Charles Thomas Scott, also known as Shaheed Abdul-Aleem, (born December 15, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player.

Scott was an Olympic Gold Medalist and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.

[3] Scott transferred to Laurinburg which was famous at the time for preparing basketball players for college.

[5] While in high school, Scott spent one summer at a basketball program at Davidson College with coach Lefty Driesell.

[3] He ultimately accepted the offer to play at UNC because he felt that, as a larger public university, it would be more open to a black player "breaking the color barrier".

[3] Scott played college basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) where he was the first black scholarship athlete.

[10] Scott was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1970 but he had already signed a contract with the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association (ABA).

[12] Scott was childhood friends with actor Demond Wilson of Sanford & Son fame.

[13] While attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Scott married Margaret Holmes.