I’ve been around a few years and I’ve had my share of experience coaching youth basketball (which is worth little if anything in the long run) but if there is one thing I learned very early is that you can’t “make” anyone play team basketball. It can be taught but it can’t be forced. Over the years I saw far more than my share of mini CJs, sucking the energy out of the team game just so they could stand out individually before moving on to the next level. They weren’t there for the team, they were there for themselves. And they didn’t have anything else to get them there but one on five skills. And it’s (dismayingly) amazing how many coaches will tolerate that if it helps their own bottom line. CJ didn’t get to the show by playing team ball. He grew up an incredibly undersized kid who’s only chance to stand out was to be a ball hog, who scored enough (or entertainingly enough) to make everyone overlook his selfish tendencies. And anyone who takes the time to dig into CJs history a little will see what I’m talking about. In CJs mind, he made it against all adversity. But I suspect that in the minds of his various teammates at all levels growing up, CJ was THEIR adversity......CJ McCollum is fully made. He is what he’s going to be as a basketball teammate. Now Portland needs to send him somewhere that might actually work.........