Overview
- Egor Demin became the first NBA player whose first 20 career field-goal attempts were all three-pointers, with zero two-point tries.
- Head coach Jordi Fernandez benched the 19-year-old late against Atlanta and publicly pressed him to attack the lane rather than operate only behind the arc.
- Tracking data shows Demin has seven drives through four games, while fellow rookie Ben Saraf has 29 in roughly nine more minutes.
- Demin acknowledged he must shift his mentality to apply more rim pressure to unlock his playmaking, citing the step up in physicality.
- Context for the slow start includes a preseason plantar fascia tear and a developmental runway on a Nets team that used all five 2025 first-round picks, with the next test coming Sunday vs. Philadelphia.