[Chris Haynes] The Los Angeles Lakers and Rob Pelinka — vice president of basketball operations — agreed to terms on a contract extension through 2026, league sources tell @YahooSports.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Rob Pelinka — vice president of basketball operations — agreed to terms on a contract extension through 2026, league sources tell @YahooSports. https://t.co/tqyWUtGTky
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) October 8, 2022
by kamino_ken
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Okay now he’s got 4 more years to make us a contender
Well deserved
What has he done to get this extra job security? He has to have something on Jeanie at this point
Glad everyone appears to be on the same page
Why? What has he done to deserve an extension?
Management and coaching being aligned is a great step in the right direction after Vogel last year.
So far the Ham hire looks good so let’s hope the regular season ends up good or maybe we make a good trade
Twitter responses are brutal lol.
I was under the assumption he’d be here at least through the end of AD’s contract, so whatever
That came outta nowhere lol
let’s win
This team doesn’t care about being competitive at all.
IMO not a genius but also not the scrub that some make of him. Had 2 solid years (with a championship) and 1 terrible year. Ok move I guess
After horrendous two years, of course he gets an extension. This franchise doesn’t make any sense.
He should be, brought us AD and LeBron and a Title 🤷♂️
Wtf is Jeanie Smoking
“It’s a guard league”
Mom and pop shop smh
Why is this deserved 😂
Would’ve liked to see this season play out before extending him.
Bro blew up a championship roster and then made the lakers the laughing stock of the league. Congrats Robert 👍
Can everyone get their heads out of their asses? Y’all act like the man didn’t make a championship squad 3 seasons ago and I would even say made a championship squad as well 2 seasons ago
Outside of Russ (which has player pressure to trade for him) hasn’t he done a decent job?
NO NO NO
No way in hell should he have gotten an extension after the Westbrook trade, it’s the absolute worst trade in franchise history.
Rob is okay, but there needs to be another executive with more of a strategic mindset. Rob has some skills with his agent experience, but his weak spots are related to asset management. Need someone else to fill in the gaps.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
In rob we trust I guess
Friends & family organization! Power of love and friendship will help us through the dark times!
JFC Jeanie is an idiot. At least let him GM for his job this year
Huge L
Further confirms that the Lakers will not be blowing up their roster and that includes their picks. Rob wants flexibility, he’s going into next summer with five picks to trade.
People really let 2021-2022 get them down. He put together great squads in 2021 and 2020. 2021 health was really the problem but there was an overall positive reaction to his moves.
Rob does have that stigma of his former agent days, however, I think the work he’s done overall and obviously the championship warrant this extension. I also think with Coach Ham on his contract, we will see great high effort basketball from the Lakers under Ham/Rob for the next few years.
I feel like anyone with an overly positive/negative reaction to this needs a break from sports. We’re gonna ride out the Lebron/AD thing until 2025ish anyway.
Jeanie is a ride or die for Rob! For Lakers fans sake, I hope it’s ride.
They should fire Rob and hire someone who has a brain and isn’t shady.
Jeanie Buss needs to hire a legit front office or sell the team to someone who will.
Fuckk.
He’s done jack shit to deserve it. AD trade was a no brainer and he doesn’t get credit for that
Rob is indecisive. He helped build a great team in 2020. Then decided to knock it down and continue to let players leave the lakers and then sign them back the next year after he realizes it was a mistake, then by the time they’re back they aren’t the same player.
hey big fuckers, you guys are bitching because last season rotted your brains but LITERALLY 1 year ago we were lamenting that AD got hurt in the playoffs against Phoenix because the 2021 roster would have won the finals. ONE YEAR AGO. last year was horse shit but to spend this time changing history is asinine mane. I *barely* even like pelinka but Jesus Christ man let’s actually THINK about what this exact group of people was saying barelyba calendar year ago
You guys need to start looking at Pelinka for what he is. As a GM, he isn’t a guy with team building knowledge/skills. He doesn’t know how to assemble the exact right role players to maximize a team. Our data science staff on the Lakers is literally 1 person.
What Pelinka is good at is getting deals done. He did it as a player agent and he did it with the Lakers. Everyone’s in his ear (including players) on who to pursue, and when he has his target he makes 10 different contingency plans at every FA and trade deadline and relentlessly pursues those players. He got AD and he got Dennis and Montrezl Harrell (6moty and runner up 6moty), Kendrick Nunn and Malik Monk. He’s been navigating these potential Hield-Turner and Kyrie trade talks as good any owner could ask. These are the positives. He also traded for Russ and offered Dennis Schroder way too much money at the end of 2021 that DS thankfully turned down. These were terrible team-building moves.
I think it’s 100% fair to criticize him for his bad team building skills and his inability to push back on people who are in his ear. But I also think this being the Lakers and a hot destination that will always build through free agency, having a guy like Rob who’s as psychotic and obsessive as him to get deals done is a great fit. What we need is team-building minds in the FO that can tell him who to get.
Why would Jeanie do this lol
Not surprised. Jeanie and her nepotism control the organization.
Outside of the huuuuge Westbrick blunder that many people here were against since day 1, he hasn’t done a horrible job with what he’s been given.
Um, why?
I honestly don’t mind it. Trading for Russ was the main mistake he made but he still gave us a championship roster 2 years in a row even tho Bron and AD got hurt the year after
Fuck sake.
More nepotism? shocking