BYU’s Egor Demin Reportedly Lands NBA Draft Green Room Invite

PROVO, Utah – Former BYU basketball guard Egor Demin will be in Brooklyn for the 2025 NBA Draft.

ESPN’s Jonathan Givony reported that Demin is one of 13 players invited to the green room for this year’s draft.

13 players invited to the NBA Draft green room thus far:

Cooper Flagg
Dylan Harper
Ace Bailey
VJ Edgecombe
Tre Johnson
Khaman Maluach
Jeremiah Fears
Kon Knueppel
Kasparas Jakucionis
Egor Demin
Carter Bryant
Derik Queen
Asa Newell

Noa Essengue is still playing, not yet invited pic.twitter.com/OYdXVMRr3y

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) June 10, 2025

Draft prospects wait in the green room until they hear their name called in the draft. Then, after being selected by a given team, they take the stage.

Demin is the first former BYU basketball player to get an NBA draft green room invite since Jimmer Fredette in the 2011 draft. Coincidentally, Fredette is the last BYU player to be selected in the NBA draft.

Demin was in attendance at the NBA draft lottery in Chicago last month.

The 6-foot-8, 1/4 Demin played one season at BYU. He’s been playing professional basketball since he was 15 years old, when he was part of the Real Madrid organization.

During his one season at BYU, Demin averaged 10.6 points, 5.5 assists, and 3.9 rebounds per game.

 

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The Moscow, Russia native was part of a BYU team that reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time in 14 years, and delivered the program’s highest final AP Top 25 ranking since that 2011 season led by Fredette.

2025 NBA Draft Green Room invites: Report

Other NBA draft green room invites, per Givony, include:

• Cooper Flagg, Duke
• Dylan Harper, Rutgers
• Ace Bailey, Rutgers
• VJ Edgecombe, Baylor
• Tre Johnson, Texas
• Khaman Maluach, Duke
• Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma
• Kon Knueppel, Duke
• Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
• Carter Bryant, Arizona
• Derik Queen, Maryland
• Asa Newell, Georgia

The 2025 NBA draft will take place June 25-26 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The first round will begin at 6 p.m. (MDT) on June 25 and be televised by ESPN.

Egor Demin: NBA Draft Combine measurements

• Height (barefoot): 6’8 1/4
• Weight: 199.2 lbs
• Wingspan: 6’10 1/4″
• Standing reach: 8’9 1/2″
• Hand length (inches): 8.25
• Hand width (inches): 9.25

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