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• Podcast Locked On Nets · 7 points · 10 h ago
  • Against the Pacers, the lead trio shot a combined 7 of 27, 1 of 11 from three: Randle 2-8 (0-2 3PT), Porter Jr. 4-13 (0-5), Egor Demin 1-6 (1-4). at 14:59
  • Against Cleveland, Egor Demin hit four threes in the fourth quarter, one of them a four-point play. at 16:35
  • Over four preseason and three regular-season games, Egor Demin is 9 of 27 on twos (33%), which the host says is worse than his rookie year. He has 14 free-throw attempts, about two per game. at 17:42
  • Through three regular-season games, Egor Demin has 9 assists and 7 turnovers and scored four points in two of the three games. The host says his offense has been limited to three-point shooting. at 18:41
  • Egor Demin (reported): Relayed from Egor Demin, asked during preseason: he admitted he still feels tentative in the paint, waiting for a defender to rotate over, and said he needs to get over that. The host says the tentativeness has carried into the regular season. at 20:26
  • Jordi Fernandez (reported): Relayed: Fernandez's main coaching point for Egor Demin in the paint is to have a plan and be decisive and assertive. at 20:38
  • The current starting backcourt appears to be Keon Ellis with Egor Demin. The host calls it a 'starting lineup dilemma': Ellis gives defense but is a poor offensive fit with Demin. at 29:04

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• Podcast Locked On Nets · 8 points · 37 h ago
  • The Nets made nine threes in the fourth quarter. The run was started by Mikel Brown Jr and Egor Demin. Brown hit back-to-back step-back threes, and Demin later hit three straight. at 2:49
  • Mikel Brown Jr and Egor Demin did not play together in the preseason finale (Brown's debut), in the opener, or in the first three and a half quarters of this game. Fernandez then paired them in the fourth. at 14:11
  • Jordi Fernandez (reported): Asked Friday why Brown and Demin weren't playing together, Fernandez, as paraphrased by the host, said it's hard to share minutes when one player comes off the bench and the other starts without throwing off rhythms. at 17:16
  • Host's view: start Brown next to Demin even if that means he can't close games. at 18:45
  • Host thinks the Nets will probably handle Brown the way they handled Demin last year, when Demin came off the bench for the first seven games before starting. Given Fernandez's comment, it may last longer. at 20:32
  • Host thinks the Keon Ellis–Demin starting pairing isn't working and doesn't expect it to. at 21:10
  • Demin had 22 points on 5-of-10 shooting (all threes) plus 7-of-7 free throws, a career high in free throws, with 6 assists and 1 turnover. at 30:16
  • Host says Demin was much more comfortable initiating offense in this game. at 30:07

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• X Ian Begley (@IanBegley) · Report · Oct 21

  Egor Dëmin, Keon Ellis, Michael Porter Jr., Julius Randle and Day’Ron Sharpe will start for Nets in season-opener against Hornets

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• Podcast Locked On NBA host · Opinion · Oct 19 around the league

  The same host has a 'weird feeling' the Nets may surprise, citing Egor Demin as 'not bad'.

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• X Erik Slater (@ErikSlater_) · Report · Oct 14

  Mikel Brown Jr. will come off the bench during his Nets debut while on a minutes restriction. Jordi Fernandez is rolling with the same starters: Egor Demin Keon Ellis Michael Porter Jr. Julius Randle Day'Ron Sharpe

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• Podcast Locked On Nets · 3 points · Oct 23
  • A host or guest thinks pairing Mikel Brown Jr. with Egor Demin will help Demin a good amount. at 5:28
  • Egor Demin (reported): Slater relays that Egor Demin said unprompted during training camp that Chaney Johnson will be a standard-contract player. Slater adds that converting Johnson would force the Nets to cut or trade someone else. at 20:02
  • Erik Slater: Slater names Ben Saraf and Drake Powell as the most likely to be cut, more so Saraf. Saraf sits behind point guards Egor Demin, Mikel Brown Jr. and Nolan Traore. Slater counts Demin as half a point guard, more of a two. at 20:50

