1.8 0.4 7.8 14.5 118 113 0.9 0.6 1.4
1991-92 30 LAL NBA 4 148 19.3 .671 .580 2.3 6.0 4.1 17.8 2.1 0.5 8.2 18.8 134 119 0.5 0.0 0.5
1992-93 31 LAL NBA 5 177 13.3 .652 .595 0.0 7.3 3.4 7.5 1.5 0.0 7.1 13.7 131 111 0.4 0.1 0.5
1993-94 32 IND NBA 16 239 15.8 .528 .443 5.3 11.2 8.3 15.7 2.7 0.6 17.4 27.5 101 99 0.2 0.4 0.6
1994-95 33 IND NBA 17 298 7.0 .473 .388 2.1 8.4 5.3 9.0 1.8 0.3 16.8 20.4 93 112 -0.3 0.2 0.0
1996-97 35 LAL NBA 8 134 11.6 .617 .515 0.0 10.9 5.5 14.9 0.4 0.0 16.2 17.7 114 112 0.2 0.1 0.3
Career NBA 183 5365 13.8 .563 .517 3.1 8.4 5.8 10.5 2.1 0.3 10.9 19.6 113 111 6.7 5.2 11.8

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1979-80 18 ARIZONAST 29 936 166 332 63 86 79 65 51 10 72 75 395 .500 .733 32.3 13.6 2.7 2.2
1980-81 19 ARIZONAST 28 1003 197 390 70 101 106 78 39 14 63 64 464 .505 .693 35.8 16.6 3.8 2.8
1982-83 21 ARIZONAST 33 1206 283 552 147 188 177 140 59 10 110 95 713 .513 .782 36.5 21.6 5.4 4.2
Career 90 3145 646 1274 280 375 362 283 149 34 245 234 1572 .507 .747 34.9 17.5 4.0 3.1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1979 McDonald's All American
1983-84 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Games

1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
 1990-91 NBA 82 (1)
 1991-92 NBA 82 (2)
Career NBA 1073 (57)
Career 1073 (62)

Minutes Played

1987-88 NBA 3048 (8)

Field Goals

Career NBA 5918 (99)

3-Pt Field Goals

1987-88 NBA 62 (9)
Career NBA 775 (96)
Career 775 (97)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1987-88 NBA 179 (6)
Career NBA 2093 (97)
Career 2093 (98)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1984-85 NBA .433 (1)
 1986-87 NBA .436 (4)
1988-89 NBA .399 (10)
1989-90 NBA .423 (5)

Free Throw Pct

1986-87 NBA .892 (4)
Career NBA .833 (79)
Career .833 (84)

Steals

Career NBA 1224 (63)
Career 1224 (68)

Minutes Per Game

1987-88 NBA 37.6 (9)

Effective Field Goal Pct

Career NBA .514 (95)
Career .514 (95)

Turnover Pct

1985-86 NBA 9.4 (4)
1987-88 NBA 9.8 (8)
1990-91 NBA 7.1 (1)
 Career NBA 10.5 (48)
Career 10.5 (50)

Offensive Rating

Career NBA 112.1 (92)
Career 112.1 (95)

Offensive Win Shares

1987-88 NBA 7.4 (10)

Win Shares

1987-88 NBA 10.7 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.020 (220)

Transactions

June 28, 1983: Drafted by the San Diego Clippers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1983 NBA Draft.

October 10, 1983: Traded by the San Diego Clippers with Swen Nater to the Los Angeles Lakers for Eddie Jordan, Norm Nixon, a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Hornacek) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Bruce Dalrymple).

July 21, 1993: Released by the Los Angeles Lakers.

December 6, 1993: Signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers.

June 24, 1995: Drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies from the Indiana Pacers in the NBA expansion draft.

July 22, 1996: Waived by the Vancouver Grizzlies.

September 30, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $350,000
1985-86 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $420,000
1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers NBA *$510,000
1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $600,000
1988-89 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,000,000
1989-90 Los Angeles Lakers NBA *$1,050,000
1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,100,000
1991-92 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,100,000
1992-93 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,100,000
1993-94 Indiana Pacers NBA $650,000
1994-95 Indiana Pacers NBA $1,550,000
1995-96 Vancouver Grizzlies NBA $1,650,000
1996-97 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $247,500
1999-00 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $510,000
Career (may be incomplete) $11,837,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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