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Scoot Henderson Portland Trail Blazers · #00

Guard · 6'3", 207 lb · Marietta, Georgia · Age 22 · 3rd season

Scoot Henderson is an explosive young point guard for the Portland Trail Blazers, drafted 3rd in 2023 out of the G League Ignite. A Georgia native who turned pro at 17, he is known for elite athleticism and downhill scoring, and became the youngest Trail Blazer to score 30-plus in a playoff game. His shooting consistency and durability are the keys to his development.

MVP race · #177Guard rank · #83Balladex Impact · 56
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Portland Trail Blazers · #00 · Guard
Scoot Henderson
Season avg14.2 pts · 2.7 reb · 3.7 ast · .418 fg
Career avg13.5 pts · 3.0 reb · 5.0 ast · .405 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
14.2pts
2.7reb
3.7ast
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Scouting report

Scoot Henderson — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Downhill Combo Guard · Impact 56
Scoot Henderson is an explosive young point guard for the Portland Trail Blazers, drafted 3rd in 2023 out of the G League Ignite. A Georgia native who
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Scoot Henderson stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN▬
31%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
19%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
8%
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Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
5%
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Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
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Anthony Edwards MIN▬
3%
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Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
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Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #203 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
56Impact index
118Star score
Career scoring average13.5 ppg
Seasons in the index3
Accolades on file2
No. 3 Draft pick (2023) · 31 Playoff career-high points
Stat explorer

Scoot Henderson — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
14.2 PPG
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Playmaking
3.7 APG
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Rebounding
2.7 RPG
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Shooting
.352 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Scoot Henderson

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  44% confidence
14.9
pts
11.2–18.6
2.7
reb
1.1–4.3
3.5
ast
2.1–4.9
24.5
min
proj
47
gp
health
.411
fg%
~base
.347
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 14.2 → projected 14.9 PPG
Minutes / role
-0.2
Development (his trend)
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Age curve
+0.2
Live context
+0.3
Net vs last season+0.7 PPG
Everything it reads
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3 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 22 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 62 / 66 / 30 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Scoot Henderson career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2023-246228.514.03.15.4.385.325
2024-256626.712.73.05.1.419.354
2025-263024.914.22.73.7.418.352
Career15827.113.53.05.0
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
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—in 2026 pace
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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Portland Trail Blazers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

43–39proj record
#9conf seed
+0.6net rtg
113.6off rtg
113def rtg
54%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Donovan Clingan, Jrue Holiday.
How his role moves
Projected 43–39, 9th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
56 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
No. 3 Draft pick (2023) · 31 Playoff career-high points
Act IV

The Ballad of Scoot Henderson

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Feb 3, 2004

The beginning

An explosive young point guard — elite athleticism and downhill scoring for the Blazers.

Portland Trail Blazers

Turning pro

Drafted 3rd overall, 2023 as a Guard.

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An explosive young point guard — elite athleticism and downhill scoring for the Blazers.

Chapter

From a basketball family, Henderson joined the G League Ignite at 17 before Portland drafted him 3rd in 2023.

Chapter

An explosive, downhill guard, he developed into a rising rotation piece.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
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Height
6' 3"
Weight
207 lbs
Experience
4th Season
Draft
3rd overall, 2023
Born
Marietta, Georgia
Age
22
Jersey
#00
Beyond the game

Henderson comes from a deeply competitive basketball family — the second-youngest of seven siblings, with three sisters who played Division I basketball, and parents who run the Next Play 360 training facility in Marietta. His nickname 'Scoot' dates to how he scooted across the floor as a baby.

His on-court identity is explosive, downhill scoring and playmaking — an athletic point guard who attacks the rim, gets downhill, and creates for others (around five assists a game). His perimeter shooting consistency (a career mark in the mid-30s from three) and durability (several early injuries) are the swing skills; his athleticism and feel give him a high ceiling as a lead guard.

The person

An explosive, athletic point guard — downhill scoring, ball-handling, and playmaking.

Explosive athleteAn elite downhill attacker who gets to the rim.
PlaymakerCreates for others at around five assists a game.
Shooting swing skillPerimeter consistency is the key to his ceiling.
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FAQ

Scoot Henderson — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Scoot Henderson, answered.

What is Scoot Henderson known for?
Explosive athleticism and downhill scoring — an athletic point guard who attacks the rim and creates for others, and the youngest Trail Blazer to score 30-plus in a playoff game.
How did Scoot Henderson reach the NBA?
He reclassified to join the G League Ignite at 17 rather than finish high school, then Portland drafted him 3rd overall in 2023.
What does Scoot Henderson need to develop?
Perimeter shooting consistency and durability — the swing skills that would unlock his downhill, playmaking game as a starting guard.
Scoot Henderson career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
64%
3 seasons
Last 3 seasons
64%
88 games missed
Games missed
88
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
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23-24
66
24-25
30
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 64% of games over the last three seasons, low of 37% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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