{"id":609446,"date":"2026-02-18T08:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609446\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:48:20","slug":"why-nets-egor-demin-is-a-fantasy-breakout-candidate-after-all-star-break-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609446\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Nets&#8217; Egor Demin is a fantasy breakout candidate after All-Star break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/brooklyn-nets\/news\/nets-egor-demin-fantasy-breakout-after-break\/ff226387a1d443432512ee34?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Why Nets&#039; Egor Demin is a fantasy breakout candidate after All-Star break;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Why Nets&#8217; Egor Demin is a fantasy breakout candidate after All-Star break<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/brooklyn-nets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brooklyn Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> are young, lively, and far removed from the Eastern Conference playoff picture.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Those three factors make the team a perfect spot for developing young players. The first name on that list? Rookie guard Egor Demin.<\/p>\n<p>The eighth overall pick in last year&#8217;s draft has been solid for Brooklyn through the first stretch of the season, but the next few months could be crucial to his development.<\/p>\n<p>If the Nets handle this young asset correctly, he could be a stellar scorer by the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Why Egor Demin will break out after the All-Star break<\/p>\n<p>Egor Demin&#8217;s stats before the All-Star break:<\/p>\n<p>The rookie out of BYU has been a solid contributor in his 25 minutes a game. His three-point shooting has been his best strength and he&#8217;s slowly developing as a passer.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The real reason Demin is set for a breakout is the release of Cam Thomas. The high-usage guard was released by the Nets after the trade deadline. He averaged 12 shots a game in 24 minutes and was an inhibitor to players like Demin who need the reps.<\/p>\n<p>In his absence, Brooklyn will rely on Nolan Traole as the point guard and Demin in an off-ball role to spread the floor. If the rookie can continue to shoot three&#8217;s at a 40% clip he will ascend as a scorer and elevate his teammates with him.<\/p>\n<p>The only concern is that the Nets have held Demin out of back-to-backs this season. The rookie has struggled with foot injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But if they were going to let their 6-foot-9 sharpshooter loose, now would be the time. With the Nets clearing ball stoppers like Thomas and not competing for a title, they can let their rookie standout run free.<\/p>\n<p>Chances are that Demin still needs more time to grow, but he should see more time after the All-Star break.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why Nets&#8217; Egor Demin is a fantasy breakout candidate after All-Star break originally appeared on The Sporting News.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,959,1409,227,6,671,4333],"class_list":{"0":"post-609446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklynnets","12":"tag-cam-thomas","13":"tag-eastern-conference","14":"tag-egor-demin","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nets","17":"tag-the-nets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116090772214743323","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}