11 Players you forgot played for the Indiana Pacers
By Josh Wilson
Byron Scott was traded to the Pacers after playoff success in LA
These days, Byron Scott is most known for his coaching, most recently having coached the Lakers in 2016.
Scott posted an impressive 14-year playing career and carved out a consistent role with the Los Angeles Lakers all throughout the 80s and early 90s.
Though Scott was drafted by the San Diego Clippers, he was traded in October just before the season started in a trade that would give the Clippers Eddie Jordan, Norm Nixon and a draft pick that became Jeff Hornacek.
From his rookie season, Scott was consistently in the starting lineup and by his sophomore season, he would be an NBA Champion. Though he was a young player at the time, he was fourth on the team in win shares in that title season behind Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy.
For the title team in 1987 Scott was third in win shares. Winning the title for a second consecutive year in 1988, he clocked in right behind Magic Johnson (10.8) with 10.7 win shares in addition to his per-game averages of 21.7 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game.
Scott’s effectiveness would wane in the following years, and he was released by the team in the 1993 offseason. It was then that the Indiana Pacers would come in and swoop Scott up for the following two seasons (1993-1995).
Coached by Larry Brown, the Pacers went 47-45 and then 52-30 with Scott on the team. While he appeared in 147 games total, Scott started in just three, taking on supplementary duties with the team.
With Indiana, Scott averaged 10.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game in 18.5 minutes of play.
Scott, after his quick pit stop in Indiana, would play a season in Vancouver and close out his career with the Lakers before playing professionally overseas.