Nine years ago, when Marc Eversley worked for the Raptors, he traveled to Latvia for the U-19 FIBA World Cup.
Though he had met Arturas Karnisovas before, that tournament marked the first time the pair spent quality time together.
“Scouting in Europe is often very tricky. When you’re an American or Canadian who is scouting in Europe, you tend to latch onto people like that,” Eversley, who is a dual citizen, said in a video interview with NBC Sports Chicago. “I’ve learned a lot from him (Karnisovas) in terms of scouting the game globally. He’s a gym rat.