Does Nathan Scott Play Basketball Again

You lot know what? Tragedies happen. What are you gonna practise? Give up? Quit? No. I realize now that when your heart breaks, you gotta fight like hell to make sure you're still alive. Considering you are. And that pain you experience? That's life. The confusion and fear, that's there to remind you that somewhere out there is something better. And that something is worth fighting for.

―Nathan Scott ^[src]

Nathan Royal Scott is one of the main characters of "I Tree Hill". He is portrayed by James Lafferty.

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Character arc
  • 2.one Flavor 1
  • 2.2 Season 2
  • 2.three Season iii
  • 2.4 Flavour 4
  • 2.five Missing years
  • 2.6 Flavor 5
  • 2.7 Flavor 6
  • two.8 Season seven
  • 2.9 Flavor 8
  • 2.ten Season 9
    • 2.10.1 Fourth dimension leap
• three Relationships
  • 3.1 Family
  • 3.two Romantic Life
• iv Career
• 5 Personality and traits
• 6 Trivia
• 7 Gallery

History

Nathan is the son of Dan and Deb Scott and younger paternal half-brother of Lucas Scott. Originally, Nathan was cocky arrogant star player of the Tree Loma Ravens basketball squad. He is faced with a challenge when Lucas, joinsand threatens to steal his spot as shooting guard. Later, learning almost Lucas' best friend, Haley James, Nathan decides to apply Haley to acrimony Lucas, only eventually ends upwards falling in honey and marrying her. His relationship with Haley helps him polish things out Lucas and decide that they are now officially brothers. During his senior yr, Haley becomes pregnant and gives birth to their offset child James "Jamie" Scott.

After graduation from Tree Hill Loftier School, Nathan is tragically hurt in an blow during a fight and is put into a wheelchair, unfortunately not being able to join the Seattle Sonics. He began rehabilitation in his training for basketball with the help of Quentin Fields, who is afterward murdered at a gas station by an unknown suspect. He then was recruited by the Charlston Chiefs earlier afterward beingness drafted into the NBA for the Charlotte Bobcats. After having problem dealing with back pain, he is left with no selection but to resign, and so decides to take on basketball game as a sports agent. In the eighth season, Haley and Nathan will welcome their second kid, a girl: Lydia Bob.

Character arc

Season 1

Nathan and Peyton kiss. ("Pilot")

Season one starts with the tension and rivalry betwixt two estranged half-brothers, Nathan and Lucas Scott. They share the same male parent, Dan Scott, and even more tension as Lucas joins the Ravens varsity basketball squad, on which Nathan was the star actor. Nathan believes Lucas is intentionally doing this to take everything Nathan has from him: basketball game and his girlfriend, Peyton. With his popular reputation, he and the squad start hazing Lucas, hoping that Lucas will go tired of it and quit the team - but he doesn't. He and so orchestrates a programme to irritate Lucas more: he goes after Lucas' best friend, Haley James. He talks her into tutoring him, just Haley has 2 weather: Lucas doesn't ever notice out and he stops harassing Lucas. At this point, things are on the rocks for Nathan's relationship with Peyton and it shortly ends because both are unhappy. Eventually Haley and Nathan commencement falling for each other, but Lucas doesn't like the thought of it. Unfortunately for the couple, in that location is always drama. Though non however together, Nathan screws up many chances to be with Haley. He apologizes constantly and the human relationship eventually evolves, along with Nathan'southward grapheme.

Nathan has a hard relationship with his firsthand family, too. His father Dan is a constant nag and corking towards Nathan and pushes him with basketball, living vicariously through Nathan in an attempt to relive his ain high school basketball glory. Nathan's mother, Deb Scott,

Nathan and Haley on their first date. ("The Search for Something More")

is usually away on business trips, but has returned to rekindle the ties of the family. Dan'southward pressure on Nathan is so heavy that at 1 basketball game game, he turns to amphetamines to heave his performance. Sadly, he collapses on the courtroom and is sent to the infirmary. Dan does not take the fact his son took drugs to upwardly his game because of the pressure he himself had put on Nathan, and Deb realizes the jerk her married man actually is. Later, Nathan slyly escapes from the hospital to go meet Haley, and that is the first night they spend together. The couple, yet, does not engage in a sexual relationship correct abroad, since Haley worries well-nigh Nathan'due south past with other girls and desires to keep her virginity until union.

Afterward Nathans hospitalization, Motorcoach Whitey Durham suspends basketball game 'until farther observe', and Nathan sees the opportunity to spend even more than fourth dimension with Haley. His mother is nevertheless denying Dan'due south pleas for forgiveness. With the free time, Dan decides to take Nathan on a father-son outing to a resort - just it ends badly as Dan has non seemed to modify and is however bullying Nathan to do better. Things at the Scott household are more tense than ever, and they before long plough to a family therapist. Nathan struggles with his family unit and is losing religion in everything except his growing relationship with Haley. During school, he decides to cut class and Haley ends upwards tagging along. He gets her boozer at his family's beach house, but then Dan shows up. Haley, not beingness the party girl, ends upward puking on Dan's lap. When Nathan realizes the event he has on Haley and her falling grades, he tells her that he doesn't desire her to change, and he likes her exactly the way she is.

At Dan's altogether, Nathan's grandparents prove up unexpectedly. Unfortunately, Dan'southward begetter Royal is equally intimidating as his own son, and

Nathan and Lucas subsequently Lucas's accident. ("I Shall Believe")

neither Deb nor Dan has the guts to tell Royal and May that they are separated. Nathan'south family have a dinner party, to which Nathan invites Haley, Whitey, and Nathan's uncle, Keith Scott. As dinner is taking place, massive lies are being told, merely eventually the truth comes out. Dan's father learns that Nathan 'quit' basketball. Haley accidentally reveals that Dan'south male parent visited Karen's Café earlier and was looking for Karen Roe, Lucas' mother and Dan'due south ex. Most chiefly, all learn the accident that concluded Dan's basketball career was a hoax. Nathan is disgusted and cannot fathom how his father was able to exist and then despicable after he knew exactly what Nathan was going through. Nathan's grandmother May is disappointed at her own son Dan, saying that he should take learned from his own experience with Royal not to put so much pressure on his own son, and the dinner ends with high tempers and tensions.

