We Need To Talk About Scoot Henderson...

Scoot Henderson has had what can be described as an underwhelming rookie season. The top 3 pick that was viewed by many as the second best prospect in the 2023 NBA Draft hasn’t quite been what many expected as a rookie. Especially compared to his rookie peers that have been better than him. However as someone who has watched a ton of Scoot Henderson both prior to the NBA, as well as his rookie season. I do think he’s been a bit better than his numbers may suggest.
When you really dive into the tape, and the context of his season, that has led to the numbers as a rookie. You see a lot more promise than the numbers might suggest. In this video I’m going to be breaking down the rookie season of Scoot Henderson, what needs work, what has been promising, and how good he could be.
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0:00 Intro
1:35 RWBY Video Essay Where I Compare Ruby Rose To Scoot Henderson
2:07 Rim Pressure
5:41 Mid Range Shooting
7:23 Three Point Shooting
8:56 Playmaking
11:56 Projections
18:05 Recap
18:47 Outro
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[@TerranovaBasketballStudy]

Can Scoot still live up to hype? Ruby Rose Video Essay: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4i7ZmCChNKegqMsi=Mvlat0WSngfwuFx7 My Video Essay Channel: www.youtube.com/@TerranovaVideoEssays

[@thasneemrizvi]

I think that players like Darius, Russ, and First half Anthony Edwards show that rookie years for primary guards should be taken with a grain of salt

[@809Mornelle]

Why you say that ?

[@Jeeezyy]

@@809Mornelle they had bad rookie seasons but look at them now

[@TheyhateJay_2005]

@@Jeeezyylol Ant had a great rookie season🤣🤣🤣 ion why tf this nigga putting him and scoot in the same conversation, scoot is having a awful season, Ant had like 30games and after that he was unstoppable

[@kentsatcher865]

😂😂😂no they didn’t was you even alive for russ?

[@Jeeezyy]

@@kentsatcher865 lemme change my words not bad rookie seasons but like Scoot's season, just very inefficient

[@Shmitty2023]

I agree. We live in a microwave generation, ppl have already given up on Scoot Henderson

[@ezekielchristiannnn]

Personally, I wouldn't say I give up on him but I just lower my expectation on him as he's not as good as I thought he would be. Do I hope he proves me wrong? Absolutely.

[@edwardcui7535]

He should look to get custom contact lenses for whatever eye condition he has. I used to play in sports goggles, those things really affect your space perception/peripheral vision

[@Dawg476]

I knew it when I saw how he struggled in the G League, shot 42% there

[@YouDontKnowMebro69]

Good point

[@emirkulovic713]

He was 17 at that point 😂😂

[@4tone623]

I think that Scoot Henderson is going to be great and people are too quick to rule him as a "bust". Though his rookie season hasn't been great he is still steadily improving. Scoot's main issues in his game are efficiency and turnovers. Both of which can be improved greatly with time. The point guard position is one of the hardest positions to be when you are a rookie. The PG needs to run the offense and make the play. Scoot leads rookies in assists per night and I think that will keep on improving throughout his sophomore season. Throughout the last games of the season Scoot has had many nights with above 10 assists and more. His guard skills will only improve which means more assists and less turnovers. His other main issue efficiency will also improve over the coming off season. His 3 point shot has started to take off and if he can fix his rim efficiency and mid range I think he could average over 20 points next season. Shooting is an easy thing to fix. I think Scoot could easily become a candidate for the MIP award next year.

[@jgjohnt]

Love your videos man. For a little constructive criticism I thought you explained the same thing over and over again in the projections part just with different words. It was a little annoying. Again love your vids and I could even be wrong but if I'm right just thought it would be good for you to think about for future videos. Keep up the great work I always watch your new vids when I see them

[@peerlessbeard8914]

Could be a vision issue and shooting in large nba stadium compared to smaller gyms

[@zacht2806]

Scoots the only rookie out there playing with the all JuCo team. You try having DeAndre Ayton as your best playmaker

[@809Mornelle]

Thats usually when rookies numbers thrive , bad point ….

[@wetlikewater237]

@@809Mornelle example? Cause that's not true. Look at Jdub or Jaime, they both thrived due to being with a super star.

[@EzeBall1710]

@@wetlikewater237 they were not projected to be stars but solid role players. Scoot was projected to be an offensive hub, the 1 option. He sucks

[@thuggwaffle8825]

@@809Mornelle No it’s not. Better teammates equals less pressure and less defensive attention.

[@macalloway1]

​@@thuggwaffle8825I agree having better teammates means usually more efficiency but with lesser teammates you usually see more volume. Chet vs victor for example.

