On this week's episode of The Lebenthal Report we continue the conversation with Coach Ray Scott. Ray Scott was part of the early wave of Black NBA players who changed how the game of professional basketball is played, leading to the tremendously popular financial blockbuster the NBA is today. Scott was a successful forward/center chosen as the #4 pick by the Detroit Pistons in the 1961 NBA draft. After he was named head coach of the Pistons in 1972, he won Coach of the Year in the spring of 1974—the first Black man ever to capture that honor. Coach Scott’s story is not only captivating but educational and we are privileged to have such a trailblazer on our podcast. To learn more about Ray Scott and his history with the NBA, be sure to find his memoir, “The NBA in Black and White, The Memoir of a Trailblazing NBA Player and Coach”, at all major bookselling retailers.