Afterwards, Keith and Lucas get into a car crash on the way to pick up Karen from her trip to Italia. Nathan accidentally slips out to Haley that he only spoke to her to go back at Lucas. Haley is furious with him and yet again reminded of the infamous reputation he has, and begins to requite him the silent handling. Deb tells Nathan she is divorcing Dan, and Nathan reveals that he is okay with it. Nathan reaches out to Lucas at the infirmary to somehow make him come dorsum to consciousness considering Haley needs him. While he is at Lucas' bedside, Lucas wakes up.

One night in Karen's Café, Nathan talks Haley into singing for him, and they abound tighter every bit Nathan faces problems with his parents' divorce. Not wanting to be caught in the middle with either of his tiring parents, Nathan becomes emancipated and gets his own apartment. Haley wakes him up ane twenty-four hours, and as she reaches over the bed and her shirt rides upwardly a chip, Nathan sees that she has tattooed his bailiwick of jersey number, '23', on her lower back which leads to a small conflict between the ii because Haley still won't slumber with Nathan only will get a tattoo of his basketball number. Nevertheless, Nathan shortly after accepts information technology, though the peace is soon disrupted again when Haley borrows Nathan's laptop and accidentally finds porn on it. Haley confronts Nathan with it, and after they fight and make upward, Nathan suggests they ally. The adjacent day, Lucas comes to Nathan'south apartment to say goodbye since he's leaving with Keith to go to Charleston and realizes Haley slept with Nathan when he sees her there wearing simply a T-shirt. He confronts her with it, saying he idea she was going to expect till marriage, and the couple surprises him, telling him they actually did expect and got married the day earlier.

Season 2

Nathan and Haley record their answering machine message. ("The Drastic Kingdom of Love")

The next 24-hour interval, Nathan and Haley larn that Dan has had a heart attack. At the hospital, they tell Deb of their union just she is angry and refuses to have it, nor does Dan when he wakes up. Lucas and Keith return to Tree Hill and Lucas, Peyton and Brooke throw Nathan and Haley a wedding ceremony reception while Keith, filling in for Dan at the dealership, takes Nathan on as a mechanic. Haley starts to blossom as a musician only Nathan is jealous of her closeness to fellow musician Chris Keller. He warns Chris to stay away from Haley. When Haley'south older sister Taylor James comes to Tree Hill and stays with the young couple, Nathan realizes that Taylor is the girl to whom he lost his virginity several years agone before he had even known Haley. He and Haley accept a fight almost this but later on make up.

When Haley mentions that Chris wants her to accompany him on tour, Nathan asks her if she'due south kissed him and she finally admits to information technology. Nathan tells his wife to choose betwixt him and the bout - if she chooses the tour, they are done. Haley chooses the tour and leaves Tree Loma. Nathan is devastated and goes on a downward spiral; drinking in grade, punching his father and letting Lucas take the fall for his drunken driving. He attempts to kiss Taylor merely is unable to go through with information technology considering of his honey for Haley. Nathan finally gets his act together and goes to visit Haley in an attempt to become her to come home but this doesn't work out and he comes dorsum to Tree Hill alone and heartbroken.

Nathan and Taylor almost kiss but Nathan stops himself because of his feelings for Haley. ("The Lonesome Road")

Nathan's uncle Cooper (Deb's brother and Nathan's role model) pays a visit to Tree Hill and takes Nathan and Lucas to a racing runway. However, tragedy strikes when Nathan deliberately crashes his car. He ends up in the infirmary where he has a dream of what life would accept been like if Dan had married Karen instead of Deb and Nathan and Lucas had grown up in each others' shoes. This dream makes Nathan realize how much he loves his mother. They agree to be strong for each other and Deb goes to rehab to overcome her pill habit. Nathan decides to move home and Dan pays his medical bills in exchange for Nathan getting an annulment from Haley. Whitey offers Nathan the opportunity to get to "High Flyers", a prestigious basketball campsite, for the summertime, but Dan tries to talk Nathan out of it, blaming him for Deb'south addiction. When Deb learns of this, she and Nathan agree to go out Dan and make a fresh start. Nathan was then annoyed that Lucas has been investigating Dan, fifty-fifty though Nathan asked him not to. Nathan disowns his brother and moves back home with Deb. In the midst of everything, someone drugs Dan and sets fire to his dealership, nearly killing him. As if all of this wasn't plenty, Nathan finds Haley standing on his doorstep in the series finale.

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Haley and Nathan at their 2d wedding reception("The Show Must Get On")

Season 3 begins right where Season 2 ended, continuing on the same night. Nathan goes to the door and there stands Haley. She has returned to Tree Hill for good, simply Nathan has not yet forgiven her or Lucas. Nathan learns that Haley is suffering writer'southward cake and pays Chris to come back to Tree Hill and help Haley with her music. Their relationship is tenuous - Haley wants Nathan back and Nathan yet loves her, though is wary of her breaking his heart again similar she did when she left. He tells her that he can't trust her anymore. Slowly, Nathan and Haley grow close over again and eventually rekindle their relationship, spending a passionate night together. Subsequently, Dan is elected Mayor of Tree Colina and Deb confesses to Nathan that she started the dealership burn down in an endeavor to kill him. Nathan is angry with his mother and sends her away for a while to go her life in society. After some inspirational words from Lucas, Nathan and Deb gradually begin speaking again, earlier making up properly. When Jimmy Edwards brings a gun to school (With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept), Nathan races inside the school to find Haley in the tutor center. They are held hostage in the by Jimmy and the deaths of Jimmy and Keith leave Nathan and Haley saddened, shocked, and with the realization that life is as well short.

