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Los Angeles Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka spoke about the Lakers’ approach for the rest of the offseason, and Anthony Davis should be excited about one of his goals. Rob Pelinka is “looking to add an additional center,” he said, according to Mark Medina of Sportsnaut. Much of the Lakers’ success is […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have enjoyed a strong NBA offseason. They’ve agreed to contracts with key players as they look to remain competitive moving forward. Keeping star guard D’Angelo Russell in the mix will also help LA next season. Rob Pelinka has certainly done a good job in NBA free agency, so much so that […]

The Los Angeles Clippers stunned the basketball world on Wednesday night after announcing their decision NOT to pick up Eric Gordon’s $20.9 million guaranteed income for the 2023-24 season. This means that the Clippers have waived the services of the 34-year-old veteran, allowing him to enter NBA free agency. All of a sudden, the Los […]

The Los Angeles Lakers came away from the 2023 NBA draft with two players. LA picked up combo guard Jalen Hood-Schifino from Indiana at No. 17 and wing Maxwell Lewis from Pepperdine at No. 47. These Lakers draft picks are both good on their own, but the best move that Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka […]

The Los Angeles Lakers nearly traded the No. 17 pick during the 2023 NBA Draft. They decided otherwise, though, instead opting to use that pick to select Jalen Hood-Schifino out of Indiana. The 20-year-old is no Victor Wembanyama — nobody is — but it is clear that the Lakers have some high hopes for the […]

If you had said at the start of the 2022-23 NBA season that the Los Angeles Lakers were going to figure out their Russell Westbrook mess en route to making the Western Conference Finals, even those with the Lakers may not have believed you! Well, here we are entering the NBA offseason and the Lakers […]

There’s no denying that their 4-0 sweep in the Western Conference Finals against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets has left a bitter taste in the mouths of Los Angeles Lakers fans everywhere — one that will probably linger for an extended period. Nevertheless, Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka is adamant that there are still […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ season came to an end in heartbreaking fashion. After giving their fans hope by miraculously turning their season around, it all ended in disaster for LeBron James and Co. in the form of an embarrassing sweep at the hands of the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. The pain of […]

The 2022-23 NBA season proved to be a huge success for the Los Angeles Lakers despite getting swept in the Western Conference Finals by the Denver Nuggets. Just the fact that they were in the conference finals alone is a massive feat for this team, especially when you look at their 2-10 start to the […]

Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma couldn’t help but mock Rob Pelinka and the Los Angeles Lakers over the exec’s recent claim about their young core. In his exit interview with the media after the Lakers’ Western Conference Finals exit, Pelinka expressed his desire to keep their young core together. The LA general manager said, “Our […]

The Los Angeles Lakers 2022-23 season came to a disappointing end on their home floor on Monday night. The Nuggets beat the Lakers in Game 4 by a final score of 113-111 behind a 30-point triple-double from superstar center Nikola Jokic. But Lakers guard Austin Reaves deserves little to no blame for his team getting […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are undergoing their exit interviews on Tuesday for the 2022-2023 NBA season. Speaking on LeBron James‘ cryptic retirement comments, Rob Pelinka and Darvin Ham offered their candid thoughts, reports ClutchPoints’ Michael Corvo. Rob Pelinka said the Lakers will talk to LeBron "in the coming days", but the organization will offer him […]

LeBron James has defied Father Time for years. Focusing on his body and health, James has prolonged what has been one of the greatest careers in all of professional sports, yet injuries have been a problem for him since coming to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018. James has played in more than 60 games […]

Magic Johnson couldn’t be more hyped up after the Los Angeles Lakers sent the Golden State Warriors packing in Game 6 and secured their own ticket to the Western Conference Finals. While fans are praising LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves for the epic win, though, the NBA icon didn’t forget to give credit […]

The Los Angeles Lakers made some big moves during the February trade deadline and so far, these have paid major dividends for the squad. As much as they brought in a number of key additions to the squad, the front office also offloaded some players that just didn’t fit with what the squad was trying […]

As it turns out, LeBron James has been playing through a significant foot injury for quite some time now. According to reports, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar has been “severely struggling” with the foot problem, and it could be an issue for him for the remainder of the season. James sat out his second straight […]

The general consensus has been great for the Los Angeles Lakers and their decision to trade for Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards. So much so, that even Charles Barkley could not help but heap praise on Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka for being the architect behind this eye-opening deal. In true Charles Barkley fashion, […]

LeBron James wants to make one thing clear: His job is to run the offense for the Los Angeles Lakers, not the franchise. Ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers — which resulted in a 133-115 Clips win despite 46 points from LeBron, the Lakers’ 10th straight loss to their Crypto.com Arena co-tenant […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have officially traded for Rui Hachimura, sending Kendrick Nunn and three second-round picks to the Washington Wizards in exchange. Now in an official statement confirming the deal, Rob Pelinka revealed their thought process in pulling the trigger for the young Japanese star. Pelinka noted that they really value Hachimura’s two-way skills, […]

