Outside of hoping to get the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, the Nets need to turn their attention to developing at least one of their young draftees into a strong foundational piece for the future.

In the Nets’ 119-109 loss to the Raptors on Tuesday night, Egor Dëmin impressed with a career-high 16 points, shooting 5 of 11 from the field and 50 percent from beyond the arc.

The 6-foot-9 point guard also added four rebounds and five assists across 28 minutes in what was the best game of his young career.

Egor Dëmin goes up for a dunk as Jakob Poeltl defends during the Nets’ loss to the Raptors on Nov. 11, 2025. Getty Images

As a whole, the Nets’ new talent is too raw to do any winning damage in another tanking year, but the No. 8 pick continues to prove himself as the biggest posit

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