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Doug McDermott is retiring from the NBA, his agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports announced, ending a 726-game career that wrapped up with the Sacramento Kings.
He walks away with a 41.0% career mark from 3-point range, good for 22nd in league history.
The decision closes a 12-year journey through seven franchises that began when he went No. 11 overall in the 2014 NBA draft. His last game came on April 12, at the end of a 29-game season with Sacramento.
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Bartelstein traced that path on X.
“What an amazing story our guy Doug has written. Overlooked out of high school, Doug went on to have one of the greatest careers in college basketball history at Creighton. Doug gave Bluejay fans one unforgettable moment after another. Over the last 12 years in the NBA, Doug has been one of the league’s most elite shooters, and he has been beloved and respected by each and every one of his teammates and coaches. It has all added up to such a special career. Congrats, Doug! We couldn’t be more proud of everything you have accomplished, and more importantly, everything that you stand for!” Bartelstein wrote.
That overlooked recruit became a force at Creighton from 2010 to 2014. The Bluejays won 23 or more games in all four of his seasons and reached the NCAA tournament in each of his final three.
He earned first-team All-American honors three years running. As a senior, McDermott averaged a nation-best 26.7 points per game and was the consensus National Player of the Year.
In December 2023, Creighton retired the No. 3 he wore.
The Denver Nuggets picked him, then shipped his rights to the Chicago Bulls. Chicago dealt him to the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2016-17 season, his third.
Stops with the New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, and Kings followed. Indiana got him twice.
His best-scoring year came with the Pacers in 2020-21, when he put up 13.6 points per night on 53.2% shooting. San Antonio then handed him a starting job, and he opened all 51 games he played in 2021-22.
Coming off the bench for Sacramento in 2025-26, he averaged 5.7 points in 15.1 minutes and hit 39.0% from deep.
McDermott leaves with 8.5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, 6,162 points, and 1,032 made 3-pointers.
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