The Los Angeles Lakers feel good in the direction of the team. The team would have accepted a Contract extension And the new job title with the managing director Rob Pelinka on Friday, according to Shams Charania d'Espn.
This decision comes from months after Pelinka, now the president of the basketball operations team, has produced a job for the Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Dončić. With Dončić – and LeBron James – in a trailer, the Lakers went 19-13 on the section to guarantee the head of the Western Conference 3.
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Pelinka was initially hired by the team in 2017 and has been its managing director since this season. His hiring proved to be beneficial immediately, because Pelinka and Magic Johnson were able to persuade James to sign with the Lakers as a free agent before the 2018-19 NBA season. After missing the playoffs this season, Pelinka has managed to exchange superproductions for Anthony Davis. With Davis and James, the Lakers finished 52-19 the following year and won the NBA championship in the bubble.
In 2020, the team also appointed Pelinka its vice-president of basketball operations. He fulfilled this role – as well as the director general of the team – since 2020.
Since James has persuaded to sign with the Lakers in a free agency, most of the Pelinka movements have turned around the happy superstar while trying to keep the team in the running. The exchanges of Davis and Dončić accomplished that, just like the former co-host of James, JJ Redick, to be the coach of the team. Redick obtained the position despite no professional coaching experience. Former player, Redick entered the broadcast after his career and worked with James on the “mind the game” podcast before being hired by the Lakers.
Redick signed a multi -year agreement to join Lakers at the time. The New Deal de Pelinka opens the possibility that he and Redick will continue to lead the team for the years to come.
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Pelinka also wrote James' son, Bronny James, in the second round of the NBA 2024 draft. Bonny showed flashes as a professional but had a hard time seeing an important time on the ground.
Before joining the Lakers, Pelinka was an agent. Some of its best customers understood the star of Lakers Kobe Bryant and Tracy Mcgrady.
