Byron Antom Scott is an American retired National Basketball Association player and a former head coach of the NBA's New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets, and Cleveland Cavaliers.
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. He attended Arizona State University, but left school in his junior year to sign with the then San Diego Clippers. He was an important component of the Los Angeles Lakers championship teams of the mid-to-late 1980s.
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