Scott Meents

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1964)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Scott Meents

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 225

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|01|04}}

| birth_place = Kankakee, Illinois

| nationality = American

| high_school = Herscher (Herscher, Illinois)

| college = Illinois (1982–1986)

| draft_year = 1986

| draft_round = 4

| draft_pick = 74

| draft_team = Chicago Bulls

| career_start = 1986

| career_end = 1998

| career_number = 50, 8

| career_position = Power forward

| years1 = 1986–1987

| team1 = Citrosil Verona

| years2 = 1987

| team2 = Pensacola Tornados

| years3 = 1987–1988

| team3 = Segafredo Gorizia

| years4 = {{nbay|1989|start}}–{{nbay|1990|end}}

| team4 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years5 = 1991

| team5 = Rockford Lightning

| years6 = 1991–1992

| team6 = Bakersfield Jammers

| years7 = 1992–1994

| team7 = Yakima Sun Kings

| years8 = 1994

| team8 = Rochester Renegade

| years9 = 1995–1996

| team9 = Chicago Rockers

| years10 = 1996–1997

| team10 = Cocodrilos de Caracas

| years11 = 1997–1998

| team11 = Gießen 46ers

| highlights =

• All-CBA Second Team (1993)

}}

Scott Eric Meents (born January 4, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Continental Basketball Association (CBA).

Meents, a 6'10" 225 power forward born in Kankakee, Illinois, played four years at the University of Illinois and was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the fourth pick in the 4th round of the 1986 NBA draft and averaged 1.8 points and 1.0 rebound per game with the Seattle SuperSonics from 1989 to 1991. Later during the 1991 offseason he signed with the Utah Jazz but was waived just days later.[http://www.n-c-systems.com/hoops/AllTransactions/ByYear/1991.php 1991 NBA Transactions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051019014953/http://n-c-systems.com/hoops/AllTransactions/ByYear/1991.php |date=2005-10-19 }}

Meents also played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Pensacola Tornados, Bakersfield Jammers, Rockford Lightning, Yakima Sun Kings, Rochester Renegade and Chicago Rockers from 1987 to 1996.{{cite web |title=Scott Meents minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-meentsco001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 27, 2025}} He was selected to the All-CBA Second Team in 1993.