Doug McDermott is one of those players that always feels like he’s hot. The rookies mentality resembles that of Kobe Bryant.
Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau admires McDermott’s confidence.
“I know where confidence comes from,” Thibodeau said. “Work and preparation. What do we call it now? Swag. We called it confidence back in the day. Where does it come from? People say, ‘Well, he’s a real confident guy.’ The thing that you find is that the guys that put the work in, that gives you confidence. Each game is a test. It reveals exactly where you are. In this league, you can’t skip steps.
There’s just some things you can’t teach and confidence is one of them.