They movement back in together and Nathan asks Haley to 'marry' him again and renew their vows. While planning their vow renewal, they receive a visit from Nathan's uncle Cooper, just they are dubious about his relationship with Rachel Gatina. Deb returns and she and Nathan file a restraining club against Dan, with Nathan initiating, while Nathan beats erstwhile "High Flyers" rival Damien West in an all-important game. On the morning of his wedding, Nathan is traumatized post-obit a nightmare where Haley was drowning and he couldn't save her. He gets Lucas to keep a close eye on Haley in the hours leading up to the anniversary. All goes well and they renew their vows, though Rachel causes a scene at the reception over Cooper sleeping with her despite her age. Nathan and Haley caput to London for their honeymoon and Haley has something to tell Nathan merely earlier he gets to hear information technology, they have a virtually-collision with Cooper and Rachel on the Mollina Bridge and Cooper's auto goes into the water. Nathan dives in to rescue his uncle just becomes trapped and gasping for air, fighting for his life in the season finale.

Season 4

Rachel tells Nathan she saw something in the water("Can't End This Thing We Started")

In the first episode, it is revealed that Nathan survived and managed to salvage both Cooper and Rachel, but is haunted by the experience as he can't remember saving them. Nathan tells Lucas that he saw Keith in the water and believes that he is responsible for saving Cooper and Rachel, equally Rachel besides saw something in the water. Haley tells him the news she was going to before the crash - that she is pregnant. Nathan is initially annoyed that she has kept it from him but is after delighted. Rachel is flirting with Nathan as she is grateful to him for saving her life, but Nathan tells her that she never had a chance with him and that he'southward forever in dear with Haley. Nathan and Haley brainstorm to face even more money difficulties at present that they take a baby on the way. When Dan refuses to assist, Nathan turns to a loan shark, Daunte Jones. He provides Nathan with money in exchange for Nathan losing the State Championship. Nathan is nervous about doing it, knowing how much the championship means to the squad. He agrees though and ends upwardly playing desperately, causing his squad to trail behind drastically in points. During halftime, Haley talks with him and reveals the sex of their baby past saying "...equally long as you lot're a skillful husband and father.... to your son. It's a male child, Nathan, yous're gonna have a son!" Nathan, excited to hear he'southward going to have a boy, decides to play his best for his son and the Ravens win the championship with Lucas scoring the winning shot. Subsequently, Daunte, angry nigh Nathan's failure by non losing, tries to run him over with his car. Haley sees the car and yells, "Nathan, spotter out!" equally she pushes him out of the way. Daunte ends up hitting her. She then rolls off the machine and onto the ground, badly injured and unconscious. Nathan rush

Nathan confesses to indicate shaving. ("The Runaway Plant")

es to her aid. Lucas, seeing them, runs over. As Lucas calls 911, Nathan sees Daunte'southward machine which had crashed into a roadblock afterward striking Haley. Angrily, Nathan tells Lucas to stay with Haley and runs to Daunte'southward car in a furious, hysterical state. He drags Daunte out and savagely begins punching his unconscious torso, splitting his knuckles until Dan grabs his arm in midair. In the distance, sirens are heard. Dan realizes that Daunte is dead and tells Nathan that he killed him. Quickly thinking, Dan instructs him to leave the scene maxim that Haley and his son needs him. Nathan is hesitant at first, but then goes over to Lucas and Haley. To encompass his son, Dan starts pounding the footing, breaking his hand, and is arrested. (It's later revealed at the autopsy, that the crash was what killed Daunte, non Nathan's beating.) Meanwhile, equally the paramedics are working on Haley, Lucas falls unconscious after a heart attack. They are both rushed to the hospital. As Nathan watches Haley beingness taken into surgery, he sits downwardly on the flooring, crying over his guilt for Haley and his son being put in danger when it was supposed to exist him who got hit. The doctor informs him about Haley'due south condition and Nathan asks if their baby will be alright since Haley took a astringent blow to the belly. The md tells him that they volition do all they tin for Haley and the baby. The adjacent episode, Haley wakes up and they both anxiously wait while an ultrasound is done to check the baby. Haley bursts into tears of joy and relief and hugs Nathan when they hear the heartbeat, proving that the

Nathan cries later on Haley'south accident. ("Songs to Love and Dice By")

baby is indeed fine.

Afterwards, afterwards Deb attempts suicide by overdosing on pills, Nathan is racked with guilt. He and Haley decide to help Deb by moving out of their apartment and into the Scott Mansion.

A political party is thrown on the night earlier prom. A tape of Nathan'southward basketball glories is played but Nathan was horrified when it likewise reveals footage of him having sex activity with Brooke Davis at a fourth dimension when he and Peyton had but temporarily broken up. A hurt, disappointed Haley asks Nathan to make a listing of his conquests. Nathan does, but tells Haley that she was the just one he loved. Haley forgives Nathan and they buss and so go to the prom together. After Mouth sends a text saying he needs assistance, the gang goes to Beloved Grove, Texas where Nathan and Haley accept their dream prom. When they go back home, Nathan tells Lucas that an investigator has been calling him most point shaving and they are looking at Lucas. Lucas decides to take the autumn later on Haley asks him to. When Nathan finds out, he decides to come up forrard because he doesn't desire to stop upwardly similar Dan, putting his future in front of everybody else. He's prepared to accept full responsibility. He holds a press briefing about the indicate shaving which causes him to lose his scholarship. Nathan soon finds out from Deb that Dan killed Keith. When he confronts Dan about it, Dan doesn't deny it and Nathan, in anger, disowns him and says he died the twenty-four hour period Keith died. With the loss of his scholarship, Whitey decides to assistance Nathan reach his college basketball dreams. Whitey accepts a coaching position with a nearby college, and asks Nathan to be his new star player recruit. Nathan gratefully accepts the opportunity to play for Coach Whitey again. During graduation, Haley goes into

Nathan begs Principal Turner to give Haley her graduation speech back. ("Ashes of Dreams You Let Dice")

labor in the middle of her valedictorian speech. Nathan stands up in daze and excitement. In the showtime of the flavour finale, Nathan and Haley along with all their friends caput out to the waiting ambulance. At this time, Lucas gets a text bulletin from Deb who has informed him that his mother'due south condition has gotten worse (Karen was having complications in childbirth) and takes off. At the hospital, Nathan and Lucas run across each other in the hall equally Haley is taken into the commitment room and Karen is taken to surgery. They walk upwardly to each other and hug, then head off in unlike directions. Nathan and Haley soon welcome their son James Lucas Scott. At their graduation party, Haley tells Brooke that she was called to be the godmother, which Brooke happily accepts. Later on, Haley explains to Lucas the reason they picked his name for James' middle name: Lucas had Keith growing up and James would have him. Overjoyed, Lucas hugs Haley and thank you her. He then whispers something to Haley which Haley squeals in excitement nigh. Later on the roof, Lucas and Nathan exchan

