They could still 100% do them, if it was the right mon. Farfetch'd, Sunflora, or Chimecho for example. None of them would be any good even with eviolite. But they have potential in an evolution to be somewaht decent.
It's more what these anons said
>>32353034 >>32353035they don't give a shit about most of the old garbage mons, unless they're popular with the fans they aren't going to bother giving them evolutions cuz there's no incentive to do so