{"id":113126,"date":"2024-12-19T07:15:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=113126"},"modified":"2024-12-19T07:15:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:15:31","slug":"scoot-henderson-blazers-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/12\/19\/scoot-henderson-blazers-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Scoot Henderson the Latest Portland Trail Blazers Bust?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scoot Henderson<\/a> was among the most exciting prospects ahead of the 2023 NBA Draft. He has often struggled though in the NBA, as evidenced by the Scoot stats. This has led to people calling him the new Blazers bust, especially with his prominence in the Portland rebuild.<\/p>\n

Is Scoot Henderson the Latest Portland Trail Blazers Bust?<\/h2>\n

The Portland Trail Blazers have always found a way to be competitive despite some hurdles. They have always built through the NBA Draft with their star players. That happened with Brandon Roy<\/a> and LaMarcus Aldridge<\/a> and a few years later with Damian Lillard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After Lillard requested a trade<\/a>, they went back to the drawing board with the draft. They selected Shaedon Sharpe<\/a> in 2022, and they doubled down on the future by picking\u00a0Henderson. Unfortunately, looking into the Scoot stats shows a bleak outlook for the Portland rebuild.\u00a0 This deserves a deeper dive because he was a top prospect for numerous reasons.<\/p>\n

The Negatives of Scoot’s Career So Far<\/h3>\n

When people have a peek at Scoot’s performances, inefficiency always stands out. Across 81 career games, Henderson has averaged 13.3 points per game on 38.8% from the field and 31.6% from three. His playmaking stats are promising at 5.3 assists per game, but 3.3 turnovers are still alarming.<\/p>\n

Before the 2023 NBA Draft, the scouting report was Henderson being a hyper-athletic guard with an excellent feel for the game. Some even called him a generational prospect because of his natural talent. Henderson became the focal point of the Portland rebuild. He has failed to make a significant mark for Portland, leading to people calling him the latest Blazers bust.<\/p>\n

Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups<\/a> has not given him the full-time starting point guard role. Anfernee Simons<\/a> has maintained his grip on the spot because he makes more of an impact on offense. Of course, Simons is the elder player and has a big contract, so expectations are for him to play. However, that has taken away opportunities from the 2023 NBA Draft\u2019s third-overall pick.<\/p>\n

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Scoot Henderson is in his age-20 season. I think it's a little early to give up on him, BUT…<\/p>\n

Among the 266 three-point-era players with 1,000+ minutes through their age-20 campaigns, Henderson is 259th in box plus\/minus to that point in their careers. https:\/\/t.co\/9sVg64Fmfu<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/fsrZzc50Cg<\/a><\/p>\n

— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n