[@CarloBarlo69]

I’m still pretty high on him, the flashes are there. He’s only 19. Brandon Miller is 21. Imagine Scoot in 2 years when he is B Miller’s age now 🔥

[@bobbyohalterego4102]

It had to be very humbling for that young man after all the hype and build up and anticipation, to finally get to the league and realize that he actually is not,. NBA ready

[@macalloway1]

Truth is the ignite players are playing against way better competition than college players but with far less pressure to actually win. This is why guys that are injured their first year aren't true rookies because the adjustment to having people twice your age living and dying with your performance is a huge one

[@lylewalker5681]

Next season is going to be the real test. The team is going to be better, they are hopefully going to have a really good rookie added, and he’s gonna have a complete off-season to improve. He hasn’t looked terrible this year, despite what people are saying, but has been shaky. And he’s also looked good at times. On top of everything he’s been injured. Pretty much a push.

[@ssam1337]

Is he a rookie or something?

[@Fox250R]

Rookie who’s been in the G league for how long now? He still shoots like shit

[@justinmunson1412]

I’m betting on him I have and am still collecting every rookie card he has

[@losrevolucionarios8858]

Just give him time. He had a good game today.

[@CarloBarlo69]

The plus minus and win shares do not matter to me at all. Portland is tanking for at least for another year. They haven’t built anything helpful for him aside from having a solid center like Ayton. It’s pretty easy to see just about everything in his game improve next year. I’m hyped!

[@landocal0]

He didn’t live up to being a ready dame replacement which was a crazy ask.

[@hanijamil8518]

Amen clears him in every regard.

[@AJHDC]

We'll see. Love Amen but that shot is wayyy more broken than Scoot's.

[@ADIMusic-md1ij]

@@AJHDCagreed and agreed..amen is already the truth

[@PekMekz]

Well... they do play easier positions

[@Kingofwolves503]

Amens made 8 threes all season 😂😂😂😂 compared to scoots 67

[@aidencortez5490]

@@Kingofwolves503and?

[@derekmyers7880]

It looks like he's still dealing with that core injury. He might need the same surgery as Shaedon/Dame.

[@aiirizzy2862]

-58 biggest negative plus minus for any player in NBA history 👏👏👏

[@thuggwaffle8825]

Plus minus is the absolute worst metric to judge a single player by.

[@bkelly625]

I still think he can be really good but the “generational prospect” and next freak athlete PG tag many ppl put on him was never realistic his upside is more like a Baron Davis level point guard and it will take time to develop which is fine. Brandon Miller is and imo probably always will be the better player of the two but it’s no reason to hate on Scoot

[@limejuiceph8030]

And hes been projected #1 pick if wemby was not on his draft class. Then hornets pick right this time.

[@DAYRONFERNELLFORYIDROBO]

agreed

[@chriskeesee7508]

The problem is that he had 2 years of professional training/experience and still looks this bad. It’s a huge red flag.

[@zacht2806]

G league ignite has been exposed as not professional training.

[@chriskeesee7508]

@@zacht2806 No the training is fine. Putting a bunch of kids fresh out of high school into a professional league just wasn’t as easy as people thought it would be.

[@younggoose7315]

@@chriskeesee7508the training isn’t fine or else they would have had more draft picks

[@chriskeesee7508]

@@younggoose7315 They had plenty draft picks from each class.

[@younggoose7315]

@@chriskeesee7508 they average 3 a year that’s weak

[@alfonsojohnson703]

It’s only year 1

[@andrewchan1837]

I heard he has the worst plus minus? Is that true?

[@ForbiddenTechniqueTV]

-58 against Portland tonight 😕

[@PekMekz]

Unfortunately yes

[@Fox250R]

Poor Blazers. Owner needs to sell asap

[@justinmunson1412]

Go scoot!

[@justinmunson1412]

Rookie averaging double figures

[@standardyeepz]

i usually be trolling but fr i really never got the hype. 2 smol

[@dispater101]

Way too early to call bro a bust..i know he was a top pick, but he's only a bust if he doesn't get it together by year 3 imo

[@HelloThere-lo3qi]

I knew he wont live up to the expectation😂 but im biased anyway, i never rlly like seeing small guard that rely heavily on athleticism with bad shooting split can make it far… but I still think he can be an efficient 15-18 ppg scorer with 7 apg as long as he perfected his finishing around the rim which gonna make him a good starter pg on a good team… so he wont be a bad player but definitely the expectation is too high for him

[@HelloThere-lo3qi]

