OTA LEADERSHIP INDEX

CJ McCollum

ARCHETYPE

The Convener

The room, the network and the deal, brings the right people together.

CJ McCollum reads as The Convener because his career is a sustained exercise in building access and then distributing it. He engineered his own recruitment by sending film to over 100 schools, manufacturing leverage where none existed. As NBPA President he applies that connective instinct at scale, aligning players around shared purpose and framing his mission explicitly as leaving the game better for those who follow. His vineyard investment and media work extend the same pattern.

IN THEIR WORDS, WHY CONVENER

“Never let anyone box you in — so many people who try to box you in, and it's like the same thing I tell kids at my camp programs. I wouldn't be able to have CJ's Press Pass, the Dream Centers, all these vehicles where I'm lifting up kids.”
ON OVERCOMING LOW RECRUITMENT EXPECTATIONS

“I want to leave the game better than when I found it — financial literacy, the business side of basketball, really teaching young players how to budget, how to hire the right people. We make a lot of money but we don't come from money.”
ON HIS VISION AS NBPA PRESIDENT

“If they wouldn't have handled their business, I might not be here. I tell guys: keep the door open. Don't come here taking this game for granted. Remember what you came from and leave the door open for the next guy.”
ON MID-MAJOR PLAYERS PAVING THE WAY

KNUCKLEHEADS WITH QUENTIN RICHARDSON & DARIUS MILES

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles: “CJ McCollum”

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