Egor Demin , the Nets ’ first lottery pick in 15 years, entered his rookie season with questions about his shooting and quickly silenced them, knocking down seven of his first 11 3-pointers and hitting 40.9% from deep overall in first four games.

“I think it goes with putting the work in, so all the credit to him,” head coach Jordi Fernández said. “Obviously, the coaches, he works with them. And once you put the work in, you see it go in. When you shoot it in a game you believe in all of what you’ve done before.”

If Brooklyn had drafted Demin to be a pure movement shooter in the mold of Joe Harris , his early numbers would look terrific. But the Nets invested the eighth pick in him to become their lead creator, and his limited playmaking so far adds more nuance to that early success

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