BROOKLYN (Oct. 29, 2026) – The Brooklyn Nets have exercised the third-year team options on guard Egor Dëmin, guard/forward Drake Powell, guard Ben Saraf, guard Nolan Traore and forward Danny Wolf.
Dëmin (6’9″, 212) played 52 games (45 starts) in his rookie season and averaged 10.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 25.2 minutes per outing. Through four games (all starts) this season, the Russian-born sophomore has posted 7.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.0 steals in 21.8 minutes per game. Dëmin was named a 2026 Castrol Rising Star in his rookie season and won the event on Team Vince Carter. He showed his shooting prowess by setting Nets rookie records with seven 3-pointers made in a game on Dec. 29 against Golden State and a 38.5 percent overall 3-point percentage. Dëmin also turned in 124 3-pointers, which ranked as the fifth-most through any player’s first 52 career games in NBA history. This offseason, he was named to the 2026 All-Summer League Second Team after averaging 21.0 points, 4.3 assists and 2.3 steals in 25.3 minutes per contest across three games in Las Vegas. Brooklyn selected Dëmin eighth overall in the 2025 NBA Draft after he played one season at Brigham Young University.
Powell (6’6″, 212) led Brooklyn’s rookies with 63 games played (24 starts) last season and averaged 6.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 21.0 minutes per contest. He set the franchise rookie record by shooting 89.6 percent from the free-throw line and led all qualified NBA players with a 91.9 defensive rating in December 2025. Across five games in the NBA G League with the Long Island Nets, he averaged 11.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.6 steals in 29.2 minutes per game. Brooklyn acquired Powell in a draft-night trade with Atlanta after he was selected 22nd overall in the 2025 NBA Draft out of the University of North Carolina.
Saraf (6’5″, 212) played in 44 contests (11 starts) last season and averaged 7.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 20.8 minutes per game. He ended his rookie campaign with multiple assists in 17 straight games from March 9 to April 12, which tied as the seventh-longest streak by a rookie in franchise history, while adding at least 15 points in each of his final four games from April 7-12. He appeared in 21 total NBA G League games for the Long Island Nets and averaged 14.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.3 steals in 26.2 minutes per game, highlighted by a 40-point outing with six rebounds and four assists in 37 minutes on Dec. 22 against the Oklahoma City Blue. The Nets selected Saraf 26th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft out of Israel.
Traore (6’4″, 190) appeared in 56 games (31 starts) as a rookie and averaged 8.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 22.2 minutes per contest. Through four games this season (one start), he has posted averages of 9.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 17.3 minutes per game. His 3.8 assists per game last season led the Nets, ranked sixth among last season’s NBA rookies and marked the fourth-most by a qualified rookie in franchise history. The French guard recorded a streak of 20 consecutive games with multiple assists from Jan. 16 to March 1, which tied the third-longest streak by a rookie in franchise history, and he led all NBA rookies with 142 total assists over the final three months of last season. Across 14 games in the NBA G League with the Long Island Nets, Traore averaged 18.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists in 30.5 minutes per game. The Nets drafted Traore 19th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft out of France.
Wolf (6’11”, 256) appeared in 57 games (15 starts) last season and averaged 8.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 20.8 minutes per outing. He scored in double figures 24 times across his rookie campaign, highlighted by a career-high 23 points with nine rebounds and five assists against Cleveland on March 1, and recorded two double-doubles. He appeared in seven NBA G League games with the Long Island Nets and posted 20.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 blocks in 33.5 minutes per game while shooting 48.1 percent from the field. Brooklyn selected Wolf 27th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft out of the University of Michigan, where he spent one season (2024-25) after two seasons (2022-24) at Yale.