Rob Pelinka Discussion: BBall Ops Pres + GM (AKA: Lucky Rob)

Rob, get Hart, Thybulle and Claxton. Make it happen my man

 

Lakers Press Conference: Rob Pelinka & JJ Redick

 

Lakers Rob Pelinka & JJ Redick Live Press Conference Reaction!

 

He says a lot of nothing; the only thing to really take for me is expanding the FO. Definitely didn't come from Rob. Rob try to say, "oh, it isn't like we didn't have those positions before, we're just in the process of renovating our FO..." or some sh** like that. Essentially, one of the jobs sounds like Jesse's as Trevor Lane pointed out & the other is a newly created position , which they should have had.

Funny guy. Big summer. Put up or shut up.

 

Strange to relocate the G-League facility way out to Coachella. I see zero advantages to this other than them being able to build a less expensive, new facility even though they already have a very good one.
Strange.

 

Much bigger seating capacity and money from tickets is my guess? My first thought was brutal drive back and forth for 2-way players putting in work both teams when in town. Or that dual work gets reduced.

 

it's the right answer, and exactly what some of us have said to the "rob y u no presti" stuff over the years. the gm job here isn't the gm job in detroit or SA or okc. presti would have probably gotten fired here for signing isaiah joe and aaron wiggins to overmarket contracts while we were losing 50-60 games a year, lol.

what rob left out of the answer--and we'll see if he actually has one--is how you actually accomplish it. in other words, my favorite ray zelensky quote:



so yeah, we have the "win-now" mindset at all times. and we DO have a top-5 player in his prime, which is definitely the hardest part. how do you completely rebuild the team in a totally different way than you had been working toward for several years, and do so in basically 18 months?* the short answer is "you don't", but rob can't say that.

anyway, this is definitely rob's moment. i think his job this summer is incredibly difficult, needle-threading stuff. and i think what he's able to do or not do between june and august this year will determine whether he continues in the job going forward. good luck, buddy, you'll need it!


*all while navigating the absolutely treacherous territory of a sunsetting superstar, i might add

 

Jovan Buha: Rob Pelinka & JJ Redick Exit Interview Reaction: Team Needs, LeBron & AR, Front Office Additions

 

Lakers Offseason Plan Revealed

 

i'm really starting to think that rui and kennard will both be gone*, and that if smart and ayton want to stay, they better opt in (and in ayton's case, even that may not save him).

*by "gone", i mean not prioritized in FA, and thus allowed to seek out their own deals while we pursue our primary options. we can circle back after dust settles if neither party finds a dance partner.

i think the DFS situation last year indicates that we don't get attached to sunk costs or brief feel-good stories.

my issue with the list lane provides is that it's not possible to do ALL of that. so i'm curious which part is prioritized. i'd go with athletes that are actually two-ways over shooting or the perfect big.

 

Lakers Offseason Update | Rob & JJ Presser, LeBron Article + LAL-OKC Final Thoughts

 

Don't Let Them Lie to You. (The 2025-26 Lakers Were a GOOD Team. They just NEED Improvements.)

 

LeBron Drama? | Will Stars Take Less? | Bring Rui & Marcus Back? | Guest: Eric Pincus

 

Lakers Season A Success? Offseason PREDICTIONS: Austin Reaves, LeBron James' Future; Center Help?

 

Will LeBron Play HARDBALL with Lakers? Will Reaves? Rui? Who GETS PAID?

 

ok, haven't watched the hardball video, but i'll say one thing: for better or worse, rob's not a guy you play hardball with, imo. he'll pivot quickly if it's clear you're not going to meet his number or if he's got another idea (positive case: DFS, negative case: caruso).

so rui or lebron could demand something--and they might get it somewhere else--but if it's not in the plan, that will be it.

i'm not sure what hardball would constitute for reaves, as he's up near the max anyway. i don't think that will be contentious.

rui, smart, kennard, lebron...those could all go in unexpected ways, imo.

none of us saw jake coming last year, so who knows what our moves out of the gate might be. but rui isn't going to be holding us hostage, for example. if he wants over mle, he'll have to play nice on our time table.