The Nets went into the draft with a plethora of picks, and despite speculation that they would try to move up, they selected BYU guard Egor Demin with the No. 8 pick. 

Speculation had swirled that the Nets would use their draft capital to try and move into position to take Rutgers star Ace Bailey, but that never happened.

Demin had been projected to be a first-round pick, though expected to go later, with The Post slotting him to be taken by Brooklyn with the 19th overall pick. 

He averaged 10.6 points per game and 5.5 assists while shooting 41.2 percent from the field.