![]() Akeem Scott in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
No. 1 – Borneo Hornbills | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | IBL | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Harlem, New York, U.S. | September 3, 1983||||||||||||||
Nationality | American / Jamaican | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Gar-Field ( Woodbridge, Virginia) | ||||||||||||||
College | High Point University | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2006: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Korihait | ||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | PuHu Juniorit | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Espoon Honka | ||||||||||||||
2009 | BK Ventspils | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Lappeenrannan NMKY | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | KK Mornar Bar | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Pioneros de Quintana Roo | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Guaiqueríes de Margarita | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Bakersfield Jam | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Guaiqueríes de Margarita | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Orangeville A's | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | AB Ancud | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Biguá | ||||||||||||||
2016 | London Lightning | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Universidad de Concepción | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Saigon Heat | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Lobos UAD Mazatlán | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Laguneros de La Comarca | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Venados de Mazatlán | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Laguneros de La Comarca | ||||||||||||||
2020 | KW Titans | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Danang Dragons | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | RANS Simba Bogor | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | Borneo Hornbills | ||||||||||||||
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Akeem Wayne Byron Scott (born September 2, 1983) is an American-Jamaican professional basketball player for the Borneo Hornbills of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He plays for the Jamaica national basketball team. [1]
A native of Harlem, Scott starred at Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge, Virginia. [2] He attended Garrett College for two years, earning All-American honors, before transferring to High Point ahead of his junior season. [1]
Scott began his professional career with Finnish club Korihait in 2006 and averaged 17.3 points, 1.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game. [3] He signed with second-tier club PuHu Juniorit the following season, [3] recording 29.2 points and 2.9 assists per game across 23 games before he was moved up to first-tier club Espoon Honka in February 2008. [4] He played in the final seven regular season games before leading his team to a Korisliiga league title, scoring 36 points and the game-winning basket to earn Finals MVP honors. [1] [4] He played with Espoon Honka again during the 2008–09 season, [1] then appeared in two EuroCup games with Latvian team BK Ventspils in late 2009. Scott returned to Finland soon after, playing with Lappeenrannan NMKY in 2009–10. [1] He subsequently played in Montenegro, Mexico and Venezuela.
Scott attended a two-day open tryout in Atlanta for the Bakersfield Jam in October 2014 and was invited to their training camp the following month. [5] [6] He made the final roster [7] and averaged 10.4 points, three assists and 1.8 rebounds per game in five games.
Scott signed with the Brampton A's of Canada in November 2014. [8]
He spent the 2015–16 season with AB Ancud in Chile, averaging 28.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists across 30 games. [9] He then signed with Uruguayan club Biguá in February 2016. [9]
He played with Chilean team Universidad de Concepción in 2016–17, earning first-team all-league and defensive player of the year honors.
He joined the Saigon Heat in October 2017. [10]
In August 2018, he signed with the Laguneros de La Comarca ahead of the 2018–19 LNBP season. [11] He then played for the Venados de Mazatlán during the 2019 CIBACOPA season. He recorded 35 points, five assists and five rebounds in his team debut, a 93–90 victory against the Tijuana Zonkeys on April 12. [12]
Scott signed with the Danang Dragons in Vietnam in June 2021. [13]
Scott signed with the RANS Simba Bogor in Indonesia in March 2022 [14]
Scott signed with the Borneo Hornbills in Indonesia in March 2024