Haley goes into labour. ("All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone")

ge pictures of their new family members and consider confronting Dan in jail, but hold that they will never do so. It was then that Lucas reveals that he will be Whitey's assistant coach. (This is what he whispered to Haley). Nathan asks him when he decided that to which Lucas replies, "About the aforementioned time I became a godfather." Afterwards the party, everyone heads to the River Courtroom where Lucas and Nathan set for a one on one game. Nathan asks "Sure you're up for this, one-time man?" Lucas merely smiles and says "I could do this forever, little brother." The flavour ends with Nathan jumping to shoot a basket and Lucas trying to cake it. It'south unknown if he fabricated that shot or who won. The game was a tribute of the first 1 on one game between the two Scott brothers which led to Lucas joining the Ravens and started everything, just the main divergence is that they are at present brothers instead of enemies,

Missing years

Nathan and Haley buy their house in Tree Hill. ("four Years, 6 Months, two Days")

In his offset yr of higher, Nathan won his first National Title, coached past Lucas and Whitey, and is trying to make people forget he had shaved points back in the days. He almost got into a fight with rival fans after information technology merely Lucas held him back. Whitey advised him to control his temper or he would end upwards like Dan. Eventually Nathan Scott played for the University of Maryland, Higher Park where he was a First Team All-American. Three years later Nathan was all set up to exist the 10th option in the NBA draft by the Seattle Sonics. One dark he went to a political party at a bar with Lucas and Haley to celebrate his new shoe deal, shoes chosen "the NS 23's". When Haley left to picket their son Jamie, fans of Portland, a rival NBA team, pretended they wanted an shorthand from Nathan, only to mock him. When things escalated, he about walked away thanks to Lucas but the rival fans fabricated a nasty comment about Haley leading Nathan to defend his wife. A fight and so ensued. Nathan was thrown through a plate drinking glass window and screamed he couldn't feel his legs. Consequently his NBA career was over before information technology started.

Season 5

After his accident that left him paralyzed, Nathan has become an angered alcoholic. He has grown his hair long and has a scruffy bristles, and barely acknowledges his wife or son. He gets into an statement with Haley and tells her that he lost everything and now has nothing. Haley angrily responds that he still has her and Jamie, merely if he keeps this up, he will definitely have nothing because

Carrie shows Nathan what Jamie'south been hiding. ("My Style Abode Is Through You")

she can't keep living like this. When Nathan realizes that he failed Jamie by not being there for his soap box derby, he decides to become his life back to what it used to be and teaches Jamie how to not be agape. Nathan then pays a visit to Dan in jail to tell him he is done with him for skilful. To evidence that he is going to become his family dorsum, he cooks Haley dinner and shaves. Haley, happy to see her married man back, tells him that she missed him and they all sit downwardly to eat. Nathan later cuts his hair undergoes physical therapy, somewhen learning to walk successful again. He also starts playing basketball game with Jamie. Nathan decides to assist talented however troublesome Tree Loma High Schoolhouse student Quentin Fields equally he reminds him of his erstwhile self- a basketball game star, yet self and big-headed. Quentin gives Haley trouble as her English language educatee as well. Nathan even confronts Quentin, telling how much he regrets his own mistakes, and convinces him to go dorsum to school after he drops out. Nathan'southward temper gest the best of him again when Jason, a musician in a band, touches Haley's behind. Quentin comes to her aid and punches Jason, damaging his hand and putting him out of basketball for some fourth dimension. Haley, even so, is disappointed nearly Nathan's atmosphere. Union troubles arise later Haley hires Carrie, a nanny to help with Jamie because she and Nathan have jobs. Carrie pretends to be innocent towards Nathan, but secretly she attempts to seduce him past having her watch her swim naked in the puddle. Nathan does not reciprocate or reject her advances because he still loves Haley, just is feeling ignored by her. After Carrie hits on him several times, Haley walks in on them in the shower. He truthfully tells her that Carrie snuck into the shower without his cognition and he tried to get her out. But Carrie insists that she and Nathan are in dearest, angering Haley and getting them both kicked out despite Nathan trying to prove his innocence. Some time subsequently, Nathan has an argument with Haley. During this time, Jamie falls into the puddle, nearly drowning. Nathan and Haley soon look out the window to come across him lying face up down in the pool. Rushing to his aid, Nathan jumps in and pulls Jamie out. As Haley is sitting on the ground with Jamie in her arms, she angrily tells

Nathan questions his comeback. ("What Comes Afterwards the Blues?")

Nathan that she wants a divorce.; Later on at Lucas and Lindsey's bachelor(ette) party she realizes she tin can't modify him, leaving him distraught. Later, when Jamie is kidnapped on Lucas' wedding 24-hour interval, Haley and Nathan plow to each other for comfort; They believe that information technology was Dan who took him and aren't aware that it was actually Carrie. They fear that they will never run into Jamie once more. Withal, Jamie returns home and tells his parents that it was Dan who brought him home. Nathan and Lucas attack Dan outside later on he walks in with Jamie. After they reconnect, Nathan and Haley offset marriage counseling. In counseling, Nathan admits that he wants Haley to look at him the way she used to and that the only reason he allowed the nanny to become as far as she did is because he needed her flirting for his ego as he feels ignored past her. He realizes all his mistakes, tells Haley he loves her and the ii make upwards. After Jamie'southward birthday party he learns that Dan is dying, but tells him he is done, proving that he really doesn't care if his father dies. Nathan and then begins working on his comeback, although he refuses to have it called so.

