One impact of coronavirus concerns — albeit a minor one in the big picture — is the uncertainty surrounding the 2020 NBA Draft. And that directly impacts the choices that several Duke basketball underclassmen will eventually have to make.
On Tuesday, after reporting that NBA vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe "sent a memo to NCAA coaches telling them that [the league is] accepting applications to the Undergraduate Advisory Committee" and that the "pre-draft process remains murky amid crisis," ESPN senior insider Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted the following possibility:
"Players may have to make decisions on entering the 2020 NBA Draft with the reality that there could be no opportunity to audition for teams individually or attend a combine.