This season is all about development and Brooklyn’s five first-round picks. But as Jordi Fernández tried to rally his Nets, he sat rookies Egor Dëmin and Ben Saraf for the entire fourth quarter of their 117-112 loss to the Hawks on Wednesday before veterans Tyrese Martin and Terance Mann. “Tyrese was great,” Fernández said. “So […]
Egor Dëmin insists he didn’t just “sit on the bench” this summer and used his idle time recovering from a plantar fasciitis injury wisely and purposefully to prepare for his first season in the NBA. The athletic 6-foot-1 point guard stood at just 199 pounds when the Nets made him the eighth selection in this […]
TORONTO — The Nets’ preseason finale offered a preview of their regular season. They play hard. They play sloppy. And they lose. Brooklyn fell to the Raptors 119-114 on Friday, deliberately turning the ball over and digging a deep hole before a fourth-quarter rally fell just short. Michael Porter Jr. despite making a game-time decision […]
TORONTO — Rookie Egor Dëmin finally made his debut on Friday. The Nets and their fans had to like what they saw. After missing training camp and most of the preseason with a foot injury, Dëmin got his first taste of NBA competition. He looked like he belonged — and like the best of the […]