Projections leading to the 2023 NBA draft have increasingly slotted Overtime Elite point guard Amen Thompson to the Houston Rockets with the No. 4 pick in the first round.
There is, however, another point guard expected to go high in the draft: Scoot Henderson of the G League Ignite. It’s not so much that the Rockets wouldn’t be interested in Henderson. It’s that he appears likely to be picked by Charlotte at No. 2 or Portland at No. 3 and not be on the board.
