The Brooklyn Nets' selection of Egor Demin with their first lottery pick in 15 years was much-maligned. However, after a slow start, the rookie point guard is slowly but surely proving his detractors wrong.

Demin turned in the best performance of his young career on Tuesday during his third consecutive start. The 19-year-old posted 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field and 4-of-8 from three with four rebounds, five assists and one turnover during Brooklyn's 119-109 loss to the Toronto Raptors.

“We all believe that he belongs,” head coach Jordi Fernandez said postgame. “You keep seeing plays that catch my eye, like the way he shoots and gets to spots… I'm very happy with where he's at right now and what he's shown. How aggressive he was; 11 field goal attempts is a good number. A

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