Hawks’ CJ McCollum taking his talents to TV amid rough start to season
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The Atlanta Hawks have had an up-and-down start to the season, currently sitting at 7-5 after a recent home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.CJ McCollum has had a rough start to the year, not providing the kind of efficiency and half-court shot creation Atlanta was hoping for when they re-signed him this past offseason.
Now, McCollum has agreed to embark on a new venture simultaneously with the Hawks’ season.
“CJ McCollum, who you may know as a guard for the Atlanta Hawks, will be a part of Amazon’s NBA coverage this season. He’s going to be in studio at times during this season,” reported Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic on X, formerly Twitter.
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It’s unclear how often McCollum will appear as an analyst on the show, especially considering that Prime films its NBA studio coverage on location in Los Angeles, California, while McCollum plays on the opposite coast.
It’s not exactly a common sight for an active professional athlete to simultaneously be an in-studio analyst. Draymond Green has spent time as an analyst for “Inside the NBA,” but that almost always occurs in situations in which the Golden State Warriors have already been eliminated from the playoffs.
Meanwhile, Hawks fans are hoping that McCollum still makes time to practice his skills on the court, as he hasn’t brought the same level of shotmaking that he contributed in Atlanta’s solid showing in the first round against the New York Knicks this past spring.
In any case, the Hawks are next set to take the floor on Friday evening for a road game against the Chicago Bulls. Tipoff is set for 8:00 pm ET.