Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin came into the 2025 NBA Draft with the reputation of being a questionable shooter based off his freshman season at BYU. The main reason that Brooklyn selected Demin with the eighth overall pick in the Draft is his size and versatility, but the Russian is determined to show off his shooting ability at the NBA level in the 2025-26 season.
“(It) feels good. Obviously coming here (Las Vegas), the shooting was my biggest question,” Demin said during his NBA TV interview during the Las Vegas Summer League. Demin played three games in Las Vegas and averaged 11.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 40.7% from the field and 43.5% from behind the three-point line. The three-point accuracy is something Demin’s proud of.
“Not my question, right?,” Demin continued. “The question of people about me, it’s exciting time to really prove it. Prove that I can really shoot because obviously I spent a lot of time on the court practicing before getting in the draft, right? In the workouts, and really focusing on how can I be efficient from every type of shots.”
Demin, 19, likely dulled the noise surrounding his outside shooting for the time being, but he will still have to show that he can do it while probably being the starting point guard next season. Demin is part of the Brooklyn 2025 Draft class where all of the players have to prove that their shooting will eventually catch up to the rest of their game, at least to the point where head coach Jordi Fernandez can trust them to take those shots in the regular season.
Demin got the chance to show what he looks like against the kind of NBA competition that is typical for the summer league, but the NBA when the games count is a different animal. To that point, Demin showed some confidence in taking the shots that he will probably get based on the attention that players like Michael Porter Jr. and Cam Thomas (if he re-signs) will draw on a nightly basis.