#cj-mccollum

#cj-mccollum

CJ McCollum will miss his first game of the season for the Washington Wizards on Wednesday with what the team is calling right quad soreness. Maybe there is nothing more to it than that, but the timing is interesting, considering on Monday, NBA insider Marc Stein reported the team was having conversations with the Hawks about a Trae Young trade. Shortly after Washington said that McCollum would sit, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported that Young's top trade destination is the Wizards.

The Washington Wizards have invested a lot in the future of their team over the last few seasons by selecting young talent to add to their roster. Between Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr and now Tre Johnson, Washington has the talent on the roster and the hope that a cornerstone can be found between the three players, if not all three.

The Washington Wizards started the offseason off with a bang by sending Jordan Poole, Saddiq Bey and draft compensation to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for CJ McCollum and Kelly Olynyk. Washington made the move looking to not only add a reliable veteran addition to their backcourt in McCollum, but the team also looked to capitalize on Poole's career-year learning from the mistake they made with the mismanagement of Kyle Kuzma in seasons past.