CJ McCollum’s $30.7 million expiring contract, reality be advised, landed him on the coronary heart of the Young commerce with Washington as a lot as something, however he has performed so significantly better than anticipated as a Hawk, constructing on his previous taking part in expertise alongside Daniels in New Orleans. I requested McCollum if he’d welcome the chance to re-sign with Atlanta within the offseason. “That’s not up to me, my friend,” he answered. “It might be,” I countered. “How so?” “You might have two situations you end up having to choose between.” “What’s the other situation?” “You know as well as I do that there’s a lot that can change between now and June 30. Another team needs a scoring guard, offers the same amount …” “I like it here, man,” McCollum said. “I’m here for a reason. We’ll see. But right now, it’s about playing winning basketball and building on what we’ve done and stack wins and stack winning habits.”