CJ McCollum is coming into his twelfth season within the NBA (and his fourth with the New Orleans Pelicans).
He completed final yr averaging 20.0 factors, 4.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per recreation whereas taking pictures 45.9 p.c from the sphere and 42.9 p.c from three-point vary in 66 video games.
McCollum will have fun his thirty third birthday on Thursday.
I want a cheerful birthday to @CJMcCollum 🎁 pic.twitter.com/NCqE4rW1Ie
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) September 19, 2024
Many individuals reacted on social media, and one of many individuals who despatched a message was his former teammate Damian Lillard.
Lillard (through his Instagram story): “Comfortable birthday bra 🤞🏽@3jmccollum“
Followers will possible like to see the 2 proceed to work together on social media.
Lillard and McCollum spent elements of 9 seasons collectively on the Portland Path Blazers.
Throughout that span, they made the NBA playoffs yearly (and reached the Western Convention Finals in 2019).
Nevertheless, the star duo by no means managed to make the leap and turn out to be reliable title contenders.
Lillard remained in Portland for 2 extra seasons after buying and selling McCollum to New Orleans.
Nevertheless, the workforce missed the NBA playoffs in each years and commenced a rebuilding mode by sending Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks final offseason.
Lillard completed his first season with the Bucks averaging 24.3 factors, 4.4 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.0 steals per recreation whereas taking pictures 42.4 p.c from the sphere and 35.4 p.c from three-point vary in 73 video games.
Nevertheless, the Bucks have been among the many most disappointing groups within the NBA, as they’ve handled accidents and misplaced within the first spherical of the playoffs.
