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Scoot Henderson is SILENCING Critics 🤫



Scoot Henderson is SILENCING Critics 🤫

According to the crazy people that like to judge a 19-year-old who was just about 10 games into his rookie season scoop Henderson was not necessarily living up to that type of hype he started off his rookie campaign in the month of October over those first four games shooting 5% from three shooting

Four threes a game he put up eight points per game and shot 33% from the field the struggles continue in November but here in December it looks like scoop Henderson is finally figuring it out not really breakthrough I’m just get more comfortable y just seeing the ball go in

More that’s that’s about it obviously still confident just still still trying to be odd in my own way I’m just trying to figure out ways to to help and when he’s when he’s getting you know boxing one like that and then we’re trying to figure out ways to score while you know

All the attention is on it you know what I mean so but we going to get to it we going to get it in the month of December he’s putting up 13 points a game and has brought his field goal percentage to around 40% he has two double doubles in

The month putting up 23 and 10 against the Utah Jazz and most recently 17 and 11 with zero turnovers 17 and 11 with just one turnover in a win against the Sacramento Kings it’s evident that the game is fling down for Scoot and he’s making more plays in that midrange which

He really must do in order to survive in this league as a star we know about his ability to finish at The Rim his ability to get to the rim but what a lot of people wanted to see even coming into the league for scoots was how that

Outside shot is going to develop and how he’s going to make plays Beyond actor rant so here we’re going to take a look just at a lot of scoop Henderson’s actions in his recent games here he has Kevin herder on him and just a solid read to find ay Simons who’s really been

RedHot and then another simple pass here sabonis is overplaying and Scoot is able to notice that it seems like he’s reading this type of stuff much better of late here scoots first step is such a threat he’s able to get his Defender off balance a bit and just causes

Intimidation here for sabonis to collapse reef is able to finish and when scoop gets downhill we know what he could do he’s a tank with a variety of ways to finish he uses the screen finds an angle and gets the bucket and here just causing pressure on the defense

Scoo can just get into the lane he’s a big body and just another solid read here pushing it knowing wreath is is one-on-one under the M here and here he uses the screen this is the finishing in traffic that’s absolutely needed if he wants to be effective as kind of a

Smaller guard scoop has nice craftiness mixed with strength here he gets Keegan Murray and uses that roll him to sleep crossover into the dunk this is where the Westbrook comparisons come in because that actually looked like a young Westbrook move and then this is what we want to see from scoot which is

A slower Tempo in the lane making reads as defenses collapse here if he finds tyel whether it’s a pass floater mid-range Jumper whatever it needs for him to be effective in this range is going to be huge and here sabonis is really overplaying as he doesn’t use the

Reev green and bang that’s a three-pointer once again here working with his Guy Reed from the pick and pop scoot is is doing a great job making these simple reads and this is just ridiculous takes his man off the dribble to finish with a crazy reverse lay up

Through traffic and on the dribble handoff here Walker Dives and Scoot knows it making the simple dump off pass and sco in transition is obviously just a problem here’s he goes one on Three though through traffic that is just wild and Scoot knows box is caught in this screen finds Anthony Simons for

The three ball and we talked about the mid-range but if he adds this he could actually be a star and here’s a look at some of his other recent games to start off here scoot does this well just a quick first step off of the pass he’s

Ready to go he applies for rusher to Clay here and draws the foul same idea here with Booker you have to be ready right when scoot catches the ball because if he sees this angle he goes what a finish too more of that ability to finish in the lane here but more off

Of his own dribble if he sees the angle that’s food for him here again in the open floor that’s too much open floor for him it’s too easy for him to get an angle here and beat his man and then Chris Paul goes under he makes him pay

Started the season terrible from three but if he gets this near the mid 30% it’s going to be great for him once again he’ll really get he shopped a lot so that’s why it’s important for this to improve and more maturity shown here the patience he realizes ochre is just

Horribly positioned and is able to take advantage and the same idea here just knowing personnel and where the defense is sleeping he’s able to make the read make the pass and that’s a bucket for Port like I mentioned earlier scoot Henderson has been under a massive microscope being that he was the third

Overall brick in a pretty solid draft with only brand Miller and wemi draft at the head of him being that he started off the season slow a lot of people were writing him off and saying that he might be a bust let me know in the comments

How good you guys think scoop Henderson can be because it is a fair question to ask how good he could be being that his jumper is is not completely there as a smaller Guard we’re going to want to see him make plays especially in between game the mid-range game he’s going to

Have to make good reads and find other ways to be effective if he can’t really be a three-point or perimeter shooter so let me know what you guys think about scoop Henderson’s ceiling and his potential you guys think he could be an Allstar do you think he could be a

