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The Athletic: Scoot Isn’t “Transcendent Talent”

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The Portland Trail Blazers currently sit 8-17 over a quarter of the way into the 2024-25 NBA season, good for 13th place in the competitive Western Conference. With the NBA’s trade season quickly approaching, the Blazers have often been mentioned as a seller.

However, The Athletic staff wrote about the greatest need for each NBA team heading into the rest of the season, and former Blazers reporter and current Athletic writer Jason Quick isn’t sold on Scoot Henderson’s ceiling:

Figuring out Scoot Henderson: It’s becoming more clear that Scoot Henderson likely isn’t the “transcendent talent” GM Joe Cronin thought when he took the point guard No.