During the NBA hiatus, from March until …

During the NBA hiatus, from March until the restart in July, one NBA executive told USA TODAY Sports that all he and his staff did was player evaluation for the draft. The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about his team’s draft preparation. He also said teams believed all the preparation would allow scouts and executives to make fewer mistakes. “It’s unique times, and there’s positives and negatives with it,” Rosas said. “We were fortunate to have most of the domestic college season and most of the international season. … Since the pandemic began, we’ve been working around the clock, knowing we had potentially three picks in this draft and knowing how important the offseason was for us. “… Not having in-market workouts, still working through the combine process and all of that, it makes it challenging.”