Egor Dëmin season retrospective in Brooklyn Nets Rookie Report — No. 9

Why did the Brooklyn Nets select Egor Dëmin at #8 in the 2025 NBA Draft?

“I think the first and foremost was the IQ. We loved how he played the game, how he moved the ball, involved his teammates. He saw one, two plays ahead. Obviously the size for position, you know, is great, when you’ve got a 6’8” combo guard, point guard. He can play off the ball too, it’s really good. I think we enjoyed watching him at BYU, and then we had multiple opportunities to see him in Brooklyn up close and personal, getting to meet him. I think his defense is great, how he guards pick and roll. So, there’s a lot of attributes there.”

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Sean Marks, speaking to reporters just after the first round concluded, gave us the laundry list of attributes that made the Russian guard their target at #8. He did not mention outside shooting.

Alas, a few minutes later, Marks was asked directly about Dëmin’s 3-point shot: “I think we saw flashes of what he can do over the course of the year, specifically the shooting. And I think shooting would be the easy thing to say, ‘hey, they can improve in shooting.’ I think that’s a skill that you can improve over time, you know, being diligent on that. I think there was a lot of other attributes in respect to Egor and why we wanted him … You know, I never want to pencil him into ‘hey, you’re going to fit in this little box.’ To me, it’s exciting to see what he does. I suspect the shooting is going to continue to improve, but he showed us out here at HSS that he can absolutely shoot the basketball.”

Dëmin started his BYU career on a hot streak, hurt his knee in mid-December, and never regained his form. Per Synergy Sports, he scored 0.78 points per jumper in his lone NCAA season, a 24th percentile mark across Division I basketball. He finished the year 27.3% from deep. Dëmin was more efficient than that in his pre-NCAA career — mostly with Real Madrid — and the Nets weren’t the only ones impressed by his pre-draft workouts…

Well, Dëmin shot 38.5% from deep in his rookie year on over 12 attempts per 100, unprecedented volume and efficiency for a…

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