Superstar because we’ve seen players like Russell Westbrook even though they’re not great three-point Shooters still thrive in this league as a guard so scoot can definitely defend he could get to the rim with anybody he could finish with anybody but what seems like is going through hold him back is that

Shot and how good his perimeter shot can get how good he could be at breaking defenses down in the mid-range and with his pass at thank you guys for watching I’ll see you on the next one a lot of people are really coming down on scoot

Henderson um he’s had a rough start to his NBA career he’s averaging 95 and two and four turnovers a game shooting 35% from the field do you think yes it’s just way too early or are you are you kind of changing maybe your outlook on

What kind of player he could be no I he’s still a freak athlete so that’s something you can’t teach um he plays on a team that for the most part this season’s probably not going to be that competitive mhm they’re at a weird time they are rebuilding and he’s the first

Guy that they’re rebuilding with I guess technically Anthony and Shay and sharp are shanen sharp stepped up in a big way he looks like a no he he looks like a corner most improved player we talked about most improved Shaden Sharp’s probably going to be a guy to get that

Ward if he keeps putting up these type of numbers

Shockingly enough, the 19-year old continues to get better with experience.

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28 Comments

  1. scoot is a great guy and seems to have a lot of love for the sport! it's so sad if media drags young "kids" down telling they're a bust after just a few games.. pre draft hype just sucks.. even tho he went "only" 3rd he was hyped up as clear cut #1 pick in any year without a wemby or maybe a bron in his class.. thats how much he got hyped up! and it's really not scoot's fault if media sets crazy expectation and afterwards media feels disapointed.. just let him arrive in the league and i'm sure he will be great in a few years !

  2. He still has potential and has been improving slightly each game but he is struggling to finish from everywhere on the floor. Most advanced metrics say he has been the worst player in the league on offense to play over 500 minutes. If he had been drafted late first round he doesn't even see the floor. He is also pretty bad on defense and struggles off ball.

    I am a blazer fan and was happy when he fell past Charlotte but him going from historically terrible to just bad isn't going to silence critics. I wanted us to trade the #3 pick for Zion but that was probably just ESPN rumors and never possible.

    Blazers have a funky roster with decent rotation vets and a bunch of young players who are terrible according to advanced metrics. I kind of hope blazers do a complete reshuffle and move everyone they can but Ant for other pieces since the jump started re-build doesn't work if Scoot is mediocre. With a Mitchell, Lavine or Siakam they could become a good defensive team with an ok offense but that seems really hard to pull off with the current contracts and no free agents ever picking Portland.

  3. Rough start.. he got hurt at the beginning of the year 🤦🏾‍♂️ why does no one factor that in

  4. He's got it. Games slowing down for him and he's only 19. He just needs reps!! Might have to Trade Simons for Scoot ti develope. We need help in the middle. Especially on D

  5. I couldn't be more happy to see this young man has finally find his groove. Go Scoot, don't let those 'Bust' talks get through you!

  6. Give the boy some time people, you can see him improving … Fans dont realize how lucky we got with Dame, how he was impactful and game changing right away, and the fact he was 22 as a rookie. Its not fair to expect that to be the standard.

  7. 25 pts (L) and 22/11/7 (W) in back to back games vs Spurs. I like to see his numbers for the past 10 games.

  8. No one really got a good idea of how good Shaedon Sharpe could be until the last 10 games of his rookie season . Scoot is already beginning to show how good a player he can be and we're just a third of the way into his rookie season. What stands out to me is how next level some of his passes are. Not just next level. Next galaxy. And that's what I want from a point guard. Assists. Passing the ball which shows that he takes advantage of the his teammates scoring positions during the game. And of course, scoring, which he's beginning to do during this month of December with two double doubles and almost a third. I liked the pick, but felt that he needed to come off the bench until he was truly NBA game speed ready. Again, using Shaedon Sharpes rookie year history as an example. Brogdon has been a good PG to learn from and now Scoot appears to be arriving at NBA game speed level. I'm really looking forward to seeing how he continues to elevate his game.and help the rest of the Blazers games.

  9. If you look at a lot of star players today, they are never insanely good right away. That can go for any sport. Except for rare breeds like Luka that just pop off instantly. I think by seasons end Scoot will be averaging 15 and 6 or 7 and that is very respectable for a 19 year old PG

  10. Yeah, hyping up 13 ppg in the month of Dec kinda proves the haters right, but I’m still holding out hope he does become as good as advertised.

  11. Looking at Ant and Sharpe you could argue that they don't even need Scoot. But if Scoot also becomes that player he was tipped to become then that team is going to be a big problem for the league.

  12. He's certainly not a bust but he was certainly overhyped. The league is hard as shit no matter how talented you are. Look at Wemby. Just another skilled Bol Bol.

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