Almost the second the Portland Trail Blazers selected Scoot Henderson with the No. 3 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, the narrative quickly flipped from what should have been an exciting moment – a potential All-NBA point guard slipping to you in the draft after you vaulted into the top three of the lottery – to “Does that mean a Damian Lillard trade is coming?”
The general feeling is that Henderson and Lillard can’t co-exist, and that once the Scoot pick was made, Dame would be on his way out of Portland before the start of next season.