He might even be an all star if he improve his midrange consistency and 3pt, lets just see how long it will take for him to be that consistent shooter, either he become a roleplayer or he become an all star in his 4/5th year

[@lylewalker5681]

I think his floor is probably like a Baron Davis or Rod Strickland type, like a fringe all star that’s definitely solidly in a rotation somewhere for a while. And he still has a high ceiling, despite this season. Many players have had underwhelming rookie seasons, and have busted out in their second or third or even fourth years. It happens all the time. His shooting is underwhelming right now, but he does have a really good eye for open shots and coming off screens. And he has really good form/rhythm physically when he’s putting up shots, even though they’re not going in right now. He can put it together if you combine above average shooting with his ability to penetrate and beat guys off the dribble, that’s a deadly combo. He has the athleticism and physical build to be a Hall of Famer or perennial all star. I’m not at all saying he’s going to be a Hall of Famer, but he has something that 90% of guys in the NBA do not have.

[@TheLord-ALTERLEMOffical]

You have a lisp?

[@Fox250R]

I figured he was just drinking

[@JoeSmith-bb9zq]

Rookies in the NBA don’t go from having “historically bad performances” to then developing into some of the best players in the league. Rookies are bad usually, but this is a historic levels of bad and doesn’t bode well for the future imo.

[@younggoose7315]

Historic level of bad ? Wtf

[@thuggwaffle8825]

You don’t judge a players individual performance using the +\- metric lol..

[@lylewalker5681]

This an unbelievably off base thing to say. Come on, man.

[@user-hk3hl2kz4z]

I was surprised he was drafted in the lottery with his Ignite shooting splits/lack of elite size. Still plenty of time but the ceiling seems significantly lower than the Thompson twins, Miller or-rather obviously, Wemby.

[@Kingofwolves503]

Scoot just turned 20 yrs old last month give him a chance lol

[@user-hk3hl2kz4z]

@@Kingofwolves503 High level discourse

[@ynk-ike]

Lower ceiling than the Thompson twins?

[@CamWick]

@@ynk-ikeyes

[@emirkulovic713]

He's 19... average draftee is 22 😂😂

[@Truthbeelike]

I don’t wanna be mean but just honest I do not think scoot is good I’ll leave it just like that, nothing against him but seems as though he goes missing in the game and when his number is called he turns the ball over and misses many shots.. wish him all the best but def not one of the special talents

[@yangsong2334]

so the entier video is "he isnt good at anything but lets just talk ourselves into thinking hes good"

[@charlescohen6140]

First thing that hits me is he is too muscular, and second too narcissistic. But give him a year or more as most casual fans have no patience. Would you trade him for Josh Giddey?

[@younggoose7315]

How is he narcissistic

[@thuggwaffle8825]

Scoot is literally the very last player in the entire league I would ever call narcissistic. Do you even know what that word means? 😅

[@charlescohen6140]

Some of the things he said about being the best ever before the season. But he put on too much muscle but I like him and Portland should really improve. @@younggoose7315

[@WittynotSilly]

Dude is just not it and had he gone to college probably wouldn't of been a lottery pick I understand dame wanted out and you had a potential franchise pg available but in hindsight passing on brandon miller was so dumb scoot had too many flaws to be drafted that high miller was a much safer pick I guess after portland fires chauncy scoot won't too far behind him.. I sorta feel for that kid the ignite didn't prepare him at all for the NBA and he's coming in replacing a legend.. damn that's tough

[@CamWick]

hornets had a pick before them what are you talking about

[@StrygwyrBS]

No need to talk about a bust.

[@wetlikewater237]

yep that's why he's talking about scoot not ausar thompson

[@ADIMusic-md1ij]

I’ll say it, Portland fucked this up..amen was always the pick! If only portlands front office put on some bifocals instead of on scoot 😂

[@wetlikewater237]

always the pick lol, everyone in the whole world was screaming Scoot as the 2nd pick, the moment he fell to 3 no matter what he becomes you had to draft him their dummy

[@stroshow5]

@@wetlikewater237why? Amen was/is more athletic and is wayyy bigger. I still don’t get why scoot was so over hyped

[@CamWick]

@@wetlikewater237I genuinely thought they should’ve picked amen but atm everyone was fine with it

[@wetlikewater237]

@@CamWick ? Scoot has been better than amen this year to me, plus amen showed that he can’t shoot.

[@AndruComedy]

Amen averaging 9pts 2 assists. Scoot 14 points 5 assists. Going off the last 10 games scoot is 18pts 7 assists. Amens jump shot is also....

[@keltners613]

He shown zero potential to be a star thats the problem.

[@zotabo2131]

You haven’t watched him play then lol.