Woj Bomb: Rob Pelinka in talks to become Lakers GM
Lakers are finalizing a multi-year agreement with agent Rob Pelinka as general manager, league sources tell @TheVertical. He'll start soon.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 21, 2017
February 21st, 2017 at 8:00 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 6:55 PM ^
No it wouldn't be weird. Woj is pretty much the top breaking news guy there is for the NBA. Aldridge is the guy for NBA.com and does sideline work for Turner. He used to be with ESPN before Stephen A's first run.
February 21st, 2017 at 7:20 PM ^
It really is a shame that you don't know who he is. The reason I say that is because he had a dream the night before the loss to Carolina that Webber passed him the ball for the winning 3 to win the game. And when Webber called the infamous TO, Pelinka was indeed spotting up cross court to hit the winning 3 had Chris passed him the ball. Kid could really shoot and I always believed that he would have indeed made the shot if given the opportunity.
He hits that shot, they win the national championship, and you would definitely have known his name today. Sigh......
February 21st, 2017 at 7:55 PM ^
was on the mural in Touchdown cafe before it was the Blue Leprechaun. . .
February 21st, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
TD's is now the Blue Leprechan?
Is this real life?
Am I that old now.....shit, I guess so.
February 21st, 2017 at 8:47 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 7:59 PM ^
Rob Lowe
February 21st, 2017 at 9:44 PM ^
school. the club was in downtown L.A. he was with a few other guys and i let them in. one of the other bouncers walked over and said, 'do you know who that was?' i said of course 'no'. and he told me. i still didn't know him, but there's the story. this was late '80s and he was just starting to get famous.
February 21st, 2017 at 8:16 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 8:56 PM ^
it's all you, man, one of the best on mgoblog.
EDIT: replied to brutus and #5, drupal dropped the comment a country mile down the board. thanks drupal.
February 21st, 2017 at 9:13 PM ^
Well, did you watch the Fab Five documentary? He was in it quite a bit.
February 22nd, 2017 at 12:19 PM ^
He's also Kobe Bryant's agent, he was the subject of some controversy when his client Carlos Boozer reneged on a handshake agreement with the Cavaliers to sign a new contract with the Jazz, and he's generally one of the more visible and noteworthy agents in the NBA. So... yeah.
February 22nd, 2017 at 1:07 PM ^
Yes, you are supposed to know the name of every generic white dude who rode the bench for us 30 years ago and then became successful at something other than pro-sports.
February 21st, 2017 at 6:54 PM ^
Not a shocker, he's been rumored as the name since the Magic news broke. Congrats to a Michigan man running one of the proudest franchises in sports!
Edit: And getting the job after a disater, so the only way is up from here!
February 21st, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
Unless I am mistaken, this will put Pelinka - a Michigan Man - above Magic Johnson - a Sparty - on the official organiational chart, right? I'm asking for a friend...
February 21st, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^
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February 21st, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
As an agent and the owner of a sports agency how exactly is this going to work. Does he negotiate with himself? /s kind of, but does anyone know how that works?
February 21st, 2017 at 7:02 PM ^
Presumambly there's some sort of line of succession at his agency.
February 21st, 2017 at 7:41 PM ^
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February 21st, 2017 at 10:41 PM ^
Yeah, good ol' Rob Voskuil. I saw James play hoops at the IM building. He was clearly a division 1 athlete. Jason Bossard was also playing in that game. I think I could have taken Bossard. j/k
February 21st, 2017 at 8:55 PM ^
I admit I never watched Pelinka warm up. Should have because this is interesting to me. I mean, if he was really a better shooter than Glen, that would be amazing. I did watch Glen warm up a lot, in Ann Arbor and when he was with the Knicks, and he was one of those guys who made you feel like he was a different sort of entity altogether. Just not human, his shooting.
There are only 38 guys ahead of Glen on the all-time NBA career 3P% list. He's at 40% over a 15-year career. A lot of those guys benefited from teammates that really helped pump up their 3P% in a way Glen didn't. So, yeah, if Pelinka was a better shooter... nah. I don't believe it. This had to be Fisher going into his screw it mode and not really thinking about what he was doing or saying.
February 22nd, 2017 at 10:53 AM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^
More to the point, Rob Pelinka was Kobe's agent so if nothing else he knows NBA salary bylaws like the back of his hand. To stay on Kobe's good side for all his career and be a well-regarded agent is no mean feat so this makes me feel a lot better about the team Magic will be bringing in to helm the Lakers.
February 21st, 2017 at 8:02 PM ^
Awesome news. For some reason I've always been a Laker fan. Loved the shaq / kobe era with Jack on the sidelines. Sports will never be buzzier to me.
Jim Buss is exactly the type of guy I can do without. Having a guy like Pelinka replace him is going to be night and day.
February 21st, 2017 at 8:38 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 8:36 PM ^
Go Blue, Rob.
February 21st, 2017 at 8:48 PM ^
Rob Pelinka, case and point. Pretty cool news.
GO BLUE!!
February 21st, 2017 at 9:02 PM ^
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February 21st, 2017 at 9:40 PM ^
From the headline I assumed "Woj" was Bob Wojnowski, and was a bit surprised he was breaking news like that.
February 22nd, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
Adrian Wojnarowski. Breaks NBA news like it's nobody's business, very accurate, very trusted.
He and Zach Lowe are the only two guys I take at face value.
February 21st, 2017 at 10:05 PM ^
When Michigan BB was in the top 5 every year. Yes we often underperformed in the tourney, but still...we're still trying to get back to that level of performance. I took it for granted at the time.
February 21st, 2017 at 10:58 PM ^
Top 5 every year? We didn't make the tournament at all from 1980-84.
After that we picked it up (though 1985 and 1986 were probably the only actual top-5 teams entering the tourney) but Frieder was awful in the tournament - five wins in four appearances.
February 21st, 2017 at 11:00 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 11:00 PM ^
Most successful NBA career of any of the Fab Five team. Crazy....
February 22nd, 2017 at 6:56 AM ^
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February 22nd, 2017 at 8:46 AM ^
Took him to Good Time Charlies and then Ricks. He was not interested in the usual things recruits wanted to see (i.e., girls), only wanted to talk about majors and JD/MBA programs, etc.
Most focused recruit I met. TOTAL difference in the approach of other recruits like Eric Montross, who were only interested in the basketball and the women.
Not even slightly surprised by his success.
February 22nd, 2017 at 3:38 PM ^
...wouldn't a guy like that make a first rate college Athletic Director? There are lots of possible positive outcome here, son...they don't all revolve around getting drafted.
February 22nd, 2017 at 11:24 AM ^
Wish him continued success in the prestigious front office job. Well credentialed Michigan Man. Go Blue !