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Nathan is smashing through a window during a Slamball match. ("Sympathy for the Devil")

With Quentin's aid, Nathan quickly gets back into shape with his basketball technique. Quentin has also befriended Jamie, who looks up to him. Sadly, Quentin is fatally shot whilst interrupting a store robbery. The saddened Nathan and Haley tell Jamie together and determine to accept him to Quentin's funeral. Jamie wants to say goodbye and he didn't get to before. Nathan also offers Brooke his support afterward her attack, saying that they both didn't have the support of parents growing upwards, but he will exist in that location for her whenever she needs him and the two share a friendly hug. During this time, Nathan finds out that Deb and Skills are in a relationship which disgusts him. The revelation strains his friendship with Skills but after a talk with Jamie, he comes to terms with their relationship. To assistance ease it, Skills decides to help Nathan with his comeback. Nathan before long gets a telephone call from the general manager of an NBA D-League basketball team in Fort Wayne (the Fort Wayne Mad Ants) who says that they are interested in recruiting him. Once Nathan arrives, he is disappointed to hear they wanted him every bit a coach, not as a player. Nathan turns the position down, but is soon asked to play Slamball by Owen (Brooke'south ex). After some hesitation, Nathan starts to play Slamball, in which he is cheered on by Jamie, his son. Haley is reluctant nearly information technology, afraid he'll hurt his dorsum. Her worry intensifies when she sees some severe bruises on his dorsum and spots an one-time rival on the opposing squad. Later on winning the game, his sometime rival charges at him and shoves him through a glass window in forepart of his wife and son. Scared that his begetter almost ended upwards becoming what he one time was, Jamie makes him promise that he will stop playing Slamball, which he agrees to for his son's sake. On the dark of the USO concert, Nathan is at his home talking with the spirit of "Q"

Nathan tells Haley near his offer. ("A Kiss to Build a Dream On")

equally he watches the Slamball championships on television. Q asks if he really gave it upward for Jamie or because he stopped believing himself. Q angrily tells him that this was his second gamble and that he should exist grateful he got one considering Q himself didn't. Q also tells him that he notwithstanding has a take chances to follow his dream. After Q's pep talk, Nathan asks Haley to promise him that they won't be afraid of chasing their dreams to which she does. Nathan attends a trial for D-league basketball game and afterwards initially getting turned away for not belonging to a squad he is chosen dorsum past the general manager who offers him a coaching position. After a successful trial Nathan is selected to play for the Charleston Chiefs, merely when he shows upwards for his first training session he discovers that he has been given the number 15 jersey instead of the number 23. Another teammate, Devon Flim-flam, plays in Nathan's position and already has the number 23. Devon threatens Nathan and says he'southward not going to be taking his spot. After struggling during the training session he returns to come across the photos of Haley and Jamie ripped upwards, as well as one of him and Quentin. Angered and spurred on by this Nathan threatens Devon, saying that he's going to accept his spot and he can take information technology back after Nathan is chosen upwards to the NBA. Nathan also asks his motorbus if he can habiliment the number 12 instead as a tribute to Jamie ( which is actually written in simply is for Jenny Lynn Snyder, 17, a fan of the show who died of a heart attack that year). Afterwards in the season, when Devon ruins v direct games for the Chiefs',

Jamie finds out Nathan'due south in the NBA ("Think Me as a Time of Solar day")

the motorbus benches him and puts Nathan in who makes the assist that leads to the winning shot. Devon is later cut from the team and his starting position is given to Nathan, whose back up is Neno, the one who taunted Nathan at the tryouts. Nathan and Neno prove to be the squad'due south 2 best players, but they play the aforementioned position, so they can't both get-go. The bus has Nathan teach Neno how to play shooting guard. An NBA scout from the Los Angeles Clippers comes to see the ii of them play, but Nathan is worried that he won't play his best in front end of the lookout. He opts to drive the ball in for Neno to score. Neno is afterward called upwards past the Clippers, leaving Nathan nonetheless in the D-League. In the season half dozen finale, Nathan gets called up to the Charlotte Bobcats and starts in his kickoff game up.

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Nathan has been playing for the Charlotte Bobcats since the finale of season 6, but his contract is upwards and his friend and agent Clay is having trouble getting another contract for Nathan to play in. Nathan, Haley and Jamie gloat Jamie'southward 7th

Nathan and Haley worry about Dan's evidence. ("I And Love And Yous")

altogether and a adult female named Renee asks to accept a picture with Nathan and later the woman tells Clay that she slept with Nathan. Afterwards going through doubting Nathan and offering to pay the woman off, Haley decides to back up him and not pay her anything. Dan and Rachel convince Renee to come onto Dan's talk show to tell her side of the story. The day that Renee appears on the show, Nathan becomes enraged and goes exterior, where Haley convinces him that they shouldn't picket the rest and should bask the cute twenty-four hours. In a surprising turn of events, Dan submits Renee to a surprise lie detector test, and all of the answers she gives encounter true. He goads her into revealing that she did have sex the night of the party and got significant, but not by Nathan. Subsequently hearing that, Haley buries her head in Nathan's shoulder as she begins to cry and he tells her it'due south finally over. Their relationships seems to get stronger after the scandal. Before Dan leaves Tree Hill for good, Nathan brings Jamie to say goodbye and says thank you to his Dad for helping him get to the NBA. Later in the season, Nathan helps Haley and James come to terms with Haley's mothers expiry. Also, Nathan spent the whole day bonding with Jamie while Haley and her sister Quinn were hosting an art gallery. Once Haley came dwelling house from that, he told her that he thought virtually information technology and he wants more children considering while he and Jamie were bonding, Jamie kept

Nathan, Haley and Jamie bask the snowfall. ("Well-nigh Everything I Wish I'd Said The Last Time I Saw You...")

request questions nigh Nathan'due south relationship with Lucas and how it must've been squeamish to have someone around all of the fourth dimension, Nathan tells him that although they were not shut when they were younger they became more like existent brothers as they got older. He said, "Having a brother is kind of like having a best friend, he helped me become the man I am today." Nathan and so asked Jamie if he always felt solitary, and Jamie told him sometimes. Haley then confesses to him that she took a pregnancy test that morning, but information technology turned out negative. Haley jumps into the puddle hoping to feel emotion again. Nathan gets to her merely in time and pulls her out of the pool after she has flashbacks about her and Nathan'due south lives together. On a trip to Utah Haley begins to get through her depression and is overjoyed when she finds out she's meaning. Haley tells Nathan she thinks information technology will be a daughter.

