New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum would like you to know that he has spoken to Zion Williamson, they will talk again next week and he is there for his injured teammate. At practice on Thursday, McCollum spoke up for Williamson, five days after telling a TNT panel at All-Star weekend that they hadn’t spoken after McCollum’s trade to New Orleans.
“Leave the young fella alone, man,” McCollum said. “He’s trying to rehab in peace, trying to get himself ready to come back.”
New Orleans acquired McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers before Feb. 10 trade deadline. On Tuesday, former Pelicans guard JJ Redick, now an analyst for ESPN, described Williamson as “a detached teammate” and said that he’d addressed this with Williamson in front of the team in Williamson’s rookie season. Redick said that it was “a little bit insane” that Williamson hadn’t welcomed McCollum to New Orleans, even though Williamson — who…
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