Coach Thibs Says Doug McDermott Has A Lot Of "Swag", In The Whitest Compliment Of All Time

 Thibodeau likes the rookie’s makeup and his ability to keep shooting even when the ball isn’t going down.  “He’s got a lot of confidence,” Thibodeau said.  Thibodeau knows players with that type of confidence can only attain it a certain way. It’s the way Thibodeau wants all his players to think when they are on the floor.

“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 a lot of different ways I think you’re seeing teams do it. The teams that win consistently, they put the work into it and they don’t skip steps.”

Love this move by Thibs. Best way to get everyone to stop seeing Doug McDermott as the single whitest guy on planet earth? Tell everyone how much swag he has. Sure it feels like your dad is trying to tell you how dope something is but it’s the thought that counts. Can see it now. Doug McDermott getting D’d up by Matt Barnes or Tony Allen, both guys trying to get in his head, telling him he’s just a slow white boy, then Doug looks over to the bench, gets a quick wink from Thibs and remembers, Hey wait a minute! I have Swag!!! Then he drains a three in a 20 point blowout because Thibs will probably only give him garbage time minutes.

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Love this move by Aaron Brooks. Like oh who’s this white guy? Ray or something? Umm actually my name is Doug. Nah, I’m just gonna call you Ray. But, bu…Shut up Ray.