{"id":273511,"date":"2026-06-22T01:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/273511\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T01:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:40:23","slug":"cj-mccollum-signing-21-million-contract-extension-with-hawks-ahead-of-nba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/273511\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ McCollum signing $21 million contract extension with Hawks ahead of NBA free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

CJ McCollum is staying in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania, <\/p>\n

The veteran guard agreed to a one-year, $21 million contract extension with the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday, according to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania<\/a>. It ends any uncertainty about his future as he remains a cornerstone after being one of the team\u2019s most important late-season contributors.<\/p>\n

The deal reportedly includes a trade kicker, per Charania.<\/p>\n

The deal comes after McCollum played a vital role in Atlanta\u2019s surprising surge following his midseason arrival in the deal for Trae Young.<\/p>\n

After being acquired by the Hawks from the Washington Wizards, the 34-year-old quickly became a stabilizing force on a mostly young roster.<\/p>\n

Atlanta caught fire down the stretch, finishing the regular season on a remarkable 19-4 run that vaulted the team into the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference, evolving from a fringe postseason possibility into one of the hottest teams in the league.<\/p>\n

McCollum\u2019s presence had a lot to do with that.<\/p>\n

The soon-to-be 14-year veteran often guided the offense with his on-ball creativity, perimeter shooting and late-game shot creation, all trademarks of his entire NBA tenure.<\/p>\n

\"CJCJ McCollum was one of the Hawks\u2019 best players after being traded to the roster last season. Getty Images<\/p>\n

In 41 regular-season games with Atlanta, including 25 starts, McCollum averaged 18.7 points per game while shooting 45.6 percent from the floor and 35.7 percent from behind the arc.<\/p>\n

His impact became even more apparent during the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Although Atlanta ultimately fell to the eventual champion Knicks 4-2 in the first round, McCollum repeatedly gave New York problems throughout the series, primarily in the first three games as the Hawks built a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n

He engineered multiple clutch performances, including a 32-point outing in Game 2 when he scored six points in the final minutes and hit the go-ahead basket with 33.5 seconds remaining to steal a victory at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

The Knicks led by 12 in the fourth quarter before the Hawks chipped away at the lead.<\/p>\n

\"CJCJ McCollum drives against Knicks swingman Josh Hart during the 2026 NBA Playoffs. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

McCollum added another 23 points in a Game 3 victory, in which Atlanta staved off a late Knicks rally to win 109-108.<\/p>\n

McCollum, who turns 35 in September, has averaged 19.5 points per game for his career and has built a reputation as one of the best guards in recent memory to never make an All-Star team.<\/p>\n

Since entering the NBA as the 10th overall pick in the 2013 draft, McCollum has established himself as one of the league\u2019s most consistent scoring guards.<\/p>\n

He won the NBA\u2019s Most Improved Player Award in 2016 and has averaged nearly 20 points per game across a career that has included stops with the Trail Blazers, Pelicans, Wizards and Hawks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CJ McCollum is staying in Atlanta. According to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania, The veteran guard agreed to a one-year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1262,44055,21,22612,9,11,10,319],"class_list":["post-273511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-cj-mccollum","tag-nba","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}