Sharifianov Confirms Dyomins Smart Choice: NBA Draft Over NCAA

Co-founder of the ProTeam agency, **Maxim Sharifianov**, expressed his confidence that Russian player **[Egor Dyomin](https://www.championat.com/video/272456-dyomin-vyshel-na-intervyu-s-zaplakannymi-glazami-posle-porazheniya/)** made the right decision by applying for the 2025 NBA draft. Sharifianov believes that Dyomin will be selected as a lottery pick.

«We knew he would be in the draft. We are confident he will be picked in the top 14 lottery selections, no matter what happens or how he performs in individual workouts over the next two months. Were there any doubts about staying in the NCAA or moving to the NBA? I don’t think anyone connected to Egor Dyomin had any reservations. Those were more concerns for the media and fans. There were no doubts at all. Moreover, that’s how American sports work — if you are projected in the top 15, you must seize that opportunity and figure things out afterward. There were simply no doubts,» Sharifianov stated during his appearance on «Zenit Radio.»