Rob Pelinka was in danger of being fired before the Lakers general manager orchestrated a roster overhaul and made the Lakers NBA title contenders.
He’s the guy who this summer retained Russell, Hachimura, Vanderbilt and breakout star Austin Reaves.He’s the guy who gave Anthony Davis a contract that made him the face of the franchise … OK, get back to us on that one.
After which, he resisted the urge to chase a star by retaining all the role players on that team, and now the Lakers are serious contenders for the first time in years amid a particularly rewarding revelation.told The Times’ Broderick TurnerSurely bolstered by such words from a former critic, Pelinka took the microphone at Thursday’s preseason press conference with a new air of confidence.“We feel like we’re in a position to have a really, really competitive team,” he said.
“Any championship executive in any sport has done some things perfectly and has done some things where they’ve taken a risk and it hasn’t worked out,” he said. “I think your job as an executive or any sports executive is if you take a risk and it doesn’t work out the way you thought, you’ve got to fix it.”He added, “We changed the way our roster was constructed, and it didn’t work but we fixed it.
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