The Portland Path Blazers made Scoot Henderson the third general choose of the 2023 NBA Draft, and there have been excessive hopes for the younger, athletic guard. However he has struggled on a rebuilding group in his rookie season, and now has the one worst particular person plus/minus in a recreation within the historical past of the league.
NBA: Henderson Has Had A Powerful Rookie Season In Portland
Scoot Henderson simply had the bottom +/- in a single recreation in NBA historical past with -58. pic.twitter.com/bggkbzlUgN
— StatMamba (@StatMamba) March 30, 2024
Henderson has been one of many worst shooters within the NBA this 12 months. He has tried over 12 pictures per recreation in his 55 video games performed, however makes simply 37.8% of them. From three-point vary, he’s taking pictures simply over 30% on 4 makes an attempt per contest. His struggles have resulted in him having the bottom win share of any participant that was chosen in the latest draft.
Issues appeared to hit all-time low earlier within the season. Again on January eleventh in a recreation towards the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, Henderson had an extremely poor plus/minus quantity at -56, which was the 2nd worst by any participant in a single recreation in NBA historical past. He scored 13 factors within the recreation on 4 of 21 taking pictures, and the Blazers endured a 62-point loss, their largest of the season.
Scoot Finishes With Plus/Minus Of -58 In opposition to Warmth
Scoot Henderson(-58) simply had the bottom +/- in NBA HISTORY 😳 pic.twitter.com/BRONATyQT6
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) March 30, 2024
Henderson in some way outdid himself on Friday evening towards the Miami Warmth. It was Portland’s second-worst lack of the 12 months, as they got here up 60 factors quick in a 142-82 end, and their level guard broke his personal and the league’s document in the identical evening. Henderson did end with a team-high 20 factors, and wasn’t as horrible as standard when it got here to his taking pictures share. However he completed with a plus/minus of -58, setting the NBA document.
The loss to Miami is Portland’s ninth in a row, their second shedding streak of 9 video games within the final two months. In addition they dropped 9 straight in February, which was each recreation that they performed that month. They’ve been within the league’s basement for a lot of the season, and are only one recreation higher than the San Antonio Spurs, who’re in useless final place within the Western Convention.
Portland is in the course of a 7-game street journey, and can go to Orlando to tackle the Magic on Monday.
