Charlie Scott

Charles Thomas Scott, also known as Shaheed Abdul-Aleem, born December 15, 1948, is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-foot-5-inch guard/forward, he played two seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Scott was an Olympic Gold Medalist, and he remains the leader in points per game in Phoenix Suns franchise history with 24.8.

Scott was born in New York City and grew up primarily in Harlem, where his father worked as a cab driver. He attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City for one year before transferring to Laurinburg Institute in Laurinburg, North Carolina, a school then known for preparing basketball players for college. He was valedictorian of his high school senior class and became a legend at Rucker Park. While in high school, he spent one summer at a basketball program at Davidson.

Scott was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.