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McDermott finally broke out of his slump tonight. Career-high 16 pts in 16 min. 8-17 shooting.
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skinzfan23 wrote:McDermott finally broke out of his slump tonight.  Career-high 16 pts in 16 min.  8-17 shooting.
With two offensive boards! Guy is playing.
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McDermott finished 3-4 tonight with 7 pts in the Bull's 104-95 OT win @ Philly.
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McDermott finished with 13pts and 5 rebs in another loss for the Bulls last night.
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Seems to be on the upswing, which is good to see.
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McDermott finally got into a playoff game in last night's 120-66 blowout win over the Bucks. He six min and shot 1-3, scored 5 pts and had one rebound. Not bad for his first playoff experience, granted it was at the end of a blowout win.
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skinzfan23 wrote:McDermott finally got into a playoff game in last night's 120-66 blowout win over the Bucks. He six min and shot 1-3, scored 5 pts and had one rebound. Not bad for his first playoff experience, granted it was at the end of a blowout win.
I am actually surprised Thibs let him play, but good for him.
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Well as the Bull's season winds down, McDermott gets into the game with about 2 min to go. I am assuming that Tom Thibodeau is gone, hopefully the new coach finds a way to work McDermott into the rotation. As poorly as Chicago has shot all year, they could sure use it.
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skinzfan23 wrote:Well as the Bull's season winds down, McDermott gets into the game with about 2 min to go. I am assuming that Tom Thibodeau is gone, hopefully the new coach finds a way to work McDermott into the rotation. As poorly as Chicago has shot all year, they could sure use it.
Not really sure you can blame the coach for playing time when Mcdermott is a rookie coming off a surgery in the playoffs, I agree Thibodeau is gone but any coach would have done the same thing.
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I agree with that, but I meant looking forward to next season, I would think that he at least receives a little more playing time. The team struggled mightily at times to score.
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The World Herald won two awards for articles on Doug McDermott.

http://www.snd.org/2015/05/best-of-spor ... rs-choice/
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Really nothing new, just discussing this past season and hope for the future.

Duprey: Doug McDermott’s time will come, no matter who’s coaching Bulls
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Thibodeau is gone as head coach. Rumors of new coach is Fred Hoiberg from Iowa State. If he were to become the new coach, no doubt McDermott will have a better chance to succeed with a more open offensive system.

Thibodeau leaves the Bulls as the 2nd best winning % in team history behind Phil Jackson. His record was 255-139; .647.
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Great article by Shatel in the World Herald about Doug getting coached by Hoiberg;

Shatel: Fred Hoiberg’s hiring by Bulls is welcome news to Doug McDermo
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McDermott had a great night in the Bull's first summer league game last night. He finished with 20 pts and 5 reb on 9-16 shooting in 31 min.
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Bulls lose summer league game as McDermott misses a tough game winning shot. He finished with 19pts on 8-14 shooting (0-3 from 3)
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McDermott had his best summer league game yet last night. Finished with 28pts and 8 rebs. He scored 22 of his 28 in the 2nd half as he led a Bull's comeback victory. The only bad thing was his 1-5 shooting from 3. He is now averaging 18.8 pts and over 4 rebs per game.
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Maybe McDermott can get some more playing time and confidence now that Mike Dunleavy is out 8-10 weeks after having back surgery. (which means he wouldn't play until at least late November)
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skinzfan23 wrote:Maybe McDermott can get some more playing time and confidence now that Mike Dunleavy is out 8-10 weeks after having back surgery. (which means he wouldn't play until at least late November)
Unless they play poorly Doug and Tony Snell should be splitting the vast majority of Small Forward minutes. If Doug can't capitalize on this opportunity and establish himself as a legitimate rotation player, I would not be surprised to see Chicago looking to trade him before the trade deadline.
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Now Rose us out again for a few weeks...
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McDermott probably had his best shooting game last night since he has been with the Bulls. He shot 0-5 in the first half but 8-14 in the second half including 5-11 from 3. He finished with 23 pts and 5 rebs as the Bulls beat the Bucks 105-95.
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skinzfan23 wrote:McDermott probably had his best shooting game last night since he has been with the Bulls. He shot 0-5 in the first half but 8-14 in the second half including 5-11 from 3. He finished with 23 pts and 5 rebs as the Bulls beat the Bucks 105-95.
Bulls should be a fun team to watch this year with Coach Hoiberg. It's also be nice to watch Pau Gasol's rejuvination after he looked very old during his final year in LA.
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The Bulls picked up the option on McDermott's contract for next season.
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McDermott had a career-high 17 pts last night. He shot 6-12, 5-8 from 3. He also finished with 4 rebs and 3 assts. He is now averaging over 10 pts per game on the young season, not to mention shooting 12-20 (60%) from 3 pt range. He is currently 4th in the NBA in 3's made and 8th for 3 pt%.
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skinzfan23 wrote:McDermott had a career-high 17 pts last night. He shot 6-12, 5-8 from 3. He also finished with 4 rebs and 3 assts. He is now averaging over 10 pts per game on the young season, not to mention shooting 12-20 (60%) from 3 pt range. He is currently 4th in the NBA in 3's made and 8th for 3 pt%.
He is going to be a great NBA player as long as he can stay healthy.
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First NBA start tonight.
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McDermott got his 3rd consecutive start tonight and scored a career-high 18 pts and the Bulls won 111-88.
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skinzfan23 wrote:McDermott got his 3rd consecutive start tonight and scored a career-high 18 pts and the Bulls won 111-88.
I enjoyed his two-handed breakaway dunk during the game.
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Obviously a young season, but he is shooting nearly 58% from deep and is 5th in total made 3 pointers.
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Thanks for posting Coyote....glad to see more than just one shot they had in the game highlights.
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McDermott is currently leading the NBA in 3pt%.
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He scored 17 tonight and had a chance to hit 20 late in the game but just missed the shot.
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skinzfan23 wrote:He scored 17 tonight and had a chance to hit 20 late in the game but just missed the shot.
Dang! I turned stations at halftime and never went back....
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skinzfan23 wrote:He scored 17 tonight and had a chance to hit 20 late in the game but just missed the shot.
Dang! I turned stations at halftime and never went back....
I did the same but I turned back in time to see the end of the 3rd and the whole 4th quarter. It was nice to see Doug get to play a game out to the end even though they were only up by 7-10 pts. He hit a 3 on one possession and then got a great pass on a backdoor cut for a reverse layup.
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Sounds like the Bulls are having locker room problems, team chemistry issues...
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Coyote wrote:Sounds like the Bulls are having locker room problems, team chemistry issues...
Doesn't help when Jimmy Butler publicly calls out coach Hoiberg for not being hard enough on the players.

Also Derrick Rose needs to pick up his game. It is pretty sad when your center who only plays 16 mins had 8 assts and you as the point guard with 33 mins of playing time only have 5 with 3 turnovers.
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I heard that he said that publicly after yesterday's game. They are so used to Thibidoux' style of coaching they forget what it means to bring their own game. Granted they are almost polar opposites, but it sounds like they needs Butler to take over the locker room, Rose is losing the team.
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McDermott goes (33 min) 7-12 (1-2) 2-2, scoring 17 pts. in tonight's OT win. Love the end of the game, Doug puts it away:
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