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C. J. McCollum

basketball player, podcaster

1991

Christian James McCollum is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks and was named the Patriot League Player of the Year in 2010 and 2012. McCollum was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers tenth overall in the 2013 NBA draft. He was chosen as the NBA Most Improved Player in 2016. McCollum was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in 2022 and the Wizards in 2025. McCollum has served as president of the National Basketball Players Association since 2021.

All Quotes by C. J. McCollum

“I think being able to make the playoffs alone is an outstanding accomplishment alone and something not a lot of people get to experience in their careers.”
— C. J. McCollum
“Life happens fast. You have to have a Plan B, a backup plan and really figure out a way to have different avenues of income and just avenues of happiness. That is what is really important, being at peace and having that happiness.”
— C. J. McCollum
“We need to play like somebody took our lunch money, like somebody disrespected your mother. I think that's the type of anger you need have and the aggression you need to have on the court. That doesn't mean making mad faces or mean faces but it means attacking the glass, strongly attacking the rim when you have the ball on offense.”
— C. J. McCollum
“Life happens fast. You have to have a Plan B, a backup plan and really figure out a way to have different avenues of income and just avenues of happiness. That is what is really important, being at peace and having that happiness.”
— C. J. McCollum