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Jun 6, 2022; El Segundo, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka speaks before introducing head coach Darvin Ham at UCLA Health Training Center Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rob Pelinka still appears to have a very nice long runway in his current position.<\/p>\n

An update emerged over the weekend about how much longer the Los Angeles Lakers GM Pelinka is expected to remain in his post. Dave McMenamin of ESPN\u00a0reported during an appearance on \u201cHoops Talk with Allen Sliwa\u201d\u00a0that Pelinka will likely remain GM for as long as Jeanie Buss is in charge of the Lakers as their acting governor.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo long as Jeanie\u2019s in place, we also know that means that Rob Pelinka will be in place,\u201d said McMenamin. \u201cBecause Jeanie\u2019s the one who has elevated him every step of the way \u2026 I don\u2019t anticipate, certainly not in the short-term, the way the Lakers operate changing dramatically whatsoever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Buss family recently agreed to sell their majority ownership stake in the Lakers to Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter at a record-setting $10 billion valuation. However, Jeanie will reportedly remain as Lakers governor as part of a contractually-stipulated clause in the agreement. We heard last month more specifically that Jeanie\u00a0is still expected to stay in charge of the team through the end of the decade.<\/p>\n

As for Pelinka, the 55-year-old former agent of Kobe Bryant, he was hired by the Buss family in 2017. During the first few years of Pelinka\u2019s tenure, the Lakers signed LeBron James, traded for Anthony Davis, and won the 2020 NBA championship in the Orlando bubble. Though Pelinka has had some ugly whiffs since (namely, the disaster trade for Russell Westbrook in 2021), he earned himself a whole boatload of goodwill with the franchise-altering trade for Luka Doncic earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Pelinka got a contract extension from the Lakers last April and also landed the new title of president of basketball operations to go along with his role as general manager. With Doncic\u00a0also just agreeing to an enormous long-term extension with the Lakers, it looks like the team\u2019s hierarchy (both at the player level and at the management level) is set for the next several years to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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