Bastinac, who turns 20 in two weeks, has missed the first 11 rounds of 2011 after tearing the lateral meniscus in his right knee in January.
But after playing in the VFL the past two weeks, Scott said Bastinac was ready to return against the Gold Coast Suns at Metricon Stadium.
"We think he's a pretty complete midfielder," Scott said. "He can win the ball inside and he's very calm and composed with the ball in his hands.
So we think that he'll improve all aspects of our midfield."
Given his elite endurance, Scott said Bastinac was likely to be part of the Kangaroos' starting 21 against the Suns, rather than being used as their substitute.
Speaking at Aegis Park on Thursday afternoon, Scott said the Suns, and especially their midfield, would represent a significant challenge for North, with their captain Gary Ablett an even bigger threat than he'd been at Geelong.
"They're a formidable midfield unit," Scott said, pointing to the fact the Suns are ranked No.2 in the AFL for clearances, while the Kangaroos were back in fifth.
Scott praised young Suns ruckman Zac Smith's tap work and the clearance ability of midfielders Michael Rischitelli, David Swallow, Jared Brennan, Sam Iles, Danny Stanley and Daniel Harris, but reserved his biggest praise for Ablett.
"You can make a case that he's (Ablett) playing better football now than he was last year at Geelong," Scott said.
"He's arguably the best player in the competition."
Against the Suns, North captain Brent Harvey will break Glenn Archer's club games record by playing his 312th match.
On the same night, North midfielder Andrew Swallow will play against his younger brother David for the first time.
In his sixth season at North, Swallow, 24, is fast developing into one of the competition's elite inside midfielders, racking up 39 possessions - an incredible 27 of which were contested - against Adelaide last Sunday.
David, 18, was selected by the Suns with the No. 1 pick in last year's NAB AFL Draft and has played every game for Gold Coast this season.
Seated alongside Scott at Thursday's press conference, Swallow said the fact he and David were both midfielders made it inevitable they would find themselves going head to head at some stage of Saturday night's game.
Swallow noted his parents' comments in The Age earlier this week on the prospect of such a match-up: his mum reportedly asked Suns coach Guy McKenna not to play David on his big brother, while his dad said he did not know who would win if they both went for a loose ball.
Swallow also acknowledged he would no longer be able to hold sway against his younger brother like he had done in the backyard growing up.
"I used to push him around and kick goals on him and do all the speccie things, but I'm sure he's going to be doing that on me now," Swallow said.
"He's bit taller and a bit bigger than me."
But still Swallow was prepared to back himself in.
"If the ball was there, I reckon I'd have him. I've got him just for pace," he said light-heartedly.
In other news, Scott said midfielder Leigh Adams had pulled up well from a minor knee injury suffered against the Crows and was expected to play against the Suns.
