Nets’ Egor Demin hopes valuable tips from Vince Carter help lift his game

Egor Dëmin entered Tuesday having played a total of a dozen NBA games in his career.

And on a Nets team that is lacking in veteran stars, the 19-year-old rookie from BYU, who grew up in Moscow and played with Real Madrid prior to college and the NBA, is looking for guidance wherever he can find it.

That includes a pair of legends, in two sports close to his heart: ex-Net Vince Carter last month and Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin over the weekend.

Carter was with the Nets during their preseason trip to China and Ovechkin met with Dëmin following Washington’s game against the Devils on Saturday, prior to the Nets winning their second game of the season, over the Wizards on Sunday.

While the time with Ovechkin meant a lot, since Ovechkin is a “legend” in their native Russia, the conversation with Carter will likely end up being more meaningful for Dëmin’s career on the court.

Dëmin, as he does often, took notes while speaking with the Hall of Famer, who also happens to be the favorite player of Dëmin’s father, Vladimir, who played basketball professionally in Russia.

“When my dad saw the video of me talking to [Carter], he was crying [and said], ‘Man, that guy changed the game,’ ” Dëmin said following shootaround prior to Tuesday’s game against the Celtics at Barclays Center.

“Everybody obviously talks about Steph [Curry], LeBron [James] and Michael [Jordan],’’ Dëmin said. “But he was like, ‘People like Vince, they really changed the game in their own way.’ That’s special to me, knowing how much that means to my dad. I kind of accomplished my dad’s dreams right now through my own experience.”

And he’s hoping his experience with Carter translates to his game, which is why he filled one of his several notebooks as he was chatting.

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“It’s hard to say what you can get from a player like Vince,” the 6-foot-9 Dëmin said. “It’s easier to say what you cannot get. With his experience, he knows more than anybody else in this game, probably.”

Dëmin, the eighth pick in last year’s draft, wanted to gain insight into Carter’s “mentality, his thinking and mindset and view on the court from the time when he was playing and from now, from the outside. Sometimes it’s easier to see things from the outside and even better when you did play basketball before and that’s a lot of what he talks about.’’

Because he jotted information down during the chat, Dëmin said he’s able to go back and reflect, which is what’s behind the note-taking.

“I think that’s just my way to learn and my way to understand … the information better,’’ Dëmin said. “[Some people] take it in easier watching, visually, on the screen, some [are] better 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 really have time to go through it with Vince, [so] I can ask him and then just write it down.”

And in case anyone wanted to get a look at Dëmin’s secrets, not to worry.

“They’re in different languages,’’ the multilingual Dëmin said. “I’m mixing them up so nobody can read them.”

They are in three different languages “for now,” Dëmin said: “ Russian, English and Spanish.”

He hopes they translate into success on the court.