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Nathan and Haley kiss later discussing their baby and his career. ("Comatose At Sky'southward Gate")

Both Nathan and Haley are thrilled at Haley existence pregnant once more and because of this before leaving to beginning his second season in the NBA Nathan attempts to convince Haley to bring Jamie with him to Charlotte and to travel with them concerned due to her recovering from depression and not wanting to her to be overloaded with stress from the characterization, Jamie and her pregnancy but she decides non to get out non wanting to take Jamie out of schoolhouse but promises to visit Nathan regularly. After this Nathan tries to go and visit Clay at his firm earlier leaving due to he not beingness able to contact him beforehand but doesn't meet merely puts this down to Clay wanting to give him skilful luck. Later going to a check-up he discovers his back is weakening and he doesn't have much time left playing basketball. But as Nathan gets to camp he gets a call from Haley that both Dirt and Quinn have been shot and he returns to Tree Hill. During his time he has to comfort his family as Haley is struggling to

Nathan breaks down later staying stiff for his family for also long. ("The Infinite Inbetween")

deal with maybe losing her sister but subsequently losing her female parent. Just he struggles to bargain with his own feelings equally Clay's status continues to worsen. But Quinn starts to improve while Clay gets worse and they discover he needs a kidney transplant. Nathan badly tries to assist a wounded Dirt by donating his kidney, fifty-fifty if information technology ways he will never play basketball once more after struggling to decide whenever also but is helped to his determination past his family. While trying to determine Nathan tells Haley he has back pains, after a checkup on his back, Nathan believes his dorsum cannot hold on much longer. But he soon finds out he isn't a lucifer. But Clay luckily receives a kidney and recovers with the help of Nathan. Subsequently the events with Clay, Nathan finally realizes that he doesn't want to risk his health and chance to spend time with his expanding family to play basketball game after discovering from Julian that Jamie likes to play baseball game, something that Nathan hadn't known. So he tells Haley that he has already lived his dream and had a flavour in the NBA. He is also relieved that Clay is fine with his due to he

Nathan retires from basketball with Haley and Jamie at his side. ("Nobody Taught Us To Quit")

wanting Nathan's health over his career, so he doesn't return to camp and officially retires from the NBA in a press conference with Haley at his side. At the aforementioned time he tries to help Brooke cope with losing her visitor. He joins Clay in his agency; Fortitude equally an agent after realising that Clay could lose all his clients and is sent to help sign football thespian Troy Jameson but he struggles, not having whatsoever knowledge of football but he manages to country a contract to for Troy to play with the Atlanta Falcons and Troy as ane of his clients. Nathan goes back to college, and isn't well liked past his higher professor, Dr. August Kellerman. He and so starts to gain respect and gets the hang of higher, with the aid of Jamie. He and then wants to sign Kellerman's son Ian, who is a baseball player. He is really good, but he is the life of the party. Nathan wanted Ian to sign with him, but Dr. Kellerman told him not to. He goes to Ian'due south business firm with Clay and engages in a game of beer pong with him. After the game, Ian signs the contract and Nathan asked to go to the bath. Nathan goes to find it and finds the garage instead.

Nathan finds the car in the Kellerman's house. ("The Smoker You Drink, The Histrion You Become")

Going inside, he finds a vintage Jeep Chiliad Wagoneer with front end damage. He approaches information technology and finds an empty canteen of whiskey on the floor in front of the driver's seat. He realizes that is the motorcar that hit Brooke and Jamie, knocking them off the bridge, about killing them. He confronts Professor Kellerman, who at first denies involvement, simply then admits responsibility a short time subsequently in a carve up meeting. Afterwards, Clay, Nathan, and Ian get together at a local bar, where Ian buys shots for anybody. When Nathan asks what they're drinking, Ian tells him the brand name of the whiskey, which Nathan finds to exist consequent with the brand on the canteen found in the Jeep, and concludes that his professor was lying well-nigh his involvement in the crash to encompass upwards for his son.

Nathan also becomes a father once again when Haley gives nativity to Lydia Bob Scott. Subsequently the nascence of his daughter Nathan considers reconciling with his father, but once he realised he could never forgive nor forget Dan for his murder of Keith he instead visits him and gives him a photograph of Lydia and Jamie'south showtime winning baseball and moves on from the failed relationship. Afterwards resolving the issues with the crash and Dan, Nathan is able to spend more than fourth dimension with his daughter and family, helping Haley to reopen Karen's Cafe.

Season nine

After returning home from traveling for Clay's visitor to scout sport players, Nathan returns home to find that Dan is living under his roof and learns that Haley permit him motion in after his diner burned down. Nathan understands Haley's reasons for letting Dan motility in because he says she has "a practiced eye" and that is just the kind of person she is. Nathan volunteers to lookout man in Europe, since Dirt tin can't become after learning he is sick and is sleep walking to the indicate of waking upwards in various parts of Tree Hill. However before he leaves, Nathan tells Dan he wants him out of his house past the time he returns home in a calendar week. While in Europe, Nathan goes off route after seeing the European players aren't equally good equally he idea they were and goes to a darker role of Europe to sign a player only to fail in the stop of signing the role player. Nathan chats with Haley and Lydia via webcam earlier leaving Europe, showing them both a pink moose he bought to bring back dwelling for Lydia as a gift. Upon returning back to Tree Hill, Nathan is kidnapped outside Tree Colina Airport and he struggles to interruption free he drops the pink moose outside the airport.

