Blazers' Scoot Henderson Under Evaluation For Concussion

After a disappointing debut season as the No. 3 pick in a loaded 2023 NBA Draft, Portland Trail Blazers point guard Scoot Henderson righted the shift somewhat in 2024-25.

He's been starring in his role as the club's sixth man, a dynamic, energy-shifting scorer off the bench.

Portland, too, has been surprisingly competitive of late. Thanks to the growth of incumbent young pieces Toumani Camara (the No. 52 pick in Henderson's draft class) and Shaedon Sharpe, plus the advent of exciting new additions Deni Avdija and Donovan Clingan, the Trail Blazers' youth movement has caught up to established vets like new starting point guard Anfernee Simons and starting center Deandre Ayton.

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Power forward Jerami Grant has regressed this year, and is currently out with a lingering injury. Ayton has been shelved for over a month, although Clingan has adeptly slotted in for him.

At 32-42 on the season, Portland still has at least a technical shot of making the play-in tournament in the crowded Western Conference. The Trail Blazers are four games behind the 36-38 Dallas Mavericks for the No. 10 seed in the West, with just eight games left on both clubs' slates. The 35-38 Phoenix Suns, meanwhile, are 0.5 games behind Dallas and 3.5 games ahead of Portland.

Now, unfortunately, Portland could be without Henderson during some of its final regular season contests.

A source informs Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian that the 6-foot-3 guard is undergoing evaluation for concussion-like symptoms.