His biggest advocate in the organization, general manager Neil Olshey, was fired last week, which has served as kindling to the bonfire of NBA trade rumors. See, these are some uneasy times for the 30-year-old shooting guard. His mind? That’s a little trickier to pinpoint. “I’m still here, my friend.” Yes, CJ McCollum is still here today, in Portland, with the Trail Blazers. “You make it sound like a goodbye.” “It’s not a goodbye,” he replied. Did I miss something? Did McCollum get traded? I did a quick search. We’re forever grateful.” As my car idled on the side of the road, my mind raced. This city and organization have been very good to me and my family. We bought 318 acres here and started planting our vineyard here. Enough so that I pulled over and read it again. As I looked down at his text message, I was taken aback. I was driving home Monday after the Trail Blazers’ latest loss, deep in thought about a 10-minute conversation I just had with CJ McCollum in the back hallway of the Moda Center, when my phone pinged.
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