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Olden Polynice received cards, flowers because he 'broke Bill Laimbeer's face'
Olden Polynice: "I broke Bill Laimbeer's face. I was the guy who broke his face. Byron Scott: That's why he was wearing that mask. Polynice: Let me tell you something: I ain't never received more cards and flowers in my life. Byron Scott: Everybody hated Laimbeer. The office called me and was like, "Yo, you got to come get all this stuff."
Byron Scott on Lakers sale: 'We topped the Celtics! We beat them by $3.9 billion!'
The Lakers' rivalry with the Celtics apparently extends way further than the hardwood -- as Byron Scott was all smiles on Thursday realizing the sale of L.A.'s NBA franchise this week topped Boston's by nearly $4 billion!!! The former Lakers player and head coach was thrilled to see Jeanie Buss get $10 billion for her beloved team on Wednesday ... happily gloating that it bested Boston's $6.1 billion sale in March. "That's all that matters," Scott said of the price difference with a big grin. "We topped them. We topped them! We beat them by $3.9 billion!"
All jokes aside, Scott did say he was "extremely happy" for the Buss family, whom he's known for decades. He did admit, though, Jeanie's decision to sell did surprise him a little. "We all know at the end of the day it is a business," he said. "And business is always in business to try to make money. But I think the Buss family has done it right for so many years, led by Dr. Jerry Buss, who, in my mind, is still to this day the best owner I've ever seen in professional sports."
Byron Scott. Game seven. You need a bucket. You got two players. Which one of these two you gonna give it to? MJ or Kobe? Stephen Jackson: I’m giving it to Kobe because just off the simple fact that I know he’s going to get us a good shot. I know it. And I know we going to get an attempt. You know, you might double him and we seen him get doubled and make the pass, the right pass. If Kobe gets the ball, we going to get a shot up. I don't care if it might be over four or five people and the odds of him making it than the other four people on the court is totally different. So I'm going with Kobe. Off the top.
Byron Scott on Kobe Bryant’s toughness: You will never see that again
Byron Scott on Kobe Bryant’s most ‘gangster’ moment: And the last one, tears his Achilles, shoots his free throws and walks out. Let me tell you why it was straight gangster. You watch him get up cuz he thought somebody kicked him, right? Just like everybody who tear their Achilles, somebody they felt like somebody kicked him or something like that. Got up, and went to the free-throw line. Before he went to the free throw line, he had to walk out and all that. Then he walked back. You watch his face. There's no grimacing, no nothing. You can see disappointment. He's like pissed. Disappointed. And then I go to one of my favorite players in the NBA, Jayson Tatum: Takes a step to go get the ball, pop! He's on the ground damn near dying. I mean, he's rolling around, you can see the agony, he's in a wheelchair. I was like, first of all, Kobe would never be wheeled out. Olden Polynice: Paul Pierce. Scott: I’m saying no names, but Kobe would never be wheeled out, right? It's the most gangster sh*t I've ever seen on the basketball court, he walks up, makes the two free throws, and walks out. Didn't get somebody to help him, of course, you got a torn Achilles, you ain't walking normally, but he walked out. You will never see nobody in this league doing that. You will never see that again.
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Shamed LA Lakers legend Byron Scott fought to have his name removed from court documents accusing him of an underage sex assault on a ‘terrified’ schoolgirl. The 6’ 4” former shooting guard and coach hoped to remain anonymous in a shocking civil action brought by Hayley Dylan, who was only 15 at the time of the alleged incident in 1987 and he was a married 26-year-old. Scott, now 64, has admitted the had sexual contact with the girl but says he thought she was 18. According to an August 2024 court filing obtained by Daily Mail, Byron wanted to be listed as John Doe and had insisted there wasn’t evidence to ‘corroborate’ his accuser’s claims.
LA Lakers legend Byron Scott has been accused of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl in a janitor's closet when he was a young, married sporting star. Details of the case are included in explosive documents obtained by Daily Mail this week. The incident happened 38 years ago in a locked janitor’s closet at an exclusive private school in LA. It was the summer of 1987, and Scott was at the school for an event with the Lakers team, according to a verified amended complaint. The plaintiff, Hayley Dylan, who was 15 at the time, has chosen to reveal her identity rather than remain anonymous.
