Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson has signed with Klutch Sports and CEO Rich Paul as his representative, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets.
The third pick in last year’s draft, Henderson is eligible for a rookie scale extension in the summer of 2026. How he develops over the next two seasons will determine his earning power.
Henderson appeared in 62 games last season, including 32 starts. He averaged 14.1 points and 5.4 assists per contest, but shot just 38.5% from the field and 32.5% on 3-point tries.
We have more on the Trail Blazers:
- Jerami Grant‘s name remains prominent among trade circles. Grant would prefer not have a cloud of uncertainty around him during next season, according to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports. Grant is enjoying the stability of the five-year, $160MM contract he signed prior to last season and doesn’t want to be moved mid-season.
- The franchise will eventually be sold but no timeline has been determined, according to Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report. The NBA’s new broadcasting agreements were one of the things the Blazers’ current ownership was likely waiting on before starting the sale process. The fees paid by potential expansion franchises, as well as ongoing lease negotiations for the team’s current arena, Moda Center, will likely also affect the timeline for selling the franchise.
- In the same mailbag post, Highkin says he anticipates guard Rayan Rupert will spend the bulk of his time with the G League’s Remix next season. Rupert, a 2023 second-rounder, appeared in 39 games for the banged-up Blazers last season, including 12 starts.
Grant’s contract will certainly afford him that stability for a while.
Trading Lillard was because of why…….
To get a couple decent players back and develop a PG prospect while still trying to compete but are failing.
You traded Lillard to have scoot be the man and rebuild. What are you doing???
They need to trade Grant, Simons (everyone last year cried when I said trade him) and Ayton for a young PF and a young SG with bad contracts, two deals probably. Look for a good shooting back up PG too. Jabari Smith they should target and some young SG and the PG and that’s all they have to do to rebuild. Tank this year and compete next season for the playoffs
The real problem is Lillard should have been traded 3, 4 years ago. They held on too long and that’s why they are now in this messy situation with no good outs.
I agree Lil Uno or they should have kept Lillard and kept competing
It’s also complicated by Jody Allen trying to sell the franchise. Nobody’s going to pay full value to a franchise without stars.
Also they traded Lillard because he asked for a trade. They would have kept going the mediocrity route ad infinitum if he hadn’t asked out. That’s just Jody’s way.
It’s not as simple as Lillard ask for a trade. It was kind of on both sides
Asked*
If they could have traded Simons, Lillard would still be there
What do you mean? Simons had nothing to do with Lillard. I did feel like they valued Simons just as much as they did Lillard by not trading him yes.
Portland always had a tiny guard with Lillard in CJ McCollum or Simons
Jabari Smith isn’t available
You don’t know that and almost everyone has a price. Maybe Houston gets offered a great offer for him
Blazers are trying to trade Ayton nobody wants him. Asking to much for Grant.