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).

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

While this isn’t quite as much of a lock as it was when Victor Wembanyama went No. 1 overall in 2023, there is little doubt that whatever team wins the lottery will select Cooper Flagg as he has maintained pole position early in the season thus far.