Trail Blazers point guard Scoot Henderson, the No. 3 overall pick of last month’s draft, will miss the team’s final two Summer League games after sustaining a right shoulder strain last week, sources tell Aaron J. Fentress of The Oregonian.
The 19-year-old impressed the team during his lone Summer League appearance, Fentress writes.
“He plays a great pace,” head coach Chauncey Billups said. “He’s a downhill player. He’s very aggressive. He’s a selfless team guy, which I think is cool for a young guy.”
Here’s more from the Western Conference:
- Another young guard, Jaden Hardy, has been ruled out for the rest of Summer League due to a left shoulder contusion, the Mavericks announced (via Twitter). The move was just precautionary and the injury isn’t considered serious, tweets Marc Stein. Hardy had a promising rookie season in 2022/23, averaging 8.8 points on .438/.404/.823 shooting in 48 games (14.8 MPG). He was the 37th overall pick of last year’s draft.
- The Grizzlies plan to hire Heat director of player development and assistant coach Anthony Carter to be an assistant in Memphis, league sources tell Drew Hill of The Daily Memphian (Twitter link). A former NBA guard who played 13 years in the league, Carter, 48, helped develop Max Strus and Gabe Vincent, according to Hill. Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald confirms the news (via Twitter), noting that Carter has been with the Heat for the past five seasons.
- Law Murray of The Athletic examines what free agent guard Xavier Moon could provide to the Clippers or another NBA team, writing that he has been impressive in the fourth quarters of Summer League action. “I’ve been playing this game for a while, at a high level,” Moon said Wednesday. “So, I understand when to get to my spots and when I need to take shots and make shots. I feel like our guys do a great job of keeping us in the game, throughout the game. But, in the fourth quarter, I know I can really take over.” After making several international stops, Moon has spent the past two seasons with the Clippers organization.
Hardy another G League BUST
By very definition 2nd Rd picks can’t be busts. To be a bust Hardy would have to be a high lottery pick, highly touted and not meet expectations.
Hardy was a 2nd round pick that exceeded expectations last season. Trust me, any team would love their 2nd Rd pick to put up numbers like did.
Hardy was really good last year and has great potential and a high ceiling. Furthermore how on earth can a second round pick be a “bust”?! Bust is just a word casuals use because they don’t know what they are talking about. You obviously fit the bill. Get a clue.
Jaden Hardy looked pretty good last year
Congrats to Anthony Carter on the new gig… as a Heat fan I will be forever grateful to him and his agent for the blunder they had back in 2003 that changed the Heat and the NBA forever lol (domino effect was Shaq to Miami and the Lebron era)
Quick TLDR explanation of Carter’s butterfly effect on NBA history…
– Carter’s agent forgets to fax in paperwork exercising his 03-04 option
– Heat create enough cap space cuz of the blunder to sign Elton Brand to offer sheet
– Clippers match Brand offer so they sign Lamar Odom instead (clippers cannot match this time)
– Heat trade Odom a year later with Caron Butler and Brian Grant for a guy named Shaq
– Heat win 2006 NBA Finals
– Heat trade shaq to the Suns in 2008 for Shawn Marion / Marcus Banks
– Heat flip Marion and Banks to the Raptors in 2009 for Jermaine O’Neal and Jamario Moon
– Heat ensure they have only 1 signed player in the 2010 offseason thanks to the Toronto trade… allowing them to sign Lebron James and Chris Bosh, and go to the next 4 NBA finals, winning 2…..
All because an agent forgot to fax in some paperwork in 2003 lol
Caron wasnt supposed to be in that trade, but back then, you couldnt match salaries in a trade with a guy you signed restricted, less than a year after they signed. They were going to make the trade when Lamar became eligible, but Kobe threatened he would refuse to sign with the Lakers if Shaq was still on the roster, even though he was being traded a few days later, so the Heat had to include Caron or he was being traded to Dallas
Anthony Carter also did a great job as a backup PG, and a fillin starter in those early 2000 years, and had some clutch moments for the Heat
Caron Butler was the centerpiece.. what are you talking about? Lamar Odom and Brian Grant were the salary matches.. the Heat didn’t want to trade Odom (I think they wanted the Lakers to take Eddie Jones, but that’s conjecture)…. the trade doesn’t happen without Odom though