Nathan is revealed to be held hostage. ("Catastrophe And The Cure")

  Afterward learning why he was kidnapped, his failure signing in Europe, Nathan argues with his kidnapper Dimitri to let him go. Dimitri tells Nathan when the phone rings, he will die. Nathan yells at Dimitri when the phone rings and tells him not to exist his "boss's bitch." He begs Dimitri to allow him pay him money to allow him get, but Dimitri finds a meliorate way to make money off Nathan'due south ransom. He contacts people who will pay to want Nathan dead back over in Europe. Dimitri soon brings up Haley, referring to her as a "whore," and talks about her causing Nathan to threaten to kill him if he hurts her. Nathan makes an escape effort after fooling Dimitri and choking him knocking him unconscious. Nathan is nigh caught past the drug dealer that Dan and Clay confronted, Billy. As Nathan tries to find an leave and escape, he encounters Officer Stevens (the officeholder that is working on his missing case) in the building. Nathan takes the gun the officer gives him and Officer Stevens tells Nathan to leave the exit in a room and find his squad motorcar and quickly go out proverb that he'll grab upwardly. Nathan follows the officer'southward instructions and comes face to confront with Dimitri. Nathan tries to fire the gun but to discover information technology empty causing him to realize everything is actually a trap. The officer then jumps behind him and strikes Nathan against his caput with a pipe knocking him unconscious. Nathan regains consciousness as Officer Stevens is tying him support to the chair, he asks the officer "Why? A cop." Officeholder Stevens tells him he'southward simply a "desk cop" and he's backside this as well considering the Tree Hill Police Department wouldn't brand him a detective. He punches Nathan in the belly and tells Nathan that "this pays much better" and that he will indeed die. Nathan looks at Officer Stevens and Dimitri, fear filling his eyes as he realizes that he just may never escape and that he may actually in fact die. Nathan is gagged and Officer Steven's tells Nathan in his ear, "Your wife says hi," before he covers Nathan's head with a black cover. Dan later comes to Nathan'due south rescue, with the assistance of Julian and Chris Keller. Dan manages to make his way to Nathan past killing most of Dimitri'south men. As they are about to leave, Dimitri catches up to them and fires a shot at Nathan, just non before Dan can jump betwixt them and have the bullet intended for his son.

Nathan seconds earlier shooting and killing Dimitri. ("Hardcore Will Never Die, Only Yous Will")

  Dan secretly gives Nathan his gun, which Nathan so uses to shoot and kill a distracted Dimitri. Officer Stevens comes to the scene, holding Nathan at gunpoint, merely is knocked out common cold by Julian.

Julian and Nathan rush Dan to the hospital, where the latter is reunited with his friends and family. He is wracked with guilt over his father's current state and blames himself for it, only he, along with Deb, Jamie and Lydia, says his goodbyes to Dan and reconciles with him.

Nathan after spends some time solitary with Haley, preparing a romantic dinner for her besides equally giving her a diamond bracelet. They dance out in the pelting and share a passionate kiss before they go to TRIC with the rest of the group, singing along with Gavin DeGraw.

Time jump

Nathan and Haley spend the rest of their lives together with their children, and with the rest of the grouping and their children, cheer on Jamie at the Ravens' basketball games.

Relationships

• Relationships: Nathan Scott/Relationships
• Family: Nathan Scott/Family unit

Family

Lucas watches Nathan and Haley with a Jamie after Nathan's game. ("I Forgot to Remember to Forget")

Nathan was raised by his parents Dan Scott and Deb Lee in Tree Hill. During Nathan'southward childhood, Dan pressured him to do well in basketball which resulted in them having a sour relationship and his mother was a workaholic, who was never effectually for Nathan so Dan's bullying connected until when Dan and Deb where going through their divorce and made Nathan chose, Nathan instead emancipated himself although he later improved his relationship with his mother.

Nathan was raised as an only child even though his father had a son, (who was built-in three months prior to Nathan) Lucas Scott with his high school sweetheart Karen Roe. Nathan was raised to hate Lucas and did until his junior year of loftier school when Lucas joined the basketball game team and Dan encouraged Nathan to pressure Lucas off of the squad. Only this did not work so Nathan targeted Haley James, Lucas'southward best friend, to get back at Lucas simply Nathan and Haley soon grew close and fell in beloved. They got married in their inferior yr, much to his parents' chagrin. But Lucas and Nathan grew together over their love of basketball and became close friends.

Nathan with his ii children and wife. ("This Is My House, This Is My Home")

In his senior year, Haley fell pregnant with their first child. Their son was built-in during their graduation and they named him James Lucas Scott in award of Haley'south maiden name and Nathan's brother and Haley's best friend Lucas. Nathan and his family have a very close relationship and he and Haley have raised Jamie in a supportive environment different Nathan's upbringing. When Jamie was seven, Nathan began to want more than children and simply a few weeks later reveal she was pregnant with their second child and she believed it was a girl. Haley later gave birth to the couple's first daughter, Lydia with Nathan by her side.

Nathan's extended family unit are: Keith Scott and Cooper Lee his paternal and maternal uncles, Sawyer Brooke Scott his niece, Lily Roe Scott his cousin, his sister-in-laws Quinn James, Taylor James, Vivian James and Peyton Sawyer Scott. He also has three unnamed brothers-in-law.

Romantic Life

Nathan and Haley talk about Nathan playing basketball. ("I 1000000 Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sun Morn")

At the beginning of the evidence, Nathan was in a relationship with Peyton Sawyer, although he oftentimes cheated on her and their relationship was overly dramatic. They would often pause up and make up in the same day, and the ground of the human relationship was sex activity and meant little to either of them and information technology finally ended at the beginning of their junior year. Information technology was revealed that Nathan lost his virginity to Taylor James, his future wife's older sis, later on his kickoff game for the Tree Hill Ravens. Prior to his marriage Nathan made a sex tape with Brooke Davis afterwards ane of his frequent intermission ups with Peyton. This is revealed during their senior year, when the record is played during a political party held by Nathan to the shock of Peyton and Haley.

Since starting a relationship and getting married to Haley, Nathan and Haley take stuck together throughout many difficulties, including their troubles in season 2, when Haley decides to go on tour instead of be with Nathan, Nanny Carrie trying to supplant Haley in their family, and an declared affair between Nathan and Renee Richardson in flavour 7, when she claims to exist pregnant with his baby. In the finale of season 4, they had their first child, a infant boy named James Lucas Scott. James (known equally Jamie) became a huge part in their life and they are adamant to give him the best childhood possible. Together they accept helped Jamie through bullying and the death of his idol, Quentin Fields, who was also Haley's student and a player for the Tree Hill Ravens. In Utah, Haley revealed to Nathan that they were going to have another child. Haley afterwards gave birth to their daughter, Lydia Bob Scott.

