The New Orleans Pelicans they have made a contract extension to the guard CJ McCollum by 2 more seasons, in exchange for 64 million dollarsaccording to sources from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
McCollum spent the first 9 years of his professional NBA career in the Portland Trail Blazerswhere he formed an explosive scoring partnership with Damian Lillard, which was terminated last season.
The 31-year-old veteran was traded in the middle of last season to the New Orleans Pelicans, where he ended up playing the last 26 games at an excellent level.
group potential
Last season, the Pelicans, led by Brandon Ingramand the arrival of McCollum, who gave them an extra boost on offense after Zion Williamson’s absence for the year, led the team to give them the last place in the Western Conference through the play in, thus accessing the playoffs.
Against all odds, the Pelicans faced the best record in the West and in the entire NBA, the Phoenix Suns, whom they forced to a sixth game, that is, winning 2 to the best team of the year, demonstrating that there is the potential to give more fight for the course that follows.
With Ingram, McCollum, with Zion Williamson already healthy and ready to face the 2022/2023 campaign, with talented young pieces like Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy, José Alvarado, as well as Larry Nance Jr, Willy Hernangómez, and Jonas Valanciunas, New Orleans has a team to give maximum fight in the following seasons.
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Both Ingram, McCollum, and Williamson are players who have averaged over 20 points in at least the last 2 years, clearly being the pillars of a New Orleans team completely renewed in past seasons.
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