Overview
Egor Demin was born in Moscow and attended the Moscow Basketball Academy (Trinta School) until 2021, impressing scouts and earning offers. In September of that year, Demin inked a six-year contract with Real Madrid. He primarily played for the junior A team and Real Madrid B. With the latter in 2023-24, he averaged 15.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.1 steals with 42/19/73 shooting splits. Following that campaign, he moved to the United States to play college basketball for BYU as a five-star recruit. In his one-and-done season, he earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team and All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors, averaging 10.6 points on 41/27/70 shooting, 5.5 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 27.5 minutes.
Analysis
Demin is a 6-foot-9 point forward with some of the best passing skills in the draft. He has the vision, size and creativity to make almost every type of pass with accuracy and seems to prefer setting up his teammates rather than scoring. While Demin isn’t a great jump shooter, he is crafty around the basket and in the mid-range area with fakes and a soft touch. Defensively, he’s at his best anticipating the offense, jumping into passing lanes and using active hands to generate steals and blocks.
Quotable
“I’ve never played with a point guard that can see and pass it in the short windows that he can. … Even now [a month into the 2024-25 season], in some games he’ll rifle a pass and I’m like, there’s no way that’s getting through, and then it gets through, and I’ve got to hurry and get my feet set to shoot it. “
— Demin’s BYU teammate Trevin Knell (via The Athletic)
Some stats & tidbits
Recorded 180 assists in 2024-25, a single-season record for a BYU freshman … Became the first Russian to join Real Madrid’s youth team at age 15 … Learned English and Spanish while playing for Real Madrid … … Father, Vladimir Demin, played professional basketball in Russia.
Projection
Demin projects as a floor general at the NBA level, someone who can organize the offense and set up his teammates. How far he can go beyond that will depend on his shooting development. His size will always be an advantage, however, and other players have made it work despite minimal 3-point skills. Comparisons can be drawn to a player like Josh Giddey and Anthony Black.
— Profile by RotoWire.com