https://www.nba.com/blazers/forwardcenter/after-initial-concerns-mccollum-comes-around-restart "My biggest thing was just family, being able to be around my family, not wanting to expose people, understanding that obviously basketball is important but life is more precious than the game, so that was my real thinking behind it," said McCollum. "And what's going on with the world right now, I just wanted to make sure that everything was stable and that if I am going to go, we have a plan in place to where we can still impact and make a difference in our society, specifically the communities that we come from, try to help better the next generation of young black kids and kids of color. So that was my thinking in all of it." He says we have to go at least 5-3 to have a chance at playoffs.
