Report: Rob Pelinka Contract Situation Revealed

The Los Angeles Lakers have finished their regular season with a terrible record. Players didn’t even get a chance to compete in the play-in tournament. Frank Vogel had to work with new players and most of his stars were injured throughout the entire season. The franchise said “Thank you” and fired him. There have been many rumors about Vogel, Russell Westbrook, and the rest of the players, but no one says a thing about Rob Pelinka and his contract with the team.

The Lakers have to place the blame on someone. Lakers fans say that Pelinka made the first mistake. He built a completely different roster and even traded for Westbrook. Is he responsible for the mess?

“Sources have told The Athletic that Pelinka has two years left on the contract extension that accompanied his promotion to vice president of basketball operations last year,” Bill Oram of The Athletic reported. “Would Jeanie [Buss] fire Pelinka, who she views as an extension of Kobe Bryant? Another disaster like last season, and she would almost have no choice. Pelinka didn’t have to tell us he would accept responsibility. He’s the only one left.”

Rob Pelinka to get the best of his contract with the Lakers

The Lakers general manager admits that the team made too many mistakes. He held himself accountable for the situation.

“The roster decisions ultimately rest on my shoulders,” Pelinka said. “And I will take input from LeBron and Anthony as our two captains. I have done that during my entire tenure. But at the end of the day, I think I’m the one who leads the basketball operations department and will take ultimate accountability for the roster decisions that are made.”

How will the Lakers handle the pressure? They have to make big roster moves. They have to get rid of players who failed to make an impact. Jeanie Buss will have to help her team reclaim the throne in the league.

According to Pelinka, the Lakers will continue building their roster around LeBron James. That’s the way you handle situations of this kind.

“LeBron James is a player that’s on the Mount Rushmore of basketball and every season of his 19 so far has to be looked at as a precious commodity,” Pelinka said. “And we need to do all we can to be caretakers of his legacy and to try to build the best team we can around him. And that’s something that we had the objective for that last year and obviously this roster did not work. But there’s a great level of trust in our collaboration with him to make sure we get it right this summer and fix it.”