Career

Nathan in his first game for the Bobcats. ("Remember Me as a Time of Day")

Nathan has been a basketball player as long as he tin can remember; his first retentivity of his childhood is holding a basketball, and Dan has been pushing the sport on him for his entire life. Nathan started playing basketball more officially equally a Tree Colina Raven for his high school. The summertime before his senior flavor, Nathan attended the prestigious High Flyers basketball camp. And won MVP and the Country Title in his senior year where he was also co-captain. He also set multiple records within the school for scoring (which are later bested by his son, Jamie. His number and jersey was afterwards retired and at present hangs in courts in Tree Colina Loftier. He received a scholarship to Duke Academy, just after the public found out he had been point-shaving in the games leading up to the State Title, Nathan lost his scholarship. His loftier schoolhouse charabanc, Whitey Durham took a coaching job at another college with Lucas as his assistant coach, and Whitey offered Nathan a spot on his team, which Nathan gladly took and with him they won the national championship. Afterward, Nathan likewise played for the University of Maryland where he was a Showtime Team All-American.

Afterward college, Nathan gets his own basketball shoe deal - called NS 23 and was going to be the tenth pick in the NBA draft for the

Nathan's basketball card.

Seattle Sonics he was injured in his spinal chord and gets paralyzed in his legs. Afterward almost half a twelvemonth, Nathan sets up a improvement with the help of Quentin Fields and after Quentin died he was put on a D-League squad chosen the Charleston Chiefs. After a year with the Chiefs, Nathan got called-up by the Charlotte Bobcats to be their new point guard, where he played for ane season and had his contract renewed despite struggling, but due to bug with his dorsum, Nathan was forced to retire from basketball and pursues a career equally a sports amanuensis in Clay'south bureau.

Personality and traits

Pre-I Tree Hill, Nathan was a nice guy. But Dan influenced him in loftier school and about turning into his father. Let'southward only say he was a jerk and a bully dorsum then. He was that shut to turning into his father, until Lucas joined the basketball squad. Mostly Dan wanted him out of there, because he was threatened by his son losing his scholarship to him. Mostly in the beginning of the beginning season, they got off the wrong human foot. Simply they become friends when he and Peyton broke upward and saw Haley for the first time. Starting time he wanted to appointment her, just to become close to her to mess with Lucas. But he wanted to appointment her, because he wanted to be the guy he was back then. Nathan wanted to alter himself and be the guy who he used to be. Nathan and Haley started dating, Nathan go a better man and a lot more responsible. He also made friends with Lucas and the river court gang like Mouth and Skills. He also become a improve friend to Peyton and they are more like brother-sister figures at present. Nathan was a built-in rich child, unlike Brooke he never flaunts his wealth or his money. He works hard for his money, when he emancipated himself considering of their parents divorce. He was tired of being in the centre. Besides to go away from his male parent and his influence. Nathan is a overnice guy and he also more like a nerdy slacker sometimes. Sometimes Nathan is a little bit kittenish. Nathan is a good guy who is very wise and people become to his advice or somebody talk to. Nathan is always been faithful to Haley, he also had a lot of temptations from Carrie, Rachel and Renee but he said no they backed off from him. Nathan is like a superhero, he is more like Batman on the bear witness. Who is willing to have a bullet for somebody. He is too a good begetter to Jamie and Lydia. He and Jamie have a tight bail. He as well have a tight bond with Haley James Scott.

Trivia

• His eye proper noun, Royal, is his paternal grandad'due south proper noun.
• He is 100 days younger than his half-brother Lucas.
• Chad Michael Murray was first wanted by Mark Schwahn to audition for the role of Nathan, just he felt a shut connectedness to Lucas Scott since Chad'south mother left him when he was ten years old.
  • James Lafferty got the role because of his basketball ability.
    • Lafferty had also been offered a sports scholarship to college due to basketball but turned information technology down to play Nathan.
• In the starting time flavor, Nathan had a nipple piercing, but it was non seen afterwards (James Lafferty didn't really have the piercing so it was glued on).
• He was the simply character who had appeared in all episodes, until Season 9 where he only appeared in 8 of the 13 episodes.
• Throughout Nathan's high school and college basketball life, he held the number 23, merely afterward going professionally, he held both the number 12 and 15.
  • Despite this, Nathan'due south wife, Haley, has a tattoo of the number 23 on her lower dorsum.
• Nathan'south favorite ice cream season is rocky route, yet he always gets mint chocolate fleck considering it'south Haley'southward favorite season.
• He is the godfather of Sawyer Scott.
• Nathan served every bit best man at both his half-brother Lucas Scott'southward weddings to Lindsey and Peyton.
• Tim and Bevin Smith named their son later on Nathan despite not having seen Nathan in years.
• Nathan is 1 of the four main male characters to appear in all nine seasons of One Tree Colina. The other three male person characters are: Dan, Mouth and Skills.
• Nathan has had sexual practice with all three of the core female characters: Peyton, Brooke, and Haley.
• Nathan devirginize his wife Haley and his sister-in-police force Peyton Sawyer.
• Nathan is the but character whose name both starts and ends with the same letter, "N."
• He lost his virginity to his sis-in-law, Taylor.
• He was dressed up as Batman once in An Try to Tip the Scales.
• Lafferty was the only member of the Core Five cast members who was even so a teenager when the show debuted. He is iii years younger than Hilarie Burton and Sophia Bush, and four years younger than Lenz and Murray. The aforementioned was the instance for another teen drama which debuted in 2003, The O.C. On that show, of the "Cadre Four" teen roles, only Mischa Barton was still a teenager at the time its premiere.
• Nathan is similar to Batman in the series. A lot of times he is mistaken for Christian Bale in the Dark Knight Trilogy and Ben Affleck in Batman 5 Superman: Dawn of Justice.
• Nathan was born on Baronial 15th, making him a Leo.
  • His uncle Keith was as well a Leo, built-in on July 26th.

Gallery

Master characters
Core v
Lucas Scott • Nathan Scott • Peyton Sawyer • Haley James Scott • Brooke Davis
Secondary
Dirt Evans • Quinn James • Julian Bakery • Mouth McFadden • Millicent Huxtable • Chase Adams • Chris Keller • Alex Dupré • Antwon Taylor • Rachel Gatina • Jamie Scott
Adults
Dan Scott • Deb Lee • Whitey Durham • Karen Roe • Keith Scott

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