The Jazz could make a lot of sense for Demin to pair him with Keyonte George as their backcourt of the future. Jazz chairman Ryan Smith and CEO Danny Ainge both attended BYU and are reportedly very big donors to the university. They would likely find it thrilling to add the next great BYU star to their roster.

When the college basketball season was getting ready to start just two weeks ago, incoming BYU Cougars freshman Egor Demin was widely considered a very good prospect but perhaps not an elite one. Mock drafts had him pegged in the 8-23 range (there are 30 picks in the first round).

Each new college basketball season brings a new crop of college stars. Preseason NBA draft boards will change dramatically over the season as players break onto the scene.

BYU has gotten off to a hot start to the season at 4-0, thanks to top-tier freshman Egor Demin. He has great positional size at 6-foot-9 and a very unique combi

BYU jumbo guard Egor Demin has shot up NBA Draft boards in the first couple weeks with a dazzling display of passing and shot-making at 6-foot-8.

New predictions from ESPN have the Spurs with an absolute dream scenario, picking two of the freshmen who have had the best starts to the NCAA men’s college basketball season thus far: Duke’s Kon Knueppel and BYU’s Egor Demin.

Through just a few games, no player has done more for his stock than BYU guard Egor Demin. A 6-foot-8 guard-forward hybrid who came into the class as a jumbo creator, he’s done just that, averaging 19 points and nine assists on 63% shooting coming into Wednesday’s game.