Multiple team staffers view Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka as "disingenuous" and "not being truthful," ESPN's Baxter Holmes reported on Tuesday.
According to Holmes, several members within the Lakers' organization believe Pelinka's storytelling habits were insincere. Pelinka, who was best known for representing Lakers legend Kobe Bryant before Los Angeles hired him as its general manager in 2017, reportedly even recounted a fake story about Bryant dining with Heath Ledger despite no such arrangement ever being made.
Staffers also accused Pelinka of "deflecting blame" and not taking "ownership or responsibility" when the Lakers drafted Mortiz Wagner over Omari Spellman in the 2018 NBA draft.