Scoot Henderson | 2024 NBA Rising Stars Media Availability | Portland Trail Blazers

Scoot Henderson | 2024 NBA Rising Stars Media Availability | Portland Trail Blazers

What’s up good are you ready yeah I’m ready you know the agenda drafting one person woman who you drafting adri Wilson hey and if you’re starting a franchise who you building your franchise around adri Wilson okay I’m kind of biased though what has been your welcome to the league moment

So far what was the moment you’re like yo I’m here I think my first game against Westell Westbrook you know just always growing up watching West West highlights and stuff um he played me and they and they whooped us and I was like all right I’m

Here now so let’s turn it up a notch did he do anything crazy with you um yeah he he came through it and like he just like he bumped me I’m like okay he kind of strong so I had to yeah yeah for sure and then up who’s the last guy lasers

That you ever want to be stuck on an island with and I ever want to be stuck on an island with yeah the last one you be stranded with I feel like all them pretty reliable um you got to pick one though got to pick one so that’s a good me question let’s

See who’s the one that would literally RS rops why RS um cuz I he will be talking to me I be like I’ll be having a hard time kind of understanding him and he’ll have a hard time understanding me so but I think still we’ll get it done

Though you know what I meanig one more real quick give me three celebrities your dream three celebrities that you wish would come watch You uh my boy Caleb um Caleb mlin from uh shooting stars and stranger things oh yeah you are who else who else Beyonce and Jay-Z you know you can’t have Beyonce without Jay-Z So them two Beyonce country what do you I hear that I a hear that listen

All right I listen to that for sure be Kobe I got to name a few four oh yeah Kobe will Jordan BR that’s like speaking of will um do you believe that he scored 100 points for sure he a see you a see what he was doing you a see the old

Footage you know the conspiracy the straight layups nah straight layups straight to the cup you know what I mean and then uh which teammate would be the worst roommate on the road and why dang I ain’t even going to pick Roots again hold up let me

Think I don’t know I I like all my teammates personally but I say uh I feel like sh he like you know the light you know he likin so he probably got like mad stuff in his bathroom and like he got to take care of it and all

That so probably probably say but we’ll still be vibing type you know what I mean good uh rookie as a rookie you have any duties any drawers or they have any pranks pulled on you so far nah not so far but they they told us we going to

Have a rote Awakening uh cuz we one day well a couple games like 3 days in a row uh we forgot to get the tows that’s what rookies do we go get the tows after the game whether we win or Lo win or lose and you know we forgot the tows a couple

Times I was working out though you know what I mean I didn’t really pay attention to it but they was like all right we got something for yall so I was like ah but that’s the last I hurt okay so you you expecting it to come anytime

Anytime it could be anytime yeah for real you you don’t know you know I mean SC F Locker has a very big display for your shoe um how did the Cheetos collab come about um honestly it just came came around as in like a huge opportunity and

The fact that you know I love Cheetos personally and Puma came to me and was asking about who would I like and Cheetos was cheetos was one of them and um you know I’m glad to have a partnership with them and and the shoe collab or whatever and I think you know

The Foot Locker joint going to be fire are you a hot Cheetos type of person I am Hot Cheetos and Hot Cheetos the lime ones I I like I like Cheetos I like hot Cheetos thank you coach said um you’re going to be starting from here on out to

The rest of the season most likely how does it feel that that trust put in you um by the coaching staff you know to be awarded the starting position uh it feels good um you know I think it doesn’t really matter who starts or or or who comes off the bench it’s about

Who finishes the game and and how you impact the game personally in my opinion what is the to you to be selected for your third rising star uh it means a lot you know um you know I’m very blessed and to have these couple opportunities

You know the first two years in the G League uh they didn’t we didn’t had to you know come here and um be selected by by a team or whatever and also the next level the next upep game like you know huge opportunities for the G league and

And the ignite especially so I’m blessed and and you know I appreciate the opportunity and I think the year three it means a whole bunch to me for just CU it’s my rookie year you know so it’s it’s kind of different this year does it feel different this time it definitely

Does feel different what’s different I think just you know my mindset coming into it and my mindset is to to come out there and hoop and you know just be myself so SK what just what impresses you about this entire class these guys young guys that are making big steps

Like they are it’s a lot of talent it’s a lot of talent in in this class um you know and fact that I’m a part of it that kind of just tells you a whole bunch about you know the caliber of players that that we have you know we have guys

That like me speedy and we got guys like wimy um 7 75 74 um with with tremendous Talent you know and a lot of the you know the the after after the lottery picks are very talented as well so we have a whole bunch of talent in this

Class the depth of this class is kind of what you’re touching on here what’s it been like to kind of just see that there are so many guys that are playing it that um I like it I you know me personally like I I’m always show Lov

And I ain’t never going to hit on on anybody whether you know I think you know they’re more or less so uh in my opinion I just you know I just try to show love back and just try to recognize that you know we’re all in this together

So uh just trying to see that and you know see everybody else’s growth is it’s it’s it’s fun how difficult is for you play against people that have so much power in your in your um I think I got a lot of power in

My game as well so I think it’s just a a a great chance for me to go out there and clash with you know the best players in the world and it’s it’s been fun so far so I’m just enjoying it good who’s the one guy in NBA history

That you wish you could have been teammates with at one point Alan Iverson Alan I i’ probably be yeah it probably be fun being team with AI how would you two be in the back door that’d be a problem yeah it’d be a problem for sure it’ be a problem yeah

