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CJ McCollum Talks Lung Injury, Early Season Awards with DeMar DeRozan

Portland Trail Blazers star guard CJ McCollum was diagnosed with a collapsed lung that leaves him with no timetable for return.

In the meantime, he’s made quick work of getting back into one of his other specialties with the Pull Up podcast. On his 127th episode, he recounted thoughts from his lung injury and brought in Chicago Bulls star guard DeMar DeRozan to discuss early-season thoughts, DeRozan’s upbringing, and everything in between.

McCollum’s reliving of the collapsed lung was particularly noteworthy, in that he basically played through it for a short period before he experienced shortness of breath.