Scoot Henderson In Annogged From Hampone Injury

Portland Trail Blazers watchman Scoot Henderson He received the Left Hair Susa During an external exercise leading to the start of training and is indefinite that the team announced on Friday afternoon.

Henderson will miss the beginning of the NBA 2025-26 season and is expected to return to basketball activities in four to eight weeks. It will immediately begin its rehabilitation.

Blazers draft Henderson drafted the NBA draft 2023. year as a potential successor to Damian Lillard, who traded from Portland to Milwaukee’s dollars before the 2023-24 season. Between his explosive athletics and playing abilities as a leading guard, Henderson looked like one of the future pillars of franchise hairdressers.

Although this is still the case with a 21-year-old guard, this injury to hanking is a big obstacle that enters its third NBA season.

The good news for Blazers is that they added a Veteran Guard holiday to help the background of this offseason, and Shaedon Sharpe takes steps towards the battle part of this Roster. The vacation was acquired from Boston Celtics in exchange for the start points of the Guard Anfernee Simons.

However, Trace Blazers are now limited in their backton, because Henderson will reward the year in unlimited to start a year, and Lillard is from all season with his achilles. After cross-section by dollars, Lillard decided to return to Portland this out-seasonSigning of three-year, $ 42 million in contract.

It will make $ 14.1 a million of this season, and then from $ 13.4 million will earn $ 13.4 million during the 2026-27 season before it again became a free agent again for 37 years in 2027. Years.

Blazers will miss not Henderson starts a new season, especially since he expected to compete for the essential spot in the initial rotation of Chauncei Billups. Now, after returning in the middle of the season, it will have to reintegrate in the Blazers equation.

This offseason, Billups called his bride guard to continue working on his game and spend as much as it is more time in the gym.

“My challenge for all summer was: we have to play as much as we can, man. We have to play,” Billup said in June. “You have to play basketball – and tons of her – so you can see those things and to play to slow down for you.

“It’s my challenge for him. And again, it’s one of the reasons here in town-work, playing hard, playing five-five every day. And he continues to get better.”

In two seasons with a team, Henderson on average on average on average, and 5.3 points per game, while filming 40.1 percent from the floor and 34.0 percent from 3-point from 3-point. He started in 10 minutes for Blazers last season.