Born in March 28, 1960, eight-year-old Byron Scott would spend several hours every day, seven days a week practicing basketball on the courts across the street from the Fabulous Forum, the former Inglewood, California home of the Los Angeles Lakers. This little boy with an impossible dream knew that it was time to head home, back to a world of drugs, gangs and bullets senselessly aimed at everyone just blocks away...

Scott graduated from Arizona State University and was the fourth pick in the 1983 draft. Taken by the San Diego Clippers and traded to the Lakers for Norm Nixon and Eddie Jordon, he spent a decade with the Lakers, winning three NBA championships in 1985, 1987 and 1988. He played with Hall of Fame inductees Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabar, James Worthy and was coached by Pat Riley. After leaving the Lakers in 1993 Byron Scott signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers where he spent two years as a veteran player under Coach Larry Brown.  In 1995, the Vancouver Grizzlies selected him in the NBA expansion draft. Greek Team Panathinaikos who had not won a championship in 13 years offered Scott the largest contract ever offered to a player in Europe in 1997. By leading Panathinaikos to a championship with 21 point score, Scott made their "crazy" budget decision the best one they could ever have at the same time he brought himself to become a European All-Star and the most valuable player.

Courted by no less than six NBA teams, at age 37, Scott decided it was time to replace a players uniform for a suit and tie. Following his mentors Jerry West, Coach Pat Riley, Coach Larry Brown, Coach Del Harris and Coach Mike Dunleavy, Byron entered into the field of NBA coaching. Within days of making his decision, Byron Scott was hired by Coach Rick Adelman, a legendary coach of the Portland Trailblazers, as an assistant coach to the Sacramento Kings.

During the two years that Scott served as an assistant coach under the direction of Coach Adelman, the Sacramento Kings earned a play-off position and a reputation as one of the most explosive and exciting teams in the NBA, posting records of 27-23 and 44-38 their first back-to-back winning seasons since the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons. In 2000, the Sacramento Kings was just one game short of stopping the Championship Lakers in the first round of the NBA play-offs, beating the Lakers in both play-off games.

After two years coaching to the Sacramento Kings, Byron Scott was ready to make his move to head coach. On June 27, 2000, Scott found the perfect fit and was named Head Coach of the New Jersey Nets working under the direction of General Manager Rod Thorn. Scott and his family, wife Anita and children Thomas, LonDen and DaRon have relocated to Livingston, New Jersey. 

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