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• Podcast Locked On Nets · 8 points · Oct 23
  • Erik Slater: The host said the Nets got almost no offense outside Julius Randle and Michael Porter Jr. He said Egor Demin played badly. at 2:49
  • Lewis predicted the assist-to-turnover problem will improve once Mikel Brown Jr. eventually joins the starting lineup and brings downhill drives, so Egor Demin handles the ball less. This implies Brown is not starting now. at 7:24
  • Erik Slater: Egor Demin, Keon Ellis and Mikel Brown Jr. went a combined 2 of 11 from three. The host trusts these three most as shooters after the top players. at 8:58
  • Erik Slater: The host said the backcourt is young and inexperienced. A Keon Ellis/Egor Demin backcourt lacks rim pressure, and he wants Mikel Brown Jr. out there alongside Demin. at 24:30
  • Egor Demin (reported): The host assumes Mikel Brown Jr. hasn't played alongside Demin yet. When asked on Friday, Demin told him they hadn't practiced much together. The host questions why they didn't share minutes in practice or in the opener. at 24:46
  • Lewis thinks Demin belongs off the ball. He expects that putting him in a lineup with Mikel Brown Jr. should help the offense, which struggled to touch the paint effectively. at 26:32
  • Lewis said Demin had two baskets in the opener, both on goaltends. He was getting into the paint but not effectively. at 27:00
  • Egor Demin (reported): Lewis relayed that Demin has acknowledged he is now getting to the rim but isn't sure what to do there, because it is new to him. at 27:11

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• Podcast Locked On Nets · 9 points · Oct 22
  • Egor Demin played point guard and was hounded by Dennis Schroeder from the start of the game. at 13:51
  • With the Nets down six, Egor Demin took an outlet after a Sharpe block and was stripped while bringing the ball up the court. at 14:50
  • Adam called Egor Demin's preseason 'dominant'. He said one bad opener should not undo it and that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. at 15:25
  • Both hosts expect Egor Demin to bounce back and do not expect the game to be typical of him. at 14:14
  • Adam criticized Fernandez for having Egor Demin play point guard alongside Randle. He said he would have preferred Keon Ellis handling the ball more. at 15:55
  • The host criticized the starting Demin–Ellis backcourt Egor Demin for lacking ballhandling and advantage creation. That Ellis started is implied by the host's later remark about replacing Keon with Mikel. at 14:32
  • At the start of the third quarter the Nets began running the offense through Keon Ellis. The host said this was because Egor Demin was uncomfortable doing it. at 18:48
  • The host's view: Keon Ellis was not comfortable running the offense either and cannot create with the ball. He said Egor Demin is not a natural self-creator and is best attacking closeouts off the ball. at 18:56
  • Open question for the season: how to balance ball touches between the young guards Mikel Brown Jr, which helps their development, and Porter Jr. and Randle, which helps the team compete. name not confirmed at 32:00

