Lakers Legend Byron Scott joins 48 Minutes

0:00 ... Show open intro ... episode #231 dedicated to former Lakers great Kurt Rambis ...

1:00 ... Bruce introduces Byron Scott and ticks off some of his career achievements.

1:39 ... Byron is also a podcaster and discusses his show called Byron Scott's Fastbreak ... one of Byron's guests was Dave Winfield and Byron shares a quick story about Dave.

2:52 ... Byron was childhood friends with baseball legends Darryl Strawberry and Eric Davis and they remain friends to this day.

3:38 ... Byron discusses his relationship with his former teammates like Magic Johnson, Michael Cooper, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former coach Pat Riley. Byron explains how the Lakers were, and are a family because Dr. Jerry Buss wanted it that way.

5:57 ... Byron describes how he was traded by the San Diego Clippers to the Lakers before he ever played an NBA game. The player who left LA in the trade was Norm Nixon, a beloved Laker who was close with Magic and others. Byron describes the rough treatment he received in training camp and how he put an end to it.

7:11 ... Byron describes how the old Celtics and Lakers didn't like each other but respected each other and always raised their level of play when they competed.

9:01 ... Byron didn't think the Kevin McHale clothesline on Kurt Rambis in the 1984 NBA Finals was the dirtiest play he ever saw. Byron describes a shot in the head he took that could have ended his own career.

9:58 ... The Lakers finally beat the Celtics in the 1985 NBA Finals and Byron shared a story of how they knew before they left LA that they'd win it in 6 games.

11:31 ... Byron was a teammate of Kobe Bryant from his first days in the league and then coached him his final two seasons. Byron reflects on the greatness Kobe achieved and shares a private memory from Kobe's final game when he scored 60 points.

13:21 ... Byron also played for the Pacers and was part of the great Indiana/New York rivalry in the 1990s. What was it like competing against those Knicks teams led by his former coach Pat Riley? Did he have a little extra juice when he scored against the Knicks?

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