Trail Blazers Guard named for NBA Rising Stars Pool

Portland Trail Blazers Guard Scoot Henderson is one of 21 NBA players chosen to compete in 2025 Castrol Rising Stars On February 14 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California, the league announced today.

The pool consists of 10 second-year players, 11 rookies and seven g League players.

Blazers Rookie Center Donovan Clingan and second-year-from-forward Toumani Camara was not named for the pool. Bryce McGowens from RIP City Remix was named the G League program list.

The 21 NBA players will be divided into three seven-player teams and compete in a tournament with the G League team on All-Star Weekend.

The draft will be held on February 4th.

Team A plays Team B in Game 1 and Team C plays Team D in games 2 .. The two winning teams meet in the championship.

Henderson, No. 3 -Selection in 2023 NBA Draft, average 12.4 points and 5.1 assists with 2.9 rebounds this season.

He has played some of his best basketball over the last eight games, an average of 17.9 points with 5.8 assists and shooting 52.2% off the field and 47.9% beyond the arch.

Players selected

Rookies

Bub Carrington, Washington Wizards

Stephon Castle, San Antonio Spurs

Tristan da Silva, Orlando Magic

Zach Edey, Memphis Grizzlies

Dalton Knecht, Los Angeles Lakers

Jared McCain, Philadelphia 76ers

Yves Messi, New Orleans Pelicans

Zaccharie Risacher, Atlanta Hawks

Alex Sarr, Washington Wizards

Jaylen Wells, Memphis Grizzlies

Second year players

Bilal Coulibaly, Washington Wizards

Gradey Dick, Toronto Raptors

Keyonte George, Utah Jazz

Scoot Henderson, Portland Trail Blazers

Trayce Jackson-Davis, Golden State Warriors

Jaime Jaquez Jr., Miami Heat

Dereck Lively II, Dallas Mavericks

Brandon Miller, Charlotte Hornets

Amen Thompson, Houston Rockets

Carson Wallace, Oklahoma City Thunder

Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs

G-League

JD Davison, Maine Celtics

Mac McClung, Osceola Magic

Bryce McGowens, Rip City Remix

Leonard Miller, Minnesota Timberwolves/Iowa Wolves

Dink Pate, Mexico City Capitanes

Reed Sheppard, Houston Rockets/Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Pat Spencer, Santa Cruz Warriors

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