CJ McCollum to Zion Williamson: ‘You can be as good as you wanna be, and that’s not for everybody’
“Your ceiling is unlike anything the NBA has ever seen,” McCollum said he’s told Williamson
Recent guests on The Ryen Russillo Show included C.J. McCollum. Zion Williamson was one of the subjects McCollum and the presenter in question addressed. Williamson’s career is now in his hands, according to McCollum and other players who have told him as much.
"I’ve had serious conversations with him on multiple occasions," McCollum said. "Not just me, Larry (Nance Jr.). I’ve told him, ‘You can be as good as you wanna be, and that’s not for everybody’. The level of the best version of him is a level that everybody can’t get to."
Only Williamson, according to McCollum, can aspire to be the dominant force he has occasionally been throughout his career.
"Your ceiling is unlike anything the NBA has ever seen," McCollum said he’s told Williamson. "But it’s up to you to take full advantage of whatever that is. I can’t want it for you. Mom can’t want it for you. Dad can’t want it for you. Staff can’t want it for you. So, it’s up to you to decide what that looks like. You’ve got to figure out what you want to do with this game, because this game will go where you take it."