\n It will require expert navigation, egos, expectations and a delicate massage of roles along the way, but much of that will be left to the second-year head coach and his veteran point guard. <\/p>\n
If McCallum seems undaunted by the challenge, he’s already been through a lot in the past 18 months. <\/p>\n
In August 2021, as the NBA and unions began preparing for a new collective bargaining agreement, he was elected President of the Players Association. The following month he purchased a winery in Oregon. Three months later, in a loss to the Celtics, McCallum injured a rib and caused a collapsed lung that kept him out for six weeks.Jacobi James came in on Jan. 10 while his father was still recovering at home. I was. McCollum returned to the Blazers’ lineup the following week and was traded three weeks after him, heading to New Orleans just after his son’s four-week checkup. It was last summer that CJ and his wife Elise were able to go shopping together in their new city. Oh, and he also signed on as a part-time analyst for ESPN while continuing his independent weekly podcast. Times Picayune<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n I’m tired just doing type<\/em> All of that, much less live it. (Hence, as McCallum puts it, “the most complicated year” of his life.)<\/p>\n “I think I’m very busy,” says McCollum. \u201cMy days are very calculated. Obviously, basketball comes first. Learning how to become, learning how to be a husband, learning how to transition, learning how to do business, learning how to negotiate on behalf of players, I think it’s all part of growing up.It’s all unique. It’s part of the challenge.”<\/p>\n\n He adds: i know who i am. I think it’s the most solid, healthy and comfortable I’ve ever had. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s all going pretty well. McCallum Heritage 91 Pinot Noir wall street journal<\/em>(Offering an occasional case of team dinners certainly helps team chemistry.) Labor talks with the league proceeded peacefully. And the Pelicans are getting healthy in time for their second-half comeback.<\/p>\n\n “This is a really good test for players who are currently healthy and playing and who are in mental distress. oh we almost had it<\/em>. It was a game that had to be won<\/em>‘ says McCallum. \u201cIt will all help us going forward. We will be healthy one day. You can actually build it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n McCollum has now switched to speakerphone and has his hands free to change diapers while dashing the Pelicans’ hopes for the season. Jacobi walks mostly alone. That means he’s ready to hit a lob shot at a Fisher-Price basket with his dad. He’s just another young prot\u00e9g\u00e9 who has to learn a few basics.<\/p>\n\n “It doesn’t get any better,” McCollum said before hanging up. “The best in the world.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n