The Truth About Scoot Henderson 

His 3% has actually been just fine for his rookie season. I expected him to finish the year at around 30%. He's currently at 31.5%. Thing is, he started the season horrifically @ 2/24 (8.3%). Since then, he's gone 49/138 (35.5%). That's approximately league average in today's NBA. Sure, most of his 3's are wide open... But that's really all he needs to do. If he can hit open 3's at 35-36%, defenders will have to respect him out there, which will help to open up the lane. His closest player comps are guys like Westbrook, Rose & Wall. Westbrook & Rose were both MVP's & prime Wall was no joke either. None of those guys were even near league average 3 point shooters. None of em shot as well from 3 in their rookie seasons as Scoot has this season. Westbrook & Rose both shot 3's @ a low % even in their MVP seasons. Lately, Scoot has also been absolutely automatic from the FT line. Imo, it stands to reason that Scoot will actually be a better shooter than Westbrook, Rose or Wall. Where Scoot's inefficiency lies is actually in his midrange & finishing at the rim. This suggests to me that his low scoring efficiency (FG%, eFG% & TS%) has much more to do with the game moving too fast for the rookie than it does his actual ability to shoot. He's been steadily improving. Imo, the G League Ignite program is just terrible at preparing players for the NBA. I think that the game will continue to slow down for him. I believe he will become a superstar in this league. I just think that he was foolishly seen as a very NBA ready prospect by most analysts. So Scoot will be just fine imo. What I think needs criticism is the G League ignite program. From what I can tell, it's the worst possible route to the NBA that these young guys can take.

brandon miller

Watching all those clips I notice scoot can’t score with his left hand around the rim

Who has the worse true shooting % in the whole league while playing significant mins?

So did we over estimate Scoots athleticism? The lack of lift on his finishes w/o a clear run way is concerning to me seeing as slashing and finishing at the rim was projected to be his biggest selling point as a prospect.

This guy gonna be good. He doing great for turning 20 this week.

He's going to be a great player

About the 3s: it's worth considering that as a rookie, Chris Paul shot 28% from 3. By year 3, he was at 35%, and in his career has maxed out at 41%. So if Scoot can follow that trajectory, and throw in those sick passes he makes, he'll be a beast.

His 3 pt shooting has been getting better since November and the season number is a little misleading because in October he only shot 5%. His attempts per game have been going up each month and since November he hasn't shot below 33.3% Nov-33.3 Dec-35.3 Jan-33.9 Feb 38.5 (so far)

Blazers have Brogdon at PG and Ant Simons at SG so...scoot hasnt gotten the reps but he has improved. When one of those guys gets traded, he will improve more

I don’t think Brandon miller is better than scoot , it looks like the way he’s coached is messing up his game , he’s stronger and faster then any guard reminds me of Derrick rose

Dont worry guys, Blazers front office solved the problem. Keeping Brodgon to mentor. Screw letting him play the 30 mins a game he should be in a FREAKING REBUILD. Mentoring will get him out of his slump. Beating a dead horse, but whole FO needs to go, as well as Billups. If a finals mvp point guard cant mentor the "new face" of the franchise, then why is he still here. They threw Dame to the wolves for this guy, and no limits his playing time, even with Sharpe hurt. Blazers are a joke right now, and its not a 19 year olds fault. Ok blazers rant over. Scoot will be a very good player in a few years. He wants to hustle on defense and doesnt seem out of plays very often for a child lol. Once the game slows down for him, he'll be able to use his atheletism more efficiently, and his shot is decent, it will start falling after the reps come. He can still even grow, hes 19, he's 6'3, could be 6'4 or 6'5 and can put on 10-15 more pounds and be even more of a beast(obvoiusly not everyone grows into their 20's but he could). Hopefully next year we'll trade Brogden and JG, and we can tank (just like we will end up this year, for the 4 year, and every year of Billups as a coach), but we can then develop 1) Scoot / Ant 2)Ant / Sharp 3) Sharp / Murray 4) Camara / Walker 5) Ayton / Reath (maybe another backup, bigger younger guy, but i like his 3p shooting) Great video btw :D

Thanks soo much for these breakdowns!! I dont have time to watch the blazers or hornets. Super interested in these young guys tho.

Thank you. Scoot is raw rn, but with time and experience, dude is gonna be nasty. He's already had some great flashy passes, mini-posters, crazy finishes, and a steadily improving 3 point shot. Once the game slows down a bit, and he gets NBA level training for some offseasons... Woo!

It's "work in progress", not "working progress"... & don't tell me that's a "mute point". 😂

Who is declaring him a bust? nobodies? who listens to that? lol. This is silly.

Hes going to be great! Top five

Cade is next right?

Man I’m so happy Detroit didn’t get 3rd pick this cat is bad and all the pep saying only half a year there already calling him a bust they called Cade a bust after one game and he was injured since summer leg

Brandon Miller is better but b4 the draft everyone said scoot was better so far he is not

Love the videos bro you one of my favorite RU-vidrs now. Ima rockets fan could u do a video on sengun or Jalen?