During the 2021 offseason, Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum’s name came up often in trade rumors, but today at Trail Blazers Media Day 2021, McCollum said the trade chatter didn’t bother him.
The eight-year NBA veteran said he understood that trade speculation “comes with the territory” as a professional athlete.
There’s gonna be fans that love you. There’s gonna be fans that aren’t fans of you and there’s going to be fans that like you, but would still like to see you traded.
McCollum said with a chuckle that he understood where fans were coming from as a fan himself of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.