CJ McCollum

CJ McCollum

#3 Shooting Guard Point Guard
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2024-25 REGULAR SEASON STATS
22.4 PTS
3.7 REB
3.8 AST
.372 3P%
0.8 STLS

Personal Information

Full Name CJ McCollum
Position Shooting Guard, Point Guard
DOB (Age) 19-09-1991 (33 yrs)
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.9 m)
Weight 190 lbs (86 kgs)
Hometown Canton, OH
College Lehigh University
Draft 2013 - Rd: 1, Pick: 10 (NOP)
Debut 2013

Recent Games

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Date Opp Result Min PTS FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% REB AST BLK
Tue 01/21
@ UTA UTA
W 123-119 43 45 18 - 31 0.58 5 - 13 0.39 4 - 4 1.00 8 4 3
Sat 01/18
@ UTA UTA
W 136-123 29 26 8 - 16 0.50 6 - 12 0.50 4 - 5 0.80 5 4 0
Thu 01/16
@ DAL DAL
W 119-116 33 11 4 - 14 0.29 1 - 7 0.14 2 - 2 1.00 0 2 2
Wed 01/15
@ CHI CHI
W 119-113 29 8 3 - 13 0.23 2 - 7 0.29 0 - 0 0.00 4 5 0
Sun 01/12
@ BOS BOS
L 119-120 37 13 5 - 15 0.33 1 - 6 0.17 2 - 3 0.67 4 5 1

Regular Season Stats

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Season Team GP GS Min PTS FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% OFF DEF REB AST BLK
2024
NOP NOP
31 31 33.6 22.4 8.452 - 18.645 .453 3.194 - 8.581 .372 2.290 - 3.226 .710 0.7 3.0 3.7 3.8 0.6
2023
NOP NOP
66 66 32.7 20.0 7.333 - 15.985 .459 3.621 - 8.439 .429 1.742 - 2.106 .827 0.6 3.7 4.3 4.6 0.6
2022
NOP NOP
75 75 35.3 20.9 7.827 - 17.920 .437 2.813 - 7.240 .389 2.440 - 3.173 .769 0.7 3.6 4.4 5.7 0.5
2021
POR POR
36 36 35.2 20.5 8.056 - 18.472 .436 3.083 - 8.028 .384 1.333 - 1.889 .706 0.9 3.3 4.3 4.5 0.6
2021
NOP NOP
26 26 33.8 24.3 9.462 - 19.192 .493 2.731 - 6.923 .394 2.615 - 3.923 .667 0.7 3.7 4.5 5.8 0.0
Career 735 638 32.1 19.5 7.423 - 16.369 .453 2.491 - 6.239 .399 2.127 - 2.639 .806 0.6 3.0 3.6 3.8 0.4

CJ McCollum News

NBA Trade Rumors: Pelicans consider offloading $33,000,000 veteran amid Zion Williamson & Brandon Ingram trade buzz NBA Trade Rumors: Pelicans consider offloading $33,000,000 veteran amid Zion Williamson & Brandon Ingram trade buzz
NBA Trade Rumors: Pelicans consider offloading $33,000,000 veteran amid Zion Williamson & Brandon Ingram trade buzz
Top 3 landing spots for CJ McCollum as Pelicans reportedly shop veteran Top 3 landing spots for CJ McCollum as Pelicans reportedly shop veteran
Top 3 landing spots for CJ McCollum as Pelicans reportedly shop veteran
NBA Trade Rumors: Pelicans focus on shopping $33 million veteran guard amid Brandon Ingram’s market going cold NBA Trade Rumors: Pelicans focus on shopping $33 million veteran guard amid Brandon Ingram’s market going cold
NBA Trade Rumors: Pelicans focus on shopping $33 million veteran guard amid Brandon Ingram’s market going cold
"Disrespect to certain populations" - NBPA President CJ McCollum explains decision to vote against Donald Trump in 2024 election "Disrespect to certain populations" - NBPA President CJ McCollum explains decision to vote against Donald Trump in 2024 election
"Disrespect to certain populations" - NBPA President CJ McCollum explains decision to vote against Donald Trump in 2024 election
Gary Payton II takes pride in defensive assignment after holding veteran CJ McCollum 2-8 in Warriors win Gary Payton II takes pride in defensive assignment after holding veteran CJ McCollum 2-8 in Warriors win
Gary Payton II takes pride in defensive assignment after holding veteran CJ McCollum 2-8 in Warriors win

CJ McCollum Videos

CJ McCollum: Shifting body and showing shoulder guard
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CJ McCollum: Shifting body and showing shoulder guard
Wonder how CJ McCollum trains?
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Wonder how CJ McCollum trains?
CJ McCollum: CJ's training reflects in his game 
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CJ McCollum: CJ's training reflects in his game 
CJ Mccollum: Getting some smooth shots in ahead the season
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CJ Mccollum: Getting some smooth shots in ahead the season

CJ McCollum: A Brief Biography

C. J. McCollum is an American professional basketball player who plays as a shooting guard for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. During his third year in the league in 2015–16, he was named the NBA Most Improved Player. McCollum's elder brother, Errick McCollum is a professional basketball player for the Anadolu Efes of the Basketbol Süper Ligi in Turkey. He attended GlenOak High School in Canton, Ohio. He finished his High school career as the top scorer in the history of GlenOak. He was named Ohio Player of the Year for the 2008–09 season.

McCollum attended Lehigh University, where he majored in Journalism. He was in history books again as he was the first freshman to be named conference player of the year in Patriot League and again won the same in his junior year. He also holds the record of being Patriot League's all-time leading scorer. In January 2013 he broke his left foot in a game against Virginia Commonwealth University, ending his final season at Lehigh.

McCollum was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 10th pick in the 2013 NBA draft. He made his NBA debut against the Orlando Magic on January 8, 2014. McCollum won the NBA Most Improved Player Award for the 2015–16 season, highlight of which included eight 30-point games. The same season he and Damian Lillard became the first backcourt in the history of Portland to average 20 or more points apiece.

On July 27, 2016, McCollum signed a four-year contract extension with the Portland Trail Blazers. On December 10, 2016, he made a career-high 7 three-pointers in a loss against the Indiana Pacers. On April 16, 2017, McCollum scored a playoff career-high of 41 points in a loss against the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the first-round series. He scored his career high of 50 points on January 31, 2018, against the Chicago Bulls.