{"id":526198,"date":"2026-01-09T01:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/526198\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T01:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:48:11","slug":"hawks-reportedly-interested-in-extending-cj-mccollum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/526198\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks Reportedly Interested In Extending CJ McCollum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawks value veteran combo guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccolcj01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CJ McCollum<\/a> as more than just an expiring contract, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dallashoopsjournal.com\/p\/trae-young-trade-wizards-hawks-contract-interest-cj-mccollum-atlanta-hawks-nba-rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grant Afseth of DallasHoopsJournal.com<\/a>, who hears from sources that Atlanta has discussed the idea of offering the 34-year-old a one-year extension worth around $20MM.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-459427 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CJ-McCollum-vert-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>McCollum, who is being <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/01\/hawks-trading-trae-young-to-wizards.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">traded<\/a> to Atlanta along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kispeco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Corey Kispert<\/a> in the move that will send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trae Young<\/a> to the Wizards, is earning $30.67MM in 2025\/26, which is the final season of his current deal.<\/p>\n<p>Although McCollum has been in the NBA since 2013, he has technically never been a free agent, agreeing to three different contract extensions over the span of his career. It\u2019s unclear if he\u2019d prefer to test free agency in 2026 or potentially sign a short-term deal at some point after he\u2019s officially traded to the Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>According to Afseth, Atlanta views McCollum as a complementary ball-handler and scorer alongside the team\u2019s young core. The team also likes his ability to play both on and off the ball, Afseth writes.<\/p>\n<p>McCollum started each of the Wizards\u2019 first 35 contests, averaging 18.8 points, 3.6 assists and 3.5 rebounds on .454\/.393\/.804 shooting in 30.9 minutes per game. He was in his first season with Washington after being acquired in an offseason trade with New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>A potential one-year extension with McCollum would allow the Hawks to maintain long-term financial flexibility while theoretically improving their chances at staying competitive in the short term, Afseth notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hawks value veteran combo guard CJ McCollum as more than just an expiring contract, according to Grant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,7046],"class_list":{"0":"post-526198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cj-mccollum"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115862628839335327","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}