Like a lot of people living through COVID-19 pandemic, CJ McCollum had some reservations about going back to work.
After spending almost all of his time exclusively at home in the company of his fiancé and their new puppy since the NBA suspended the 2019-20 regular season in mid-March due to the coronavirus, the prospect of reentering a world in which the virus still posed a significant threat was a risk the 6-4 guard out of Lehigh wasn't initially onboard with.
So when McCollum, as Portland's NBA Players Association representative, contacted his teammates back in the first few months of the shutdown to gauge their thoughts on a potential restart, he didn't attempt to couch his concerns, let alone those of his compatriots.