The Portland Trail Blazers and have agreed to a four-year maximum contract extension with 24-year-old shooting guard C.J. McCollum worth $106 million, reports Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski:
Portland guard CJ McCollum has reached agreement on a four-year, $106M maximum contract extension, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) July 25, 2016
Story soon on @CJMcCollum, Blazers max extension, but deal includes no options, no trade kickers, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) July 25, 2016
McCollum was named the NBA’s Most Improved player for the 2015-16 season after averaging 20.8 points, 4.3 assists, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 44.8% from the field, 41.7% from three-point range, and 82.7% from the free throw line.
McCollum, along with star point guard Damian Lillard, comprise one of the league’s best backcourts. In 2015-16, the Blazers were the NBA’s biggest surprise, winning 44 games and upsetting the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs (albeit with some help from injuries to L.A.’s team).
McCollum joins Allen Crabbe ($75 million) and Evan Turner ($70 million) as Blazers players who have gotten PAID this offseason.