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• Podcast Locked On Nets · 16 points · Oct 20
  • Erik Slater: The host offers a precedent: Egor Demin had a plantar fascia tear as a rookie. He played in the final preseason game, came off the bench for his first seven appearances, then started for the rest of the year. The host expects Brown to follow a similar path. at 7:08
  • Erik Slater: The host says the current starting backcourt is Keon Ellis and Egor Demin. Michael Porter Jr. and Julius Randle are the two forwards in the starting unit, and the center spot lacks rim protection. No center is named. at 8:34
  • Erik Slater: In the preseason finale, Brown played only with the second unit, alongside Nolan Traore. He played no minutes alongside Egor Demin. at 12:42
  • Egor Demin (reported): Asked by the host at Monday practice, Egor Demin said he has "not really" played alongside Brown in camp, practices or scrimmages. Because Brown was coming back from the ankle injury, coaches worked the lineups that would play together in the preseason game, including the starting group with Demin and Keon Ellis. Demin hopes to play with Brown more in practice. Their summer runs together were open runs, not official practices. at 13:05
  • Erik Slater: Host prediction: to start the year, Brown will mainly play alongside Nolan Traore in the second unit, as he did in practice and in the finale. He may share some minutes with Demin when closing games, because the host expects Demin to close. at 13:46
  • Erik Slater: Host analysis: alongside Demin, Brown will probably play more on the ball, though Randle will use a lot of possessions. Nolan Traore, who is better with the ball in his hands, Brown will probably play more off the ball. The host thinks that experience could help him. at 15:22
  • Jordi Fernandez, Mikel Brown Jr., Egor Demin (paraphrased by host) (reported): Based on his conversations with Fernandez, Brown and Demin, the host says the Nets envision a somewhat positionless system. There will still be a primary ball handler, but they want multiple ball handlers who can create off the dribble and play on or off the ball. at 16:08
  • Erik Slater: Host analysis: the Nets' drafting and acquisitions reflect a preference for big ball handlers. He names Demin, Danny Wolf, Traore, Ben Saraf, Brown and Joshua Jefferson. He says several of them (Traore, Wolf, Saraf, Jefferson) are not good three-point shooters, so the Nets are betting their shooting improves. at 16:34
  • Erik Slater: Rookie-year stats for Egor Demin: just above 43% on two-pointers, which the host says was the lowest in the league among players 6'8" or taller. He averaged 6.5 assists per 100 possessions, compared with 11.6 per 100 at BYU. at 23:41
  • Erik Slater: In Summer League, Egor Demin had added weight. He shot 22 of 29 on twos (76%) across five appearances. at 24:28
  • Erik Slater: In preseason, Egor Demin took far more two-pointers than as a rookie: the host says 22 attempts in four games. He shot 7 of 20 on twos (35%). The host also notes the two attempt counts conflict. The host calls the higher volume a positive even though the efficiency was rough. at 25:34
  • Erik Slater: Host observation: Demin's drives come from handling in the pick-and-roll, coming off dribble handoffs, or attacking aggressive closeouts, not from isolation. at 25:19
  • Egor Demin (quoted): In a press clip, Egor Demin said he wants the game to slow down for him and to realize he is a bigger body. His aim is to get to the rim aggressively and finish with quality, not just to show he got into the paint. at 27:30
  • Jordi Fernandez (reported): Relayed by the host: asked about coaching points for Demin's drives, Fernandez said to get to two feet and to have a plan rather than going in without one. at 30:47
  • Erik Slater: Right after relaying Fernandez's "two feet" point, the host says this has been a big emphasis for the young guards: Demin, Traore, Saraf, Drake Powell and "Danny probably, too". It is unclear whether this part is Fernandez's statement or the host's own addition. at 30:49
  • Erik Slater: The host wants Demin to be more assertive on drives: finish through contact and get to two feet instead of fading. He cites a preseason drive against the 76ers, where Demin crossed over LeBron James and finished through Joel Embiid, as proof of concept. at 26:58

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• Podcast Locked On Nets · 4 points · Oct 19
  • Host's concern: the Nets lack high-end point-of-attack defenders. He names young guards Mikel Brown Jr and Egor Demin, and offense-first forwards Michael Porter Jr. and Julius Randle. at 2:53
  • Host says the roster has a lot of size and length that supports an aggressive, turnover-forcing defense. He cites guards Mikel Brown Jr, Keon Ellis and Nolan Traore, and forwards Egor Demin, MPJ, Randle, Josh Minott, Clowney and Chaney Johnson. at 8:16
  • Host thinks Fernandez should prioritize getting a pick-and-roll lob-threat center for Brown and Demin. He says the Nets have no real lob threat: Sharpe can finish a lob occasionally and Wagner can't really do it. at 13:55
  • Host says the backcourt is crowded for Ben Saraf, with ball handlers Brown ("Mikel"), Traore ("Nolan") and Demin ("Yegor"), plus newcomer Keon Ellis. at 29:20

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• Podcast Locked On Nets · 2 points · Oct 18
  • Erik Slater: Slater says the core is very young: Egor Demin, Mike hell Mikel Brown Jr and Nolan Traore are each 20. name not confirmed at 14:26
  • Erik Slater: Slater thinks the young core Egor Demin is probably one to three years from competing at the highest level, 'if ever'. at 16:44

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