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Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin comes into the 2025-26 NBA season with plenty of expectations after being taken with the eighth overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. Brooklyn could potentially start Demin at point guard given that D'Angelo Russell signed with the Dallas Mavericks in the offseason, but the good news is that the former BYU Cougar has a fairly-high rating.
NBA 2K, the company that makes the popular basketball video games series, released their ratings for the top-10 rookies heading into the upcoming season and Demin was given a 72 rating. Not only does this rating make Demin the ninth-best rookie in the 2025 class (tied with Toronto Raptors forward Collin Murray-Boyles in terms of rating), but it also ranks him as the sixth-best guard in the class.
Within the guards, Demin ranks behind Dylan Harper of the San Antonio Spurs, VJ Edgecombe of the Philadelphia 76ers, Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets, Tre Johnson of the Washington Wizards, and Jeremiah Fears of the New Orleans Pelicans. To be fair, Edgecombe and Knueppel could play at the forward spots for their respective teams so there is a possibility that Demin is in fact the fourth-best guard in his class.
Either way, Demin is regarded as one of the better rookies in the 2025 class and it's for good reason given that he was taken eighth overall along with being considered the best passer in the group. Demin may also have a chance to improve his rating over the course of the season if head coach Jordi Fernandez believes that Demin is fit to be the starting point guard to begin the season.
Demin, 19, played three games in the 2025 NBA Las Vegas Summer League and he played well as he averaged 11.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 40.7% from the field and 43.5% from three-point land. Demin may not produce those kind of numbers during the season playing behind forward Michael Porter Jr. and guard Cam Thomas (assuming he re-signs), but he is one of the higher-rated rookies in the most popular NBA video game.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets' Egor Demin rated 72 in NBA 2K26 video game for 2025-26 season
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NBA 2K, the company that makes the popular basketball video games series, released their ratings for the top-10 rookies heading into the upcoming season and Demin was given a 72 rating. Not only does this rating make Demin the ninth-best rookie in the 2025 class (tied with Toronto Raptors forward Collin Murray-Boyles in terms of rating), but it also ranks him as the sixth-best guard in the class.
Within the guards, Demin ranks behind Dylan Harper of the San Antonio Spurs, VJ Edgecombe of the Philadelphia 76ers, Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets, Tre Johnson of the Washington Wizards, and Jeremiah Fears of the New Orleans Pelicans. To be fair, Edgecombe and Knueppel could play at the forward spots for their respective teams so there is a possibility that Demin is in fact the fourth-best guard in his class.
Either way, Demin is regarded as one of the better rookies in the 2025 class and it's for good reason given that he was taken eighth overall along with being considered the best passer in the group. Demin may also have a chance to improve his rating over the course of the season if head coach Jordi Fernandez believes that Demin is fit to be the starting point guard to begin the season.
Demin, 19, played three games in the 2025 NBA Las Vegas Summer League and he played well as he averaged 11.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 40.7% from the field and 43.5% from three-point land. Demin may not produce those kind of numbers during the season playing behind forward Michael Porter Jr. and guard Cam Thomas (assuming he re-signs), but he is one of the higher-rated rookies in the most popular NBA video game.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets' Egor Demin rated 72 in NBA 2K26 video game for 2025-26 season
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