Are the Los Angeles Lakers working on a trade for Buddy Hield? Well that could be the case after Rob Pelinka was spotted traveling to Indiana while Hield sent a rather cryptic tweet. Twitter users were quick to connect the dots about the recent string of events, especially with Hield’s tweet seemingly indicating he received […]

Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka has been on the receiving end of a lot of criticism of late. Some fans have been quick to blame the high-ranking executive for the Lakers’ early-season woes. In their minds, Pelinka’s refusal (or inability) to pull the trigger on a significant trade deal is the main reason […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the middle of one of the ugliest starts in the history of the NBA. The Lakers entered the season with a renewed hope that they could reemerge as title contenders after a busy offseason. Those hopes have all but been dashed through just 12 games, as the Lakers 2-10 […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in disarray; after failing to make substantive changes over the offseason, at least to the degree that some fans might have liked, the team has begun the year 2-8 and dug a pretty decent hole for themselves in a Western Conference that looks pretty unusual all things considered. With fans […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have now dropped to 0-4 on the season after Wednesday’s loss to the Denver Nuggets, and NBA Twitter is now pointing fingers on who’s really to blame for their abysmal showing. Previously Russell Westbrook has been the Lakers’ scapegoat. His atrocious 8.3 percent shooting clip and poor decision-making have made him […]

Los Angeles Lakers fans waiting for Rob Pelinka and co. to quickly make some roster changes after their rather poor showing during the NBA Opening Night will be disappointed. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Lakers have no plans to tweak their roster, at least not right now. The veteran NBA insider claimed that […]

There weren’t a lot of positives to be taken away for the Los Angeles Lakers in their loss to the Golden State Warriors on opening night. Kendrick Perkins just added salt to the wounds. After the Lakers hardly put up a fight on Tuesday night, the outspoken NBA analyst and former teammate of LeBron James […]

The Los Angeles Lakers gave vice president and GM Rob Pelinka an extension that runs through 2026, but clearly, a lot of people are not happy with the decision. Pelinka’s two-year extension aligns his contract with that of newly hired head coach Darvin Ham. As reported earlier, however, the deal with Pelinka has been agreed […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ offseason has come and gone. Russell Westbrook is still here but the roster around him, LeBron James and Anthony Davis has been tweaked to include more defense and youth. The Lakers aren’t planning to shake up the roster and trade away the two tradable first-round picks they own right now, but […]

Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka made some interesting comments at media day on Monday in regards to Kyrie Irving and Donovan Mitchell and the value of Los Angeles’ first round picks. “If you make that trade, it has to be the right one, you have one shot to do it,” Rob Pelinka said. “So we’re being […]

Los Angeles Lakers vice president Rob Pelinka provided a lot of major updates during Monday’s press conference. With the flurry of new information that came in, it might be easy for some to overlook one significant development on the Kendrick Nunn front. Apparently, the 27-year-old has now cleared a major hurdle in his road to […]

There has been a lot of trade buzz surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers all summer long. They’ve made a few moves this offseason, but none of them have been of the landscape-shifting variety. There are some who believe that LA’s inability to bring a new star in stems from their unwillingness to part ways with […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham and team general manager Rob Pelinka were originally set to speak to the press on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Pacific Time. For some reason, however, the pre-scheduled press conference was abruptly canceled just before it started. Apparently, there was no reason given as to why the event was […]

Dennis Schroder is back with the Los Angeles Lakers on a one-year deal, and sure enough, Rob Pelinka and co. have high expectations on him. After the Lakers announced the signing of Schroder, Pelinka released his official statement on the move. The LA general manager and vice president took note of the ways they see […]

LeBron James now has 97,100,000 reasons to smile after it was reported that the four-time NBA champ has agreed to a two-year extension with the Los Angeles Lakers worth $97.1 million. Well, he’s got one more reason to smile after this recent revelation by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on LA GM Rob Pelinka. On a recent […]

There has not been much movement with regard to the Los Angeles Lakers’ supposed desire to trade away Russell Westbrook this summer. Unsurprisingly, team general manager Rob Pelinka has played a key role in all this. What is rather unexpected, however, is the high-ranking executive’s strong stance on the potential deal. According to Dan Woike […]

LeBron James has yet to sign an extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, but Rob Pelinka has apparently made it clear to him that he has no plans of letting him go. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, Pelinka has told James that he wants him to retire with the Lakers. The LA GM […]

There’s almost nowhere to go but up for the Los Angeles Lakers. After a underwhelming 2021-22 season, LeBron James and co have a lot of work to do – and it looks like they’ve already started. King James recently met with Lakers GM Rob Pelinka and new head coach Darvin Ham. The initial reports stemming […]

The NBA Summer League is a chance for young players to make their impression on their respective teams, with the hopes of making a big enough impact to warrant a roster spot in the upcoming season. It is also an opportunity for team general managers not only to scout players but also, to engage in […]

It wasn’t too long ago that a video of Anthony Davis admitting that he hasn’t played basketball in several months went viral. This caused some fans to worry about Davis’ mentality and how he’s approaching the offseason. Well, if you ask Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka, it is clear that he believes there […]