Despite owning five first-round picks in the 2025 NBA Draft, GM Sean Marks and the Nets stayed put at pick No. 8 to select point guard Egor Demin from BYU.

Egor Demin became the first BYU basketball player selected in the NBA Draft since Jimmer Fredette in 2014. Demin was taken by ...

BYU’s Egor Demin, 19, is a 6-8 point forward from Russia who brings rare size and elite playmaking to the Nets.

It will cost at least $15 million to compete for a top-tier finish in the ACC. Will internal support and NIL reach the needed levels in Berkeley?