Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum has experienced a mid-season resurgence after an uncharacteristically slow start to the 2018-19 season. ESPN’s Zach Lowe has noticed, including McCollum in his weekly “10 Things I Like (and Don’t Like)” column today.
After citing the return of McCollum’s three-point shot (with a 40% success rate since New Year’s), Lowe compares McCollum’s style to a football player, combining rushing power with tradmark mid-range artistry.
A personal favorite: when McCollum cuffs the ball like a running back burrowing through the line before reclining, knees up and foot extended to clear space, into an unblockable leaner.