Blazers Already Tried To Trade Scoot Henderson, Says Report

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The Portland Path Blazers have been a mainstay within the information cycle currently with all the commerce rumors surrounding the staff. A lot of the tales and stories are primarily based round Damian Lillard and what he’ll do within the close to future, however there was apparently a brief commerce dialogue that concerned the most recent member of the staff in Scoot Henderson.

Blazers And Clippers Mentioned A Henderson-For-Paul Commerce

The Blazers briefly mentioned a Scoot Henderson for Paul George swap, per @HowardBeck

No commerce materialized pic.twitter.com/uAGnOd0eAq

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) June 27, 2023

There have been rumors floating for years about Lillard’s potential departure from Portland, and people stories have been at their loudest this low season. The Blazers discovered themselves in an fascinating spot, with an getting old however beneficial commodity on their roster, but additionally held the #3 general choose in a top-heavy draft.

It was unclear which route that the Blazers have been heading in, nevertheless it felt like if Lillard was going to be traded, it might have been within the days main as much as the 2023 Draft.

However the staff stood sturdy, holding onto their star participant (for now) whereas deciding on athletic guard Scoot Henderson with the third choose.

Portland Holding Onto Lillard…For Now

Damian Lillard hasn’t requested a commerce and plans to ‘wait round’ to see what Portland does in free company, per @WindhorstESPN pic.twitter.com/pESJAVbu9l

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) June 27, 2023

There are nonetheless rumors of a commerce involving Lillard, as there’s nonetheless loads of low season to come back. However in keeping with Howard Beck of GQ SportsPortland virtually made a commerce of a unique sort within the hours following the draft.

In his article previewing the NBA’s free company interval, Beck goes into element about Lillard’s state of affairs and the dearth of a commerce coming to fruition, however throws in an fascinating snippet concerning the new draftee. He says that the Blazers and Clippers had briefly mentioned swapping Henderson for Paul George, a transfer that may be considered useful for each side.

One Western Convention government weighed in on the state of affairs:

“In the event that they actually have been set on giving up Scoot, they might have gotten a extremely good return. I simply don’t assume they have been dedicated sufficient to do it.”

Henderson is clearly thought of top-of-the-line gamers in his draft class, however it’s stunning to see groups contain him in commerce talks for established NBA stars so early on.

There needs to be extra motion across the league in direction of the tip of the week, as free company is ready to being on June thirtieth.