Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson is one of 21 NBA players selected to compete in the 2025 Castrol Rising Stars on Feb. 14 at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., 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 forward Toumani Camara were not named to the pool. Bryce McGowens of the Rip City Remix was named to the G League roster.
The 21 NBA players will be divided into three seven-player teams and compete in a tournament along with the G League team during All-Star weekend.
The draft will be held on Feb. 4.
Team A plays Team B in Game 1 and Team C plays Team D in Game 2. The two winning teams meet in the championship game.
Henderson, the No. 3 pick in the 2023 NBA draft, is averaging 12.4 points and 5.1 assists with 2.9 rebounds this season.
He has played some of his best basketball over the past eight games, averaging 17.9 points with 5.8 assists and shooting 52.2% from the field and 47.9% from beyond the arc.
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
— Aaron Fentress | afentress@Oregonian.com | @AaronJFentress (Twitter), @AaronJFentress (Instagram), @AaronFentress (Facebook)