It’s been almost three weeks since Magic Johnson resigned from his position as president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers and the wide belief around the league is that general manager Rob Pelinka will step into a larger role with the team.
The Lakers hired Pelinka in 2017 and since then, he’s garnered mixed reviews from rival executives. While there are some feel that Pelinka is difficult to work with, others have had glowing things to say about the former player agent, according to Sam Amick and Bill Oram of The Athletic:
But there are also respected power brokers who say they’ve had functional and positive experiences in dealing with Pelinka, and who believe that his background as a player (he went to two Finals Fours with those Fab Five Michigan teams), attorney and prominent agent who built and ran his own agency is a functional fit for the Lakers.