Whether a blind supporter or a stingy skeptic, the scouting report on BYU's 6-foot-9 point guard, Egor Demin, had settled to something of a consensus. Sure, both sides of the pool splashed at the other as to whether he'd "make it" at the highest level of professional basketball, but all could agree we're splashing in the same pond.
So what happens when, with eyes wide open, we witness nearly the exact opposite of what was expected during Egor's first taste of NBA action?
In the period between his final game at BYU and draft night, analysts and experts clamored to comprehend the unique foreign prospect who spent one year in the NCAA before lacing up in the pros.