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Lillard revealed that he was optimistic about Amen Thompson at the time, and the team finally chose Henderson!

8:45pm, 20 September 2025【Basketball】

Recently, Lillard, a star player of the Trail Blazers team where Chinese men's basketball team Yang Hansen is, revealed his joy in returning to the Trail Blazers in an interview with "NBA Today". After all, returning to the mother team at the end of his career really made me very happy. Now his goal is to accompany the growth of this group of young players in the team, especially guiding the growth of four young players, Klingen, Sharp, Yang Hansen and Henderson, is the primary political task for the Blazers to reintroduce him.

When talking about the young men of the Trail Blazers, Lillard has many praises, especially for Sharp and Klingen. When talking about Henderson in 23 years, Lillard, as the big brother, pointed out his shortcomings, especially Henderson's reading ability in the game still needs to continue to learn in the game. Lillard then revealed that in the 23rd draft, he had watched Amen Thompson's trial training effect on the spot and was quite satisfied with Amen Thompson's athletic ability. He once suggested that the Trail Blazers management could use the Title Lottery in his hand to pick Amen Thompson, but in the end the team chose another genius Henderson.

If the Trail Blazers had chosen Amen Thompson, the reconstruction might have ended now. Unfortunately, there is no if.