Rip City made its 2023 NBA Summer League debut and lost to the Houston Rockets on a buzzer-beater, but a shoulder injury to Portland’s prized rookie Scoot Henderson was the game’s most significant takeaway. Here’s the latest Blazers news the morning after game 1 in Las Vegas, including an update on Scoot’s shoulder and the latest Damian Lillard trade rumors.
Trail Blazers rookies make their NBA debuts
In what was dubbed an “appetizer” and a “warm-up” to an underwhelming Victor Wembanyama debut, Scoot and the Blazers faced Amen Thompson’s Houston Rockets in both teams’ first game of this year’s Las Vegas summer league.