Is Portland’s CJ McCollum a Top 5 NBA Shooting Guard?

On this week’s episode of the Blazer’s Edge Podcast Tara Bowen-Biggs and Danny Marang ask if CJ McCollum is a Top 5 shooting guard. They also discuss impending free agency, the next evolution in NBA team building, the Trail Blazers rumored “options”, a few trade suggestions, Blazer5 Gaming on a roll and more!

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• Intro
• How much did you enjoy the playoffs?
• Is there a counter to the Warriors?
• The return of the big man
• Portland Trail Blazers and the Traded Player Exception
• Are the options really there or is this more marketing?
• Blazers deny Pistons the chance to talk to coach Terry Stotts
• Blazers bringing in free agents Rodney Stuckey and KJ McDaniels
• Who and what are the Blazers targeting now?
• A deal in place for Jusuf Nurkic already?
• Attracting free agents in Portland- is it any different today?
• Assessing CJ McCollum’s trade value
• Cavs Nation trade: CJ McCollum and Caleb Swanigan for Kevin Love
• Don’t blame your bad ideas on NBA2K
• Outlet passes don’t mean much when no one runs the floor
• Indy Cornrows CJ McCollum and Evan Turner for Domantas Sabonis, Al Jefferson, Bojan Bogdanovic and a 2019 first round pick
• No, no, no, no and absolutely not.
• Is CJ McCollum a Top 5 shooting guard?
• Dan’s list: James Harden, Klay Thompson, Victor Oladipo, Bradley Beal, Jimmy Butler
• CJ McCollum, Meyers Leonard and the 24th pick in a 3-way deal nets Portland Khris Middleton, Malcolm Brogdon and John Henson- and why it won’t happen

• What has happened to McCollum’s trade value- has it dropped or has the perception changed?
• When does the first trade take place?
• Blazer5 Gaming wins in-season tournament, looks like the best in the NBA 2K League
• Closing comments
• Outro