Doug McDermott

McDermott also became the first player to earn first team all-conference honors as a freshman since Cleo Littleton of Wichita State in 1954.

Douglas Richard McDermott (born January 3, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

McDermott also was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, the first Creighton player since Booker Woodfox in 2009.

Considered a three-star recruit by ESPN.com, McDermott was listed as the No. 28 small forward in the nation in 2010.

Originally, McDermott signed a National Letter of Intent to play with Northern Iowa, but after his father moved from coaching Iowa State University to Creighton, he was released from his commitment in order to play for him in college.

As a freshman in 2010–11, McDermott averaged 14.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game as he started all 39 games for the Bluejays.

McDermott set a Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) record for points by a freshman (581) and was named conference freshman and newcomer of the year.

McDermott led the Bluejays to the 2011 College Basketball Invitational, where they made it to the best of three final series, ultimately losing to Oregon.

Prior to his sophomore season, McDermott was named to the preseason watch lists for the Wooden Award and Naismith Award.

As a sophomore, McDermott was one of five men named first team All-America for the 2011–12 season.

McDermott is Creighton's first player honored by the NABC on its first-team All-America squad.

McDermott finished his 2011–12 season averaging 22.9 points per game, a figure that ranked third nationally.

His 801 points, 307 field goals, and 48.6 percent shooting accuracy from three-point range were all school records for a single season.

Creighton finished 29–6 and advanced to the Third Round (now Second Round) of the NCAA tournament.

On March 26, 2012, McDermott was named a first-team AP All-American.

As a junior in 2012–13, McDermott ranked first in the nation in points scored and second in points per game.

He set school records for points in a single season and in a career.

He was again named a first-team All-American by the AP.

While playing college basketball for Creighton University, McDermott led the nation in scoring in 2013–14 and was a three-time consensus first-team All-American.

On April 25, 2013, McDermott announced he would be returning to Creighton for his senior season and would not enter the 2013 NBA draft.

That July, he relinquished his scholarship and became a walk-on for his final season at Creighton.

This came about after the NCAA had granted senior guard Grant Gibbs, who had missed full seasons at both Gonzaga and Creighton with injuries, a rare sixth year of eligibility, putting Creighton over the NCAA's limit of 13 scholarships for the 2013–14 season.

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 was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 11th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft.

On February 28, 2014, McDermott was named one of the 10 semi-finalists for Naismith College Player of the Year.

On Senior Night against Providence, he scored a career-high 45 points and passed the 3,000 point threshold.

McDermott was named first-team All-Big East in Creighton's first season in the league.

He won the Big East Player of the Year award, as well as earning First-Team All-American honors by U.S. Basketball Writers Association for the third time.

McDermott was also the consensus national player of the year, winning all major awards (Wooden, Naismith, AP, NABC, USBWA, and Sporting News ).

McDermott led the nation in scoring at 26.7 points per game.

At the end of his college career, he ranked fifth on the all-time NCAA Division I scoring list, with 3,150 points, which passed basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird.

He became the first player in 29 years to be named to the AP All-America first team three times.

McDermott is one of three players in NCAA men's basketball history to record 3,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.

He also set an NCAA record by scoring in double figures in 135 games.

He was traded to the Chicago Bulls and went on to play two-and-one-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, the Dallas Mavericks, the Indiana Pacers, and the Spurs.

A small forward, McDermott is known for his outside shooting.

McDermott is the son of Creighton coach Greg McDermott and was coached by his father during his college career.

McDermott was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where his father was an assistant coach of the University of North Dakota's men's basketball team.

McDermott, a 6'7" 225-pound forward, played high school basketball at Ames High School in Ames, Iowa alongside high school All-American Harrison Barnes. Ames won 53 consecutive games during McDermott's and Barnes' junior and senior seasons and won consecutive Iowa state titles. As a senior, McDermott averaged 20.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game and was named first team All-State.