NBA: 30 players who should be coaches someday

USA basket head coach Mike Krzyzewski (R) chats with his player Rajon Rondo (L) during a training session at La Caja Magica pavillion in Madrid, on August 19, 2010. The US team arrived in Madrid to hold a four-day training camp that started on August 17, ahead of exhibition games against Lithuania, Spain and Greece before they open the world tournament in Turkey against Croatia on August 28. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images) /

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NBA: 30 players who should be coaches someday 22. Doug McDermott

The reasoning behind pegging Doug McDermott as a future head coach is primarily built on the fact that the children of coaches are more likely to become coaches themselves. From Flip and Ryan Saunders, to Paul and Stephen Silas, coaches who grew up with another NBA coach in the house are set up for more success than many.

McDermott’s father, Greg, is the head coach for Creighton University and coached Doug there for four years. Prior to that the elder McDermott coached at various stops around the Midwest, with his family being exposed to his coaching philosophy and the day-to-day grind involved for years.

Many NBA players have never considered the job from the other side of the sideline, their only exposure to coaching having been the act of being coached. For Doug McDermott he has years and years of absorbing things from his dad. He knows what it takes to coach, and he has experience to draw on even without having coached himself.

The fathers of a number of NBA players may have coached them in youth basketball or possibly AAU, but only a handful can claim a father with high-level coaching experience such as McDermott. If Doug decides to move into coaching when he retires, he already has a leg up on learning the job.