Rumor: NBA GM Says he Heard LeBron James Was Trying to Replace Rob Pelinka With Sam Presti

Latest rumors suggest that Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is trying to replace General Manager Rob Pelinka with another great exec.

Enter Sam Presti. The same Sam Presti who earned words of praise from the four-time NBA champion. LeBron praised the Oklahoma City Thunder general manager for his great work on the market and his exceptional effort to upgrade the roster. A lot of people heard LeBron’s comments and some of them connected the dots. Is LeBron really trying to get rid of Pelinka?

“I heard that he was trying to get Sam Presti in there to replace Rob,” the Eastern Conference GM said. “I don’t see that happening, but I could see him trying to get Pelinka out of there.”

LeBron James was trying to replace players, is Pelinka on his list?

There have been numerous rumors about LeBron’s future with the Lakers and this is just too much. LeBron received a lot of questions about his career and the king of basketball used the opportunity to praise a few execs. Truth is, Rob Pelinka decided to move on with the current players on his roster. He didn’t make a move at the trade deadline and didn’t even consider replacing Russell Westbrook with John Wall. The Houston Rockets wanted Broddie and a first-rounder. They didn’t get what they asked. Of course. Pelinka needs a first-rounder to rebuild his team if things go wrong.

Several reports suggested that LeBron was a bit frustrated at the trade deadline. He thought that Pelinka would get the Klutch Sports client, and analysts mentioned words like “tension” and “cold war.” Rich Paul denied these allegations and things got really quiet.

Now we have this report about LeBron and Pelinka. We all know that the superstar has the power to change teams. Let’s not forget that he is the most dominant player in the NBA. Remember all the stories about LeBron trading players/coaches? Will he even do an effort to fire Rob Pelinka? That’s a really bold claim and we wouldn’t go into it before getting a proper reaction from LeBron.