Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Douglas Richard McDermott was born on January 3rd, 1992, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He is a small forward in the NBA.

While playing college basketball for Creighton University, he led the nation in scoring in 2013–14 and was a three-time consensus first-team All-American. He was the consensus national player of the year as a senior in 2014, and finished his college career with the

fifth-most points in NCAA Division I men's basketball history. After graduating from Creighton, McDermott became automatically eligible for the 2014 NBA draft, where he was drafted 11th overall by the Denver Nuggets. He was traded to the Chicago Bulls and went on to play two and half seasons for the Bulls before being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in February 2017. McDermott has also played for the New York Knicks and the Dallas Mavericks. McDermott agaisnt the Los Angeles Lakers, he scored eight points in a 130-123 win. 

On July 6, 2018, McDermott signed a three-year $22 million contract with the Indiana Pacers. In November he scored a season-high 21 points in a 121-88 win over the Utah Jazz.

McDermott is the son of current Creighton coach Greg McDermott; Greg coached McDermott during his college career.