And some people don’t know for a guy that’s what 63 64 65 you got some of the biggest hands in the league yeah I do so like talk to me about that like you I heard you take a basketball like that I would I could probably do like this

Though for sure or like this three fingers maybe no what I think so can you possibly yeah yeah I appreciate good how difficult was the first game in the N for you uh it was just a lot of learning in that game you know just the speed of

The game um you know it’s the first NBA game so I knew it wasn’t going to be you know I knew it was going to be what I expected as in you know crowd and you didn’t inity and stuff like that you didn’t expect mhm been your transition from college to

The NBA you know in his first or so games uh I didn’t go to college but my my uh transition from the G League ignite to the NBA has been been tremendous you know I just been learning a whole bunch and um you know I’m still I’m going continue to keep learning you

Know whether I’m year five or year one so what’s your goals for the for the remaining of the Season uh just continue to be the best player I can be you know continue to impact impact the game in many ways whether it’s both sides of the

Ball um continue to learn and and be coachable what’s one Trail Blazers legend or former player that you would have like to say um Bill won what do you think of your uh teammates ran rer from from France yeah I love Ryan I love I love RS um you know

He’s a great person you know an even better teammate you know I always see him working every time I go back to the gym around around night time he’s in there you know so um and you can see you can tell you know how much he’s getting

Better and you know they got him going up and down from the G but I think he’s going to be a huge part of the um Blazers future what do you like about his games uh I like the fact that he get to the cup the fact that he can hit open

Shots and the fact that he’s coachable at all times SC what’s it been like playing with J this year playing with oh do up do up yeah my boy it’s been great you know it’s easier to play with um a guy like um you know he

He’s he’s a rookie as well but he understands the game at a high level um playing in in Australia and different leagues and stuff but um easy to play with a guy that can shoot like that man he he can shoot shoot the head out the

Ball so what’s impressed you the most so far about him this season the fact that he’s been able to just kind of get used to teams um like stabbing at him as he catches as he catches the ball at the top of the key and then pump F and drive

And dunk you know the fact that you have to kind of learn that from a couple times of shooting you know contestant threes and fact that he’s learned out on his own with with the coaching staff and you know he’s just been developing a whole lot faite allar memory growing up

Watching it Sunday game I think I didn’t really watch too many but the one that I did watch was when was Kobe’s last and um when he was guarding LeBron yeah yeah I guess you haven’t watched them as a kid did you watch them have you watched them in recent years

Recent years for sure do you feel like obviously the NBA is it’s a great game Even Adam Silver admitted last year that you this maybe we got to make the Sunday game a little bit better more represent uh representative how good of our game is did you think that you know should

You make it to the Sunday game at some point your generation of players Mak you guys do stuff to make it more competitive I think the only thing we could do is just go out there and play like a real game you know I think the allstar game is Allstar is in general

Just looked at as like you know funny games but I think you know the fans at most they want to see um a competitive spirit in it and you know it it’s Sparks like that in in the games uh recent years but I think you know um all all

That we can do as young guys coming up is try to just continue to you to have that Competitive Edge um kind of SC on it here but what is the first Allstar memory you ever remember having I think it was the the oh my first probably Blake Blake Griffin

Duning over the car that was probably my first Allstar memory and you’re the only guy here that’s actually done a GQ photo shoot why I mean look at me you know what I mean I’m too flee you know what I mean so that’s why thank

You do you uh do you have any sort of welcome the NBA moments since you’ve been in the year yeah I think um my first game actually against uh the Clippers and it was it was a tough game for for the team as well but for me

Personally just cuz you know um growing up watching West Westbrook and and and I had it was like one of the plays where he just came down and spun and hit my body and then pass it off I’m like God that’s a that’s a crazy bump so did but

I got used to it so uh next game we played them and we had a pretty good game so and then what’s your favorite cities have been to travel to or play in on the road um Um I don’t really I haven’t really been outside of the Cities just been really just focused on like um maybe the Arenas I like uh I like the P of Arena face arena is pretty dope um Rockets is Rockets is all right I like Houston I feel like that’s that’s about

It dude is that when you think of uh was there a moment or a game that stands out to you as the first time you were like wow like I’m in the NBA really made it uh my first game my very first game against the Clippers that was a moment

Was there like a moment where you were like looking around being like wow definitely like as I stepped on the court I’m like this is crazy you know I’m here at at crypto you know what I mean so it’s amazing what’s your favorite aspect of your own game uh I

Think fact that I’m unselfish and I I can get uh my team involved and and just run different actions for for my teammates and a little bit of a Siler one but if you had to form a WWE tag team with any of the all stars who would

You pick your tag team partner my partner is it one of the allst Stars right now yeah it could be an All-Star Rising Star anyway Um probably keante how come I feel like Keon got a uh I think he’s pretty smart you know especially as a guard on on a on a very great offensive team so I think he’ll be a good Tag Team part um what’s the best dating advice you give

Me um make sure your partner loves loves their self before you know they could you know like you you know what I mean I think that’s that’s my best and I ain’t got no girlfriend nothing like that but I think I think that’s pretty good advice is there a move you picked up

From anyone in the NBA and you added to your game or you want to add to your game yeah I seen Mike connley um the other night I seen him like as he was driving and the other man was coming he was like in the in the Gap he threw the

Ball and like picked it hand up off the ball then kept kept going and then laid it up or whatever I think that’s a pretty move I like to learn yeah for sure a that’s crazy that’s crazy to say that’s crazy to say I’m appreciate you bro

Scoot Henderson answers a wide range of questions ahead of the 2024 NBA Rising Stars Game in Indianapolis.

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