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Egor DeminBrooklyn Nets · #8

Guard · 6'8", 200 lb · Moscow, Russia · Age 20 · 1st season

Egor Dëmin is a 6-foot-8 Russian point-forward and the Brooklyn Nets' No. 8 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft — an oversized, pass-first playmaker prized for elite vision. He developed in Real Madrid's academy before one season at BYU, where he was the program's highest draft pick in about two decades. His outside shooting is the key development area.

MVP race · #210Guard rank · #95Balladex Impact · 56
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Egor Demin
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Brooklyn Nets · #8 · Guard
Egor Demin
Season avg10.3 pts · 3.2 reb · 3.3 ast · .399 fg
Career avg10.3 pts · 3.2 reb · 3.3 ast · .399 fg
Live win probabilityNets 54%
Balladex model · projected 117–116 · 97.3 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
10.5pts
3.2reb
3.4ast
54%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Egor Demin
Brooklyn Nets · Guard
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Moussa Diabate
Charlotte Hornets · Strong defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Egor Demin — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Big Rookie Playmaker · Impact 56
Egor Dëmin is a 6-foot-8 Russian point-forward and the Brooklyn Nets' No. 8 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft — an oversized, pass-first playmaker prized for
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Offense
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Defense
C
Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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C+
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Egor Demin stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
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Anthony Edwards MIN
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN
2%
Balladex Consensus: #236 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
56Impact index
110Star score
Career scoring average10.3 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file2
No. 8 Draft pick (2025) · 1× Big 12 All-Freshman (2025)
Stat explorer

Egor Demin — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
10.3 PPG
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Playmaking
3.3 APG
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Rebounding
3.2 RPG
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Shooting
.385 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Egor Demin

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
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1 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 20 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 52 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Egor Demin career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2025-265225.210.33.23.3.399.385
Career5225.210.33.23.3
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
raw PPG
in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Brooklyn Nets built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

16–66proj record
#14conf seed
-9.5net rtg
108.4off rtg
118def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Day'Ron Sharpe, Terance Mann.
How his role moves
Projected 16–66, 14th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
56 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
No. 8 Draft pick (2025) · 1× Big 12 All-Freshman (2025)
Act IV

The Ballad of Egor Demin

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Mar 3, 2006

The beginning

A 6-foot-8 Russian point-forward and No.

Brooklyn Nets

Turning pro

Drafted 8th overall, 2025 as a Guard.

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A 6-foot-8 Russian point-forward and No. 8 pick — an oversized, pass-first playmaker for the Nets.

Chapter

From Moscow via Real Madrid's academy, Dëmin was BYU's first five-star recruit before Brooklyn drafted him 8th in 2025.

Chapter

He was the highest BYU draft pick in about two decades.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 8"
Weight
200 lbs
College
BYU
Experience
1st Season
Draft
8th overall, 2025
Born
Moscow, Russia
Age
20
Jersey
#8
Beyond the game

Dëmin is the son of former professional player Vladimir Dëmin and rose through the Moscow Basketball Academy before Real Madrid's system in Spain, giving him a European pedigree and polish rare for a teenager. He was even named a Forbes '30 Under 30' nominee, reflecting his profile as a rising international talent.

His on-court identity is oversized playmaking — a 6-foot-8 point-forward who runs an offense with advanced vision, creativity, and passing on the move, paired with active hands and defensive anticipation. His three-point shooting (around 27% at BYU) is the swing skill; if it develops, his size-and-vision combination gives him a high ceiling as a connective initiator.

The person

An oversized, pass-first point-forward — elite vision, creativity, and size at the position.

Elite passerAdvanced court vision and creative playmaking on the move.
Point-forwardRuns an offense at 6-foot-8 — a rare size advantage.
Shooting swing skillOutside shooting is the key to his ceiling.
FAQ

Egor Demin — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Egor Demin, answered.

What kind of player is Egor Dëmin?
An oversized, pass-first point-forward — a 6-foot-8 playmaker with elite court vision who runs an offense, though his outside shooting is still developing.
Where did Egor Dëmin develop?
In Real Madrid's academy in Spain after starting in Moscow, then one season at BYU before Brooklyn drafted him 8th in 2025.
What is Egor Dëmin's key development area?
Perimeter shooting — he shot around 27% from three at BYU, and a reliable jumper is the swing skill for his ceiling.
Egor Demin career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
63%
1 seasons
Last 3 seasons
63%
30 games missed
Games missed
30
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
52
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady63% of games over the last three seasons, low of 63% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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