Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum and the NBA Players Association aired their request for certain players to be allowed to have contact in personal workouts ahead of the official practices.

The league announced its guidelines and schedules for the 22 teams set to return for the continuance of the 2019-20 NBA regular season on July 31 at Disney World, Orlando.

As per the new rules, players can now resume team practices and workouts, but still have to follow some restrictions in terms of social distancing.

CJ McCollum, who also serves as the NBPA Vice President, claimed that several players coming off long layoffs must at least experience one-on-one action, to somehow expedite the process of returning from their injuries.

“We have players that need to get contact in for the last steps of clearance,” McCollum said on Sunday, per Jason Quick of The Athletic. “I don’t want anyone to get injured because of having over 100 days of no games.”

For instance, Blazers' big men  Jusuf Nurkic and Zach Collins have fully rehabilitated their respective injuries during the hiatus and are expected to join the team in Orlando.

Despite his urging, McCollum added that the union is still contemplating on the matter since it could also lead to certain complications.

“It’s hard for them to gauge because we aren’t all in a bubble,” McCollum shared. “Guys are still going home, coming and going, going to grocery stores, etc. So they are not sure it’s possible to get clearance earlier … until we begin testing. So, I’m still waiting on more confirmation, but it’s looking like no contact or even one-on-one for a bit longer.”

McCollum and the Blazers, meanwhile, are one of the 13 teams from the Western Conference permitted to resume their season.The team is currently trailing the Memphis Grizzlies for the 8th and final playoff spot in the standings.