PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Doug Mcdermott has played over five NBA seasons with the Chicago Bulls (2014-17), Oklahoma City Thunder (2017), New York Knicks (2017-18), Dallas Mavericks (2018) and Indiana Pacers (2018-19), McDermott has averaged 7.8 points and 2.1 rebounds over 341 career games and 14 starts. He has shot 45.9 percent from the field, 40.4 percent from long range and 82.5 percent from the foul line over his career.
2014-15: He appeared in 36 games on the year and averaged 3.0 points and 1.2 rebounds in 8.9 minutes per game and shot .402 from the field, .317 from downtown and .667 from the line. Mcdermott recorded four games with 10 or more points. He posted 13 points (3-4 3FG) at Charlotte, 3/13. He recorded a season-high 16 points (8-17 FG) at Indiana, 3/6. Mcdermott posted 12 points in 12 minutes against Orlando, 11/4. He recorded 18 DNP-CDs and was on the team’s Inactive List 28 times. Mcdermott missed 24 games with a right knee injury (12/2, 12/6-1/17) and three games with back soreness (3/25-4/1).
2015-16: He played in 81 games on the year (four starts) and averaged 9.4 points and 2.4 rebounds over 23.0 minutes per game, and shot .452 from the field, .425 from beyond the arc and .857 from the line. In four starts, averaged 11.5 points and 1.8 rebounds in 22.2 minutes, and shot .548 from the field, .533 from 3-point territory and .800 from the stripe. Mcdermott tallied 37 games with 10+ points and five games with 20+ points. He posted 18 games with three or more three-pointers. He dished a career-best four assists at New Orleans, 4/11. He tallied a career-high nine rebounds at Houston, 3/31. Mcdermott tied his career high of five threes vs. Brooklyn, 3/17. He scored 20+ points in consecutive games for the first time in his career (29 at Toronto, 3/14, and 20 at Washington, 3/16. He posted double-digit scoring for career-long seven-game streak from Feb. 19–March 2. He went a career-best 7-of-7 from the foul line at Atlanta, 2/26. Mcdermott set a career high in scoring with his first 30-point game vs. Toronto, 2/19; also made a career-high 13 field goals. He made his first NBA start vs. Oklahoma City, 11/5. He missed one game with a right knee injury (12/28).
2016-17: Mcdermott averaged 9.0 points on .447 shooting (222-497) over 22.8 minutes per game in 66 overall games (five starts) for the Bulls and Thunder. He went 77-208 (.370) overall from three-point range. He appeared in 44 games (four starts) for the Bulls and 22 games (one start) for the Thunder following a mid-season trade to Oklahoma City. Mcdermott scored a career-best 31 points for Chicago at Memphis, 1/15. He pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds for the Bulls vs. Toronto, 1/7. He recorded four 20+ scoring games. Mcdermott tied his career high with five triples on his way to 23 points against the Pacers, 10/29. He missed 11 games (Nov. 15-Dec. 6) due to concussion suffered on Nov. 12 vs. Wizards. He also missed three games in season’s final weeks (Apr. 9-12) due to left knee soreness.
2017-18: Mcdermott played a combined 81 games and made four starts for the New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks, and averaged 7.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists over 21.8 minutes per game. He shot a career-best 46.7 percent from the field and 42.6 percent from three-point range to go with a 79.0 percent mark from the free throw line. He was acquired by the Knicks via trade before the season, he began the season by averaging 7.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game over 55 appearances (one start) for New York. He recorded two of his three 20+ point performances on the year for the Knicks, including a season-high 23 points on 9-for-13 shooting in a win over Atlanta, 12/10. As part of a three-team trade, he was acquired by Dallas on Feb. 8. Mcdermott played 26 games and made three starts for the Mavericks and averaged 9.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He shot 49.4 percent from three-point range for Dallas.
2018-19: He appeared in 77 games and made one start in his first season with the Pacers and averaged 7.3 points and 1.4 rebounds over 17.3 minutes per game. Mcdermott shot 49.1 percent from the field, 40.8 percent from 3-point range and 83.5 percent from the free throw line. McDermott finished 14th in the NBA in 3-point percentage at 40.8 percent from long distance. He shot 49.1 percent from 3-point range over 39 road appearances this season, which led the league in that category. He scored in double figures 26 times with a season high of 21 points twice during the regular season. Mcdermott led the Pacers in scoring and posted season highs with 21 points and six rebounds in just 23 minutes off the bench in the road win at Utah, 11/26. he followed that performance with 21 points as he tied his career high with five 3-pointers the next night at Phoenix, 11/27. He made his only start of the season as he finished with 13 points, five rebounds in two assists in the win at Atlanta, 4/10. Mcdermott missed five games (Feb. 2-9) with sore ribs.
He has appeared in 11 career playoff games in three trips to the postseason with Chicago (2014-15), Oklahoma City (2016-17) and Indiana (2018-19). Mcdermott has averaged 3.33 points over 9.5 minutes per game while shooting 38.7 percent from the field and 36.4 percent from three-point range.
2014-15: Mcdermott appeared in three games and averaged 1.7 points over 3.3 minutes per game as Chicago reached the Eastern Conference Semifinals. He scored five points in six minutes off the bench as Chicago closed out Milwaukee in Game 5 of the First Round, 4/30.
2016-17: He came off the bench in all five games of Oklahoma City’s First Round loss to Houston, and averaged 5.0 points per game on 50 percent shooting (9-18) and 53.8 percent (7-13) from downtown over 13.2 minutes per game. Mcdermott scored a postseason career high 11 points (3-4 3FG) in 14 minutes in Game 2 at Houston, 4/19).
2018-19: He appeared in three games for the Pacers against the Celtics and averaged 2.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.