Why did Egor Demin’s dad cry over Vince Carter’s video

Egor Demin faces high expectations after The Brooklyn Nets selected him with their first lottery pick in 15 years. The 19-year-old has been well managed by the Nets Vince Carter when he starts his NBA career.

Carter spent time with the Nets during their preseason trip to Macau. The Hall of Famer will serve as an analyst on the IES Network for several Brooklyn games this season. He is too one of the favorite players Demin’s father Vladimir, who was a professional basketball player in Russia.

“When my dad saw the video of me talking to (Carter), he cried. He was like, ‘That guy changed the game,'” Demin told IES Network. “Obviously everybody’s talking about Steph (Curry), LeBron (James) and Michael (Jordan). But he said, ‘Guys like Vince, they really changed the game in their own way.’ And it’s special to me, knowing how much it means to my dad. In a way, I have just now realized my father’s dreams through my own experience.”

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The Nets retired Carter’s No. 15 last seasonmonths after being inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Egor Demin chronicles Vince Carter’s success in the NBA after joining the Nets

Carter finished his Nets tenure with three All-Star appearances, averaging 23.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.2 steals on 45/37/81 shooting in 374 games. His 8,834 points rank third on the Nets’ all-time scoring list, behind Brook Lopez and Buck Williams, despite playing over 1,600 fewer minutes than both of them.

Demin tries to soak up as much knowledge as possible from the Eight-Time All-Star, taking notes during the conversation about his approach to the game.

“It’s hard to say what you can get from a player like Vince. It’s easier to say what you can’t get. With his experience, he probably knows more than anybody else in this game,” Demin told the New York Post’s Dan Martin. “(Taking notes) is just my way of learning and my way of understanding … information better. (Some people) take it in easier by seeing it, visually, on a screen, some (are) better at going through it physically. For me, I like all of the ways, but this is probably the fastest way to just (get it). I don’t have time to go through it with Vince, and then I can just write it down.”

Demin has had an up-and-down start to his rookie campaign while returning from an offseason plantar fascia tear. However, the 6-foot-9 point guard has been productive in the last six games since entering the Nets’ starting lineup, averaging 9.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.8 turnovers on 40.8 percent shooting from the field and 43.8 percent from three.