It wasn’t only the Nets who were impressed with him. Thunder GM Sam Presti actually had Demin over to his house, and was reportedly considering trading up from No. 15 to draft him. But in the end he landed with the Nets, who were working the phones for trades.

For the first time in 14 years, BYU had a player hear their name called in the NBA Draft. Egor Demin, the versatile 6-foot-8 guard who impressed during his lone season in Provo, was selected No. 8 overall by the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night.