Through their first five games the Nets are who most people thought they were: Young and bad.

With five first-round picks, the spotlight is perhaps brightest on Egor Dëmin , the eighth-overall selection, who has yet to take a shot inside the 3-point arc.

With the Nets having three days between home games, Dëmin said that was a focal point for him.

“Just trying to get to the paint as much as I can to get the angles,” Demin said following Friday’s practice in Brooklyn. “Not going around the player, but through.”

And once he gets there? “Looking to finish,” he said.

Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin (8) drives around Cleveland Cavaliers guard Craig Porter Jr. (9) in the second half at Barclays Center, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, in Brooklyn, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST

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