One of my favorites to watch, especially film-wise. "I'm hoping to get to play with Dame, for sure," Henderson said. But the Blazers still missed the playoffs for the second straight season after making it to the postseason in each of the prior eight campaigns.
6 overall pick in 2012, is coming off arguably his best season, averaging a career-high 32.9 points, 7.3 assists and 4.8 rebounds. Lillard, a seven-time All-Star who arrived in Portland as the No. Lillard, who turns 33 on July 15, might see that talk increase in the wake of Portland hanging on to the third pick and adding another young player rather than trading it to add a veteran in an attempt to improve right away. He has a chance to be a special player in this league." And I think you can tell how excited I am about Scoot Henderson. "I would love to see Dame retire a Trail Blazer. "I would say that my goal is to keep both of them," Cronin said. Blazers general manager Joe Cronin said that his goal is to pair the players together. Henderson expressed excitement over the prospect of playing with superstar guard Damian Lillard, whose name has been bandied about in trade discussions over the past few weeks. The identical twin brothers, who played together as part of the Overtime Elite program, are the first siblings to go in the top 5 of the draft since the 1976 ABA-NBA merger. 4 to the Houston Rockets, and Ausar Thompson, who went fifth to the Detroit Pistons. Rounding out the top five of Thursday's draft were Amen Thompson, who went No. I'm blessed to go 3, and to be here with my family with me." I'm not mad that I didn't go 2 or I didn't go 1. I'm pretty sure it's a great fit for him. Henderson said he didn't have a problem being selected third and not second. Ultimately, the Charlotte Hornets went with Miller with the second pick, leaving the Blazers to take Henderson, who will now join a burgeoning young core that includes last year's seventh overall pick, Shaedon Sharpe, and 24-year-old guard Anfernee Simons.
2 prospects behind generational French big man Victor Wembanyama, who was taken No. Leading up to the draft, Henderson and Alabama forward Brandon Miller went back and forth as the No. NEW YORK - After weeks of speculation over a potential pre-draft trade, the Portland Trail Blazers stood pat and selected G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson with the third pick in the NBA draft Thursday night. 3 in NBA draft, 'hoping' to play with Lillard
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