Marquee names suck up most of the oxygen in every draft cycle, but the RaptorsHQ’s Draft Watch is where we crack a window and let the hidden aromas drift in. Our next new scent? Egor Demin, the Russian 6-foot-9 guard who spent his formative years in Real Madrid’s academy before running Kevin Young’s uptempo show at BYU. Demin’s resume oozes premium stock: Euroleague Next-Gen champion, Real Madrid senior-team cameo at 17, and now the first five-star recruit in Cougar history. In a class light on true primary creators, his jumbo-guard profile has lottery teams (and most likely the Toronto Raptors’ scouts) salivating.
This BYU standout is exactly the player Masai Ujiri loves to develop
