OVR

CJ McCollum

Atlanta Hawks · PG · age 34 · Rotation

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High-level rim protector & scorer

A polished veteran combo guard brought in to steady the backcourt, still good for 18.7 a night on 37.5% from three and a tidy 56.6% true shooting. He's a craft scorer and a willing setup man (3.9 assists, top-quartile ball security) who picks his spots out of the midrange. At 34 the limitations are real on the other end — he doesn't rebound and gets hunted on defense — but the shot-making and decision-making still matter.

18.7

PPG

3.3

RPG

3.9

APG

0.8

SPG

0.5

BPG

GP 76MPG 29.8FG% 45.53P% 37.5FT% 77.2TS% 56.6USG% 25.7PER 15.9BPM -0.3VORP 1

2025-26 regular season

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form

Rim protection87

Scoring83

Playmaking76

Inside finishing75

Shooting74

Rebounding65

Perimeter defense60

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 32 → 34

▼Declining

CJ, at 34, is trending downward — 6.4 → 3.0 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve

Falling off faster than age alone predicts.

2026-27 proj.▬ 2.8 (-0.2)

CJ projects to roughly hold his current level. Range 0.2–5.4 wins.

Production (BPM)+3.1 → -0.3-3.4

His on-court production has slipped.

Value to team (wins)6.4 → 3.0-3.4

His win contribution is trending down.

Contract value (surplus)$5.9M → −$8.2M−$14.1M

He's above his on-court value — and outrunning the deal.

Current deal: $21,000,000 cap hit · through '27. Contract-value surplus estimates the open-market worth of his play against this salary (held constant — historical cap hits aren't tracked).

Trajectory from Basketball-Reference season lines (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production = box plus-minus; value = VORP-derived win value (same scale as the win model); contract surplus = estimated market value of that play minus salary.

2026-27 cap $21,000,000Contract GuaranteedThrough '27