{"id":50897,"date":"2025-07-31T20:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/50897\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T20:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:54:07","slug":"is-former-trail-blazers-star-cj-mccollum-returning-to-portland-this-online-rumor-is-baseless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/50897\/","title":{"rendered":"Is former Trail Blazers star CJ McCollum returning to Portland? This online rumor is baseless"},"content":{"rendered":"

What if former Trail Blazers<\/a> star CJ McCollum<\/a> could return to Portland to reunite with Damian Lillard<\/a>?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a sports trade rumor that sounds too good to be true, and in this case, it is exactly that.<\/p>\n

There are no indications that McCollum, who was Lillard\u2019s backcourt mate with the Blazers from 2013-22, will be traded from the Washington Wizards<\/a> to the Blazers. But that didn\u2019t stop a website<\/a> from posting the following headline this week:<\/p>\n

\u201cWizards Trading CJ McCollum to the Portland Trail Blazers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scrolling down a bit on the TWSN post, there is this: \u201c*THIS IS A PREDICTION, NOT A REPORT*\u201d<\/p>\n

Ah, the fine print.<\/p>\n

But for the many who saw the headline or some iteration of it either directly or via social media, it was certainly misleading.<\/p>\n

Again, there are no substantiated reports that the Blazers are trading for McCollum. They have a full backcourt that includes the superstar (albeit injured) Lillard, acquired earlier this month after his release from the Milwaukee Bucks, along with two-time All-Star Jrue Holiday<\/a> and promising players in Scoot Henderson<\/a> and Shaedon Sharpe<\/a>. It defies logic that they would trade for McCollum, who is entering the final year of his contract and is set to make more than $30 million in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

Sorry, Rip City, but any Lillard-McCollum reunion on the Blazers is quite unlikely to happen anytime in the near future.<\/p>\n

— Joel Odom<\/a> writes about trending topics in news, life and culture, and sports. Reach him at 503-221-8594, jodom@oregonian.com<\/a> or @jkodom on Blue Sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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