Los Angeles Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka deserves an immense amount of praise for putting together the team that is currently the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed.
Despite many thinking he would not be able to succeed, and some still being skeptical, Pelinka has proven he can run his own team in a successful way, with the Lakers being one of the top contenders to take home the 2020 championship.
On the surface, the Lakers do not have the deepest or most talented roster outside of their superstar duo of LeBron James and Anthony Davis.