The Lakers remain without a draft pick in the 2022 NBA draft — although there have been rumors of the team trying to buy their way into the second round — but it hasn’t stopped them from doing their due diligence with NBA pre-draft workouts and scouting at the combine.
A key of this pre-draft and combine process is the medical component, where the league and teams are doing their medical due diligence on the health and history of players.
What does that process entail? I explained in the following video:
What we see of the combine and pre-draft process is just the tip of the iceberg.