Report: Pelicans finalizing trade for McCollum

The New Orleans Pelicans are finalizing a deal to acquire guard CJ McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers, tweets The Athletic's Shams Charania.

The New Orleans Pelicans are finalizing a deal to acquire Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum for a package around Josh Hart and draft compensation, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

Headed back to the Blazers will be a package centred around Josh Hart and draft compensation, Charania adds.

McCollum's name has been the subject of trade rumours over the past couple weeks as the Blazers continue to slip down the Western Conference stadnings, having lost five games in a row. McCollum was also mentionned in connection with the New York Knicks, who are also struggling and rumoured to be active ahead of Thursday's trade deadline. 

The 30-year-old McCollum has spent the entirety of his nine-year NBA career with Portland and is averaging 20.5 points on 43.6 per cent shooting in 36 games this season. It's the seventh season in a row the Canton, Ohio, native has averaged at least 20 points a night.

McCollum was selected with the No. 10 pick overall in the 2013 NBA Draft after playing his college ball at Lehigh University.