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Much has been made about how amazing Damian Lillard has been since the season restart — and rightfully so. To some degree, every other member of the Portland Trail Blazers has been overshadowed, including Lillard’s backcourt partner-in-crime in CJ McCollum. McCollum has been playing through a back injury over the Blazers’ past few games, and […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum has been playing the last three games with a lower back fracture. That’s how badly he wants to help his team clinch that eighth final playoff spot in the crowded Western Conference. According to Dwight Jaynes of NBC Sports, the 28-year-old Lehigh University alum has been playing through a […]

The Boston Celtics narrowly defeated the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, and although Boston came away with the win, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens was effusive in his praise for Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, saying it is a “joke” how good Portland’s backcourt players are. Brad Stevens with the greatest praise in his arsenal […]

Everybody, including the players themselves, is excited to have the 2019-20 NBA season back in a few days. However, for Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum, “basketball is secondary” in the season’s restart in Disney World in Orlando, Florida, according to David Aldridge of The Athletic. McCollum, a vice president of the National Basketball Players […]

Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum got rejected by the rim during the team’s first scrimmage game on Thursday against the Indiana Pacers, and both CJ and Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray got a kick out of it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/8pTQCP5gW8 — CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) July 23, 2020 Kudos to CJ McCollum for being […]

Former NBA forward Channing Frye believes the Los Angeles Lakers will have no answer for Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum in a potential first-round playoff series. “Rondo going down is huge for the Lakers, because playoff Rondo, and everyone says it, and I’ve seen it, is a absolute different beast,” Frye said on the NBA […]

During his conference call with reporters on Tuesday, Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum said he and some other NBA players spoke with Breonna Taylor’s mother recently. McCollum and his fellow NBA brothers are trying to get Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to arrest the cops who killed Taylor. CJ McCollum spoke with Breonna […]

Tuesday was full of surprises in the NBA bubble, but none were as fun as Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum poking fun at Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard for not wearing a mask in public. Prior to the end of a media availability session, the Blazers star said this unprompted: “I’m wearing […]

Quarantine birthdays have become a trend during the past four months of dire home confinement. Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard is yet another of the millions of people who have had to make the most of their quaran-birthday, but not without the help of running mate CJ McCollum. Lillard, who’s celebrating his 30th birthday […]

During a conference call with reporters on Monday, Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum revealed what message he’s going to put on the back of his jersey. The NBA is allowing players to put messages on their uniforms for the “bubble” games down in Orlando, Florida. McCollum said he’s going to put “Education Reform” […]

Several NBA stars have come out to heap praise on Maya Moore following the recent release of Jonathan Irons, a man who had been serving a 50-year prison sentence. Moore, the first pick of the 2011 WNBA Draft, put her basketball career on hold in 2019 to focus on her prison ministry work. This has […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the most confusing teams in the NBA. Despite having talented players such as Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, Tobias Harris, Al Horford and Josh Richardson leading the way, the Sixers were only in sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings before the 2019-20 season was suspended in March. Most pundits […]

As the league experienced an unprecedented hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, Portland Trail Blazers. guard CJ McCollum broadened his horizons by coming up with his very own wine brand. A self-confessed wine connoisseur for years, the 28-year-old Lehigh University alum, now with the Blazers, unveiled the McCollum Heritage 91 brand on Thursday, highlighted by […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have been blessed with a chance to make one last run at the postseason before the 2019-20 season ends thanks to being one of the 22 teams invited for the restart at Walt Disney World in Orlando. However, they will have to navigate a series of questions upon taking the floor […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have been one of the top contenders in the Western Conference in the past few seasons. However, according to the ever controversial LaVar Ball, he doesn’t see them winning an NBA championship any time soon. During an episode of the “Say Less” podcast, Ball expressed his belief that Portland dedicated too […]

The Houston Rockets are in win-now mode with James Harden and Russell Westbrook in the middle of their primes. With their superstar backcourt both above 30, their championship window may be on borrowed time. Currently sitting at sixth in the Western Conference, it’s arguable that they are slowly slipping away from the upper echelon of […]

CJ McCollum of the Portland Trail Blazers posted a series of tweets to blast Deputy Stacy Talbert, after the officer posted a video of her ranting on how terrified she was because she assumed that her McDonald’s drive-thru order was tampered with. In the Facebook live video that has gone viral over the past few […]

Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum understands the risks of resuming the 2019-20 NBA season, and that’s why he voted “no” on restarting the campaign in a group chat with other stars. However, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, McCollum does fear that if the 2019-20 season gets canceled altogether, future Collective Bargaining […]

US President Donald Trump will hold his first rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum heard of the news and expressed his disgust. Via Twitter, McCollum tagged Trump’s location and date choice as a “sick move by a sick man.” In 1921, African-Americans were massacred in Tulsa, in what has been described […]

