Just before Thursday’s NBA trading deadline, former Creighton great Doug McDermott was shipped to Oklahoma City as part of a package deal. McDermott heads to the Thunder along with Taj Gibson and a second round draft pick for Cameron Payne, Joffrey Lauvergne and Anthony Morrow.
McDermott had been averaging 10.2 points per game in his third year with the Bulls, and heads to a Thunder team headlined by one-time Creighton recruit Russell Westbrook. No, really: the eventual UCLA great and NBA All-Star visited Omaha in September 2005, and was almost a Creighton Bluejay. Here’s the recruiting visit itinerary, courtesy of none other than McDermott a few years back on Twitter:
What coulda been.