The Portland Trail Blazers announced their first “bad news” of the season this week, alerting the world to a Scoot Henderson hamstring tear, suffered in pre-camp scrimmages. While I’ve not been the point guard’s biggest fan, I genuinely want the former G League Ignite standout to thrive.

His four-to-eight-week convalescence is disappointing, but Scoot should return to the court with confidence and energy before Thanksgiving. The earlier the better for Henderson, who needs a productive 2025-26 campaign before he becomes eligible for an extension and before Damian Lillard returns to the court 12 month from now.

For the Blazers, they’ll need alternative sources of scoring and playmaking as they hope to get the season off to a positive start.

Regardless of whether Henderson was going to sta

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