IFWT_CJ McCollum

The 2015-16 Most Improved Player award recipient is now getting paid handsomely for his efforts.

C.J. McCollum and Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to a four-year contract extension worth the maximum $106 million, The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.

McCollum won the MIP award after a breakout season in which he averaged 20.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game on 41.7% shooting from three.  McCollum came off the bench during his first two years in league, but the Blazers lost many of their star players and he was elevated on the depth chart to start 80 games alongside star point guard Damian Lillard.  The Blazers surprised many and finished with the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference and made it to the second round of the playoffs before losing to the Golden State Warriors in a series where they showed A LOT of heart.

Portland brought back 24-year-old wing Allen Crabbe earlier in the off-season, matching a maximum offer sheet he signed with the Nets, and re-signed center Meyers Leonard on a four-year, $41 million deal. They also signed free-agent guard Evan Turner to a four-year contract worth $70 million.

The Trail Blazers took McCollum with the 10th pick in the 2013 draft out of Lehigh.

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source: SI