Dan Levine, Getty Images Before we get into the actual draft, we need to understand where the league was at when the draft rolled around in June. The Chicago Bulls were coming off a then-record 72-win season and their fourth NBA championship (their first since the un-retirement of Michael Jordan). The Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies completed their expansion seasons. Kevin Garnett also finished his rookie season, setting off a trend of players skipping college and going straight into the NBA. Shaquille O Neal was set to become the biggest free-agent prize in recent memory.
The Philadelphia Sixers won the draft lottery after a dismal 18-64 season.
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Anderson and his family live in Rock Springs where he wears many hats as a husband, father, teacher and coach in multiple sports. Before his encounter with COVID-19, Anderson said he was like many other people and thought the chances of getting it were very low, and if he did, there wasn’t much to worry about considering his age and health.
The first symptoms of COVID-19 appeared on October 17, 2020, on Anderson and his wife’s wedding anniversary, which wasn’t exactly the circumstances they had hoped to be finding themselves in.