Nets rookie guard Egor Demin will miss Monday’s sport towards the Houston Rockets because the staff continues to handle the plantar fascia tear he suffered over the summer time.
The No. 8 choose within the 2025 NBA Draft was restricted all through coaching camp due to the damage and appeared in just one preseason sport. In three regular-season appearances, he’s averaged 8.7 factors, 5.0 rebounds and a couple of.3 assists whereas taking pictures 50% from the sector and 50% from deep in 22 minutes per sport.
Demin’s 3-point stroke appears noticeably sharper than it did at BYU, however all 16 of his regular-season pictures have come from deep, underscoring the necessity to construct power and enhance his deal with to generate extra appears inside.
“I think it’s about just the mindset and really how can we trust ourselves?,” Demin mentioned. “And trust our work? And trust our coaches who have been putting this information into our heads throughout the summer? How can we execute it better? How can we be more aggressive?”
Ziaire Williams will miss Monday’s sport in Houston with a decrease again contusion suffered in Sunday’s 118-107 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. The fifth-year ahead, who signed a multi-year extension in September, is off to a robust begin, averaging a career-best 10.3 factors on 50% taking pictures general and 46.7% from deep. The 6-9 wing erupted for 25 factors and 6 3s in Friday loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
“I worked my butt off every day this summer,” Williams mentioned. “You know, thousands and thousands of shots, three times a day, all different footwork. There’s not any shot that I shoot in a game I haven’t worked on. And I’m a true believer that, you know, the amount of work you put in always comes back. And you know, I just try to trust God and trust my work. And I’m glad I made some shots today.”
Lastly, rookies Drake Powell and Danny Wolf have been assigned to the Lengthy Island Nets and can follow with the staff because it opens coaching camp this week. Powell’s solely NBA motion got here within the season opener towards the Charlotte Hornets, the place he performed seven minutes, whereas Wolf has but to look for Brooklyn due to an ankle sprain.
“The G League is probably the most similar to NBA speed you’re going to get,” Noah Clowney mentioned. “Overseas guys, I don’t watch overseas basketball so I can’t speak for it. What I can say is you can tell they’ve been pros for longer. They’re a little more poised with the ball. Pressure doesn’t affect them as much. So, like, G League, I think it’s good for anybody that goes there. If you go there with a positive mindset, it’ll be all right.”
