Boston-based Sports Illustrated writer Chris Mannix has suggested the Portland Trail Blazers do not intend to trade CJ McCollum before next season. As part of an NBC Sports Boston segment, Mannix and The Athletic’s Jared Weiss both named McCollum as someone the Celtics should target this offseason.
.@SIChrisMannix and @JaredWeissNBA discuss the possibility of acquiring high level talent this off-season for the Celtics and why they think CJ McCollum would be a perfect fit in Boston pic.twitter.com/3nUu1YCyfM
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) June 22, 2021
However Mannix placed an interesting caveat on his answer suggesting the Blazers’ shooting guard was not available.