{"id":660046,"date":"2026-03-15T19:54:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/660046\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T19:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:54:47","slug":"cj-mccollums-cheeky-response-about-re-signing-in-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/660046\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ McCollum&#8217;s cheeky response about re-signing in Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CJ <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/atlanta-hawks\/hawks-news-cj-mccollum-reveals-key-atlanta-nine-game-winning-streak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McCollum has been a big reason<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/atlanta-hawks\/hawks-news-dyson-daniels-7-game-hot-streak-is-first-of-its-kind-in-nba-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Hawks&#8217; success after the All-Star break<\/a>, and the numbers show it. The Hawks are on a nine-game winning streak, and all they&#8217;re worried about at this moment is continuing the momentum and trying to move up the Eastern Conference standings.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, there are questions that will need to be answered at the end of the season, with one of them being about McCollum&#8217;s future with the team. The veteran guard is on an expiring contract, and it wouldn&#8217;t be a surprise if he had multiple suitors when free agency opens.<\/p>\n<p>McCollum <a href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/checking-in-with-the-hottest-team?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=392205&amp;post_id=190900357&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=39f60&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was asked<\/a> by NBA insider Jake Fischer if he would welcome an opportunity to return to the Hawks, and his response was priceless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not up to me, my friend,\u201d McCollum said.<\/p>\n<p>Fischer then spoke about the options that McCollum would have, assuming a team that needs a scoring guard offers the same amount the Hawks did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like it here, man,\u201d McCollum said. \u201cI&#8217;m here for a reason. We&#8217;ll see. But right now, it\u2019s about playing winning basketball and building on what we&#8217;ve done and stack wins and stack winning habits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of now, McCollum is focused on what&#8217;s right in front of him, and that&#8217;s trying to make it to the playoffs. After his 30-point game against the Milwaukee Bucks, he mentioned that he&#8217;s willing to do whatever he needs to help the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just doing my job,\u201d McCollum said. \u201cI told them when I got here, I\u2019ll do whatever you guys need me to do. Come off the bench, start. Whatever it takes to be successful. I think for us it\u2019s about gelling at the right time, doing things the right way at the right time. And we\u2019ve had a good homestand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CJ McCollum has been a big reason for the Atlanta Hawks&#8217; success after the All-Star break, and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,7046,677,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-660046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-hawks","10":"tag-atlantahawks","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-cj-mccollum","13":"tag-hawks","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116234949583425163","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660046","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=660046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}