Shockingly, Scott, now 64, admits that he had sexual contact with the girl but says he thought she was 18. Scott’s attorney, Linda Bauermeister, told Daily Mail: ‘Our client is devastated by this complaint, a basketball event that took place in 1987. ‘Our client believed the plaintiff to be over 18 and had no idea she would claim otherwise until 35 years later. ‘He respects girls and women, and the claims have blindsided him and his family.’ Scott was married to first wife Anita Scott, 66, whom he divorced in 2014, at the time.
Rich Paul: But I say all that to say—it’s not on the players. Those guys can go out and score 30 and 40 and 50—they can do all that. But it’s going to—it’s a race of the front offices, right? Who’s going to make the proper moves to put the proper talent around for each one of those guys to be successful? You can say what you want about anybody. When it was the Detroit Pistons and they were winning back when Isaiah was playing—they drafted Dumars. They went and got Aguirre. They had got Rodman and Rick Mahorn. You know, like when it was the Lakers—they got Worthy and Magic and Kareem, you know, and winning Michael Cooper and Byron Scott. It’s—as much as you want to lean on how great an individual was and/or is—you also have to factor in the decision makers to help place the proper pieces around them that allows them to be great in those moments as well. And we get confused. Take Tim Duncan—attempt. No offense to any franchise—but he was drafted to the Spurs. David Robinson was already there. When they took Tony Parker, people didn’t know who Tony Parker was. When they took Manu in the second round, people looking around like, ‘What’s...?’ But again, Tim Duncan wasn’t making those picks or those decisions at all.
Jorge Sierra: Jaylen Brown passed Byron Scott in playoff scoring and is now No. 45 in NBA history. Giannis Antetokounmpo moved ahead of David Robinson for No. 53. Luka Doncic passed eight players and is No. 98 all-time.
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In his return to the Philippines, former NBA Coach of the Year Byron Scott has more to do, as opposed to merely being a visitor. Scott is coaching Fil-Am Nation Select USA in its title defense bid in the 2025 Smart-NBTC National Finals. "We want to do back-to-back. We have a bunch of guys who love to compete," Scott said.
Scott's hiring sure is a statement, but the 14-year NBA pro admitted that this partnership offers no guarantee especially with this setup being a unique one for his part. "I have been coaching pretty young teams but this is definitely the youngest.," the 64-year-old tactician admitted, with his players all being 19-under – a far cry from his past NBA coaching jobs where he handled marquee names like Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, and Kyrie Irving.
Byron Scott on AC Green: Well, I’ll tell you this—people probably don’t know, but Junior and I were really tight. I kind of took him in as a rookie, but he took me in from a spiritual standpoint. You know, I got baptized with this man. He’s my daughter’s godfather. So as much as he says I showed him all this stuff—and yeah, he ate all my food, which I’m going to keep bringing up—you probably owe me close to about $250,000 in food. But I’m going to let that keep compounding with interest till it gets close to a mil, then I’m going to ask for it. But what he did for me, from a spiritual standpoint, was bringing me to the Lord. Even though my dad is an ordained minister, AC was the one who really helped me understand how having God in my life was going to help me—not just in basketball, but personally, in business, and in everything else. Yeah, I appreciate you, Junior.
Michael Cooper: "You know what? The Forum Club was a different place. It was almost like Studio 54 in New York at the time, and Dr. Buss wanted that. He paraded women that came to the game around, and then he’d take his entourage and go sit up by the flag. That was part of LA." "The only ones that really partook in that a lot—well, I was married. Byron Scott was married. Norm Nixon and Magic Johnson were the only single guys, so we kind of lived vicariously through them. They were at the Playboy Mansion or wherever they were at, and then they’d come back. We’d all be sitting on the bus the next day like, ‘Yo, what happened? What happened?’ So we were hearing all the stories."
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