C. J. McCollum
McCollum with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2015
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| No. 3 – Portland Trail Blazers | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
September 19, 1991 Canton, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | GlenOak (Canton, Ohio) |
| College | Lehigh (2009–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall |
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–present | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2014 | →Idaho Stampede |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Christian James "C. J." McCollum (born September 19, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his third year in the league in 2015–16, he was named the NBA Most Improved Player.
McCollum played college basketball for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks, and was the Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year in both 2010 and 2012. He was selected by Portland with the 10th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft. After two seasons as a reserve, he became a full-time starter for the Trail Blazers.
McCollum was greatly undersized as a freshman at GlenOak High School in Canton, Ohio in 2005, standing just 5'2" tall. He was the beneficiary of a late growth spurt, however, gaining 5 inches in height by the beginning of his second season and another 4 inches by the start of his junior year — enough size to put him on the radar for college recruitment. In the first game of his junior year, McCollum scored 54 points to establish a new school record for single game scoring proficiency.
Throughout his high school years McCollum continued to work on his shooting stroke, a successful effort reflected by his 29.3 points per game average during his senior year. McCollum graduated as the leading scorer in Golden Eagles history with 1405 career points and was named as the Gatorade Ohio Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the 2008–09 season.
McCollum, listed at 6'3" and just 165 pounds, came to Lehigh in 2009 and made an instant impact. In his freshman year, McCollum averaged 19.1 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. He made Patriot League history as he was the first freshman to be named conference player of the year. In addition, he was named an AP honorable mention All-American. He led the Mountain Hawks to the 2010 NCAA Tournament, where he scored 26 points in a first-round loss to top seed Kansas.
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