With the eighth selection of the 2025 NBA Draft, ESPN has the Portland Trail Blazers selecting Egor Demin, a 6’9” wing from BYU. Jonthan Givony gives his analysis on the player whose name I had never read once before in my life until I clicked this article:
8. Portland Trail Blazers - Egor Demin, PG/SG, BYU - Freshman | TS%: 51.9%
Scouting report: Demin’s lackluster shooting (20% on 3-pointers and 63% from the free throw line) and turnover struggles (25% TO%) have come to the forefront more vividly in Big 12 play, but he continues to show high-level flashes of talent and feel for the game that are difficult to come by in a 6-9, 18-year-old point guard.