But then Rob Pelinka stepped in saying, ‘Hold my coffee,’ and pulled off a trade so unexpected it rocked the NBA community.

Before the Los Angeles Lakers announced to the world that they were taking Bronny James with the No. 55 pick of the NBA draft, they told the 19-year-old hooper first. In the Lakers’ behind-the ...

Rob Pelinka had a ton to say to Bronny on the phone. "You've worked incredibly hard, man. You've put in a ton of work. When we had lunch up at the facility we talked about your work ethic and that ...

“The Athletic reported that Rob Pelinka never actually got Klay on the phone. He got his agent on the phone. So while Michael Finley and Nico Harrison are sitting at dinner with Klay ...

And I talked to him for about 15-20 minutes and got off the phone. That was it ... Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka almost sounded desperate in explaining a new approach to team development ...

“I think LeBron is going to have high expectations for the roster and we are going to do everything we can to meet those.” — Lakers GM Rob Pelinka on how the Lakers will approach this ...

In a trade that many thought was a joke or a leading reporter's phone being hacked proved to ... but Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka revealed that it took almost a month to come through fruition.