CJ McCollum suffered his second collapsed lung in two years, according to the New Orleans Pelicans. Getty Images McCollum has averaged 21.7 points, 5.7 assists and 4.8 rebounds per contest through ...

C.J. McCollum's right lung collapsed in 2021, too, after a rib injury when he was with the Trail Blazers. (Joshua Gateley/Getty Images) (Joshua Gateley via Getty Images) ...

This is the second time in McCollum’s NBA career that he’s suffered a collapsed right lung. In 2021, he missed 17 games over six weeks due to the injury. McCollum, ...

Sturges’ biopsy was performed in February 2002 and showed that he had stage 1a non-small cell lung cancer. He underwent a lobectomy to remove the lower lobe of his right lung and continued with follow ...

The New Orleans Pelicans announced that guard CJ McCollum has been diagnosed with a small collapsed right lung after undergoing medical imaging Sunday morning. McCollum is expected to undergo ...

The right lung is on the left side and the left lung is on the right side." "So, when we take the old lungs out, we have to put new lungs in from a donor with 'normal organs,'" he added.

McCollum previously dealt with a pneumothorax in his right lung in December 2021. McCollum, who was still with the Portland Trail Blazers, was sidelined for 18 games while he recovered.

The club described the injury as a "small pneumothorax" in McCollum's right lung. McCollum, 32, has averaged 21.7 points, 5.7 assists and 4.8 rebounds in six games this season.