Overview
- Interim coach Tiago Splitter said Henderson is doing contact work in practice and feeling well afterward, but there is no timetable for his first game action.
- Henderson has missed all 48 games this season after tearing his hamstring in a preseason workout.
- Reserve guard Blake Wesley is also in the final stage of recovery from October foot surgery, according to Splitter.
- Portland has navigated long stretches without a primary point guard due to injuries to Henderson, Jrue Holiday and Wesley, while Damian Lillard is out for the season with a torn Achilles.
- Front-office decisions loom this summer with Henderson eligible for a rookie-scale extension and Wesley headed for unrestricted free agency.