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 […]

The Portland Trail Blazers represented the only team to vote “no” at the NBA’s Board of Governors meeting to approve the league’s proposal to resume the 2019-20 season on July 31 in Orlando, Florida. Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum backed up a claim already reported that the owner, currently Jody Allen, the sister of late […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum is the latest NBA personality to take a shot at New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees for the latter’s controversial comments pertaining to the kneeling protests of Colin Kaepernick. At the same time, McCollum also heaped praise on Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, who on the other hand, […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar CJ McCollum doesn’t appear to be a huge fan of the proposed NBA plans for a return to the season. More on that in a second. Times are crazy in the NBA right now. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2019-20 campaign was suspended back in mid-March and has yet to […]

Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics has been grabbing headlines of late after earlier reports emerged that he is in line for a max extension from the C’s. A lot of guys around the NBA is rooting for the 22-year-old, and this includes Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ […]

By now, you have probably heard the Brooklyn Nets are interested in Bradley Beal as they try and find and third star to put alongside of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Of course, Beal is kind of a pie-in-the-sky kind of choice, because there is no indication that the Washington Wizards are even attempting to […]

Most NBA players have hit a breaking point in their basketball career at which they had to decide how far they would pursue the sport. For Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum, it came as a child trying to decide between football and basketball. The latter was undoubtedly his natural sport, but the struggles made […]

CJ McCollum will have racked up $217,115,908 from the Portland Trail Blazers by the time his current contract expires in the summer of 2024, per Spotrac. The Blazers drafted McCollum with the 10th overall pick in the 2013 draft out of Lehigh. CJ made $2,316,720 during his rookie season in Portland and finished the year […]

CJ McCollum entered the NBA back in 2013. He was the 10th overall pick by the Portland Trail Blazers and signed a two-year, $4.74 million rookie contract, per Spotrac. During his rookie season, McCollum made $2,316,720 and averaged 5.3 points in 12.5 minutes per game. He appeared in only 38 games due to injury, so […]

Portland Trail Blazers star CJ McCollum won’t hide his deep concern for the safety of his teammates and fellow NBA players as the league plans to reopen practice facilities as soon as it’s legal to do so in the respective states. The Blazers shooting guard confided in Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, expressing his uneasiness […]

The 2019-20 NBA season had a Western Conference finalist in the Portland Trail Blazers reassessing the strength of its roster after soon finding themselves out of the playoff picture. Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum helped the team rally back to contention, but the Blazers could still fall short of the postseason, 3.5 games behind the […]

United States President Donald Trump yesterday made eyebrow-raising comments suggesting the consumption of disinfectant materials and even exposure to light and heat could function as treatments to COVID-19, the coronavirus turned pandemic afflicting hundreds of thousands in the country and around the world. On Friday, Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum caught wind of […]

Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard C.J. McCollum is trying to remain optimistic about the possibility the 2019-20 NBA season will resume in due time. But as the coronavirus pandemic continues to alter every facet of American life and culture, McCollum said the chances of finishing the year are like a “coin flip.” However, McCollum did […]

One day after estimating that about 150 current NBA players are living “paycheck to paycheck,” Portland Trail Blazers point guard CJ McCollum clarified how he got to that figure and why he said that. “I think there’s a lot of players—based on what I’ve seen, what I’ve experienced, the research I’ve done—that either mismanage money […]

Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum told former NBA guard Jay Williams that he thinks 150 NBA players are living “paycheck to paycheck” due to COVID-19. Owners and players are bound to lose money moving forward due to the work stoppage and there’s always the possibility of the season getting canceled altogether. McCollum told […]

For Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum, the top three players in the NBA today are LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks. Note that McCollum ranked them in order, meaning that James is the best player for him. The Blazers […]

Portland Trail Blazers star shooting guard CJ McCollum says fans can learn a lot about an NBA owner based on how they handled the coronavirus suspension. McCollum, during an interview with David Aldridge of The Athletic, said owners not paying for employees or paying only after players did first “shows you what they’re about.” “Looking […]

Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum says Brooklyn Nets superstar point guard Kyrie Irving has the best handles of all-time. CJ is even putting Irving over NBA Hall of Famer Allen Iverson and Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry. Best handles ever. Obviously I excluded myself 🤣 I vote @KyrieIrving .. also Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum is donating $170,000 to communities in Portland, Oregon, and Canton, Ohio for relief of the novel coronavirus, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro Area will receive a $70,000 donation and the Akron-Canton Food Bank will receive $100,000. McCollum, a Canton […]

Per Jabari Young of CNBC, the NBA could decide to cancel the remainder of its regular season and create a play-in tournament for lower-seeded teams to enter the postseason, an idea Portland Trail Blazers star shooting guard CJ McCollum is intrigued by. However, the Blazers guard says he would need to see how the tournament […]