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Egor D\u00ebmin looks to make a move during the Nets\u2019 home loss to the Pistons on Nov. 7, 2025. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\nNets rookie Egor D\u00ebmin got his first career start Friday. <\/p>\n
There could be more to come with Cam Thomas out long-term.<\/p>\n
D\u00ebmin had eight points, a team-high seven assists, three rebounds, a steal and just one turnover in 23:03 against the Pistons. <\/p>\n
Egor D\u00ebmin looks to make a move during the Nets\u2019 home loss to the Pistons on Nov. 7, 2025. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Fans who are all in on this youth movement are getting to see the guard develop in the pick-and-roll in real time.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had seven assists to one turnover against a team that forced us to 20 turnovers, so that\u2019s pretty good. And he\u2019ll keep getting better,\u201d Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good way to experience those minutes. Those 23 minutes are extremely valuable. He did good things. He shot the ball, he was aggressive with his 3s. I\u2019m very, very happy with everything, his playmaking and all that. So, ready for that next one.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next one is Sunday at the Garden against the rival Knicks. <\/p>\n
After having to guard Cade Cunningham, next up is Jalen Brunson.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe still needs to get used to the physicality of the game, the schemes and communication,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cRight now the game is going so fast for him. When we\u2019re all young, everything is so intense, and at one point when you have more experience and a different type of confidence, then things start to slow down.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo he\u2019s a really smart kid. He asks questions, he works at it, so I know he\u2019ll understand all that. His super power on defense [is] his length and rebounding. And if you look at [Friday], he grabbed three rebounds. And he should be able to get a lot of deflections because \u2026 his length, his positioning on defense is very good. So, keep growing on that end of the floor for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Cam Thomas looks to make a move during the Nets\u2019 road win over the Pacers on Nov. 5 AP<\/p>\n
D\u00ebmin forced a pair of ill-advised shots in the game-turning 9-0 run the Nets conceded to close the first half, and Fern\u00e1ndez pulled him aside for a teaching moment.<\/p>\n
The teen\u2019s response underscored his maturity.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s great,\u201d D\u00ebmin said. \u201cIt\u2019s really good for everybody \u2014 not just me, but the whole group in general \u2014 knowing that Jordi is really trying to help us and help the group. And he\u2019s super open to communicate and tell us what exactly he wants from us and not just the group, but each of us as a personnel.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd for me, it\u2019s important to hear some advice from him during the game, before the game, after the game, things like this. So I think it\u2019s really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
Friday marked the first time that all five of the Nets\u2019 first-round rookies were healthy. <\/p>\n
D\u00ebmin and Drake Powell faced Detroit, while Ben Saraf, Danny Wolf and Nolan Traore were in the G-League to lead Long Island\u2019s season opening win.<\/p>\n
Saraf came off the bench and had 11 of his team-high 21 points in the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n
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Wolf added 15 points and 11 rebounds after a slow start, while Traore finished with 12 points and seven assists.<\/p>\n
Saraf, Wolf and Traore will all miss the Knicks clash, still on G-League assignment. <\/p>\n
Thomas (hamstring) and Haywood Highsmith (knee) are hurt.<\/p>\n
The Nets have sold out four of their five home games despite a rebuild, and are playing to 99.7 percent capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nets rookie Egor D\u00ebmin got his first career start Friday. There could be more to come with Cam…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,355,99,11480,5235,21,9,24,63,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-33646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-cameron-thomas","13":"tag-egor-demin","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}