Thank you Rob Pelinka

[Bol]

He turned a lot of trash into nice players who seem like they will fit. I'm impressed and excited. Best trade deadline I can remember.

[Hanging from Rafters]

[anth2000]

How in the hell did Rob pull all this off?
Freakin' doctor of negotiation.
Godfather like moves.

I can't say anything bad right now. I just can't....

[danzag]

Nice one.

Now it's up to Ham to make it work

[lakersfan32]

[Cutheon]

He cooked, no doubt

[ArminNBA]

If the "Executive of the Year" award was based purely on the merit of an executive's performance during a single season, then Rob Pelinka would easily win the 2022-2023 Executive of the Year award. He not only won every trade, but he outright dominated every single trade. And he must be commended for shrewd signings, such as the Thomas Bryant vet min signing, which resulted in a return of three 2nd round draft picks, as well as making an excellent draft selection in Max Christie.

Instead, I'm sure Brad Stevens will win EOTY based on the Celtics' performance, even though most of the players contributing to their success were brought in by Ainge.

[LakerFan1987]

[JeezyXVII]

sheesh... Rob just put on a trade deadline clinic without giving up too many picks to handicap the future.

JTA GONE
WESTBOOK GONE
JONES GONE

TB wanted out and we got a true rim protector in Bamba to replace him.

I will miss Pat Bev and the peskiness he was bringing, but that's the way the dominoes fall sometimes.

Awesome trade deadline for us.

[hydrohead]

Rob has gone from being idiot to genius then back to idiot then back to
genius over his career as a GM.
I’m hope that the Lakers owners, players and player agents all allow this Rob to continue to function.
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Darvin

[bluehill]

Rob turning water into wine. Hope it's the first sign of more good things to come.

[sonic the laker]

This is what happens when everyone respects the other persons job, and stays in their lane. Let players play, and make/learn mistakes. Same for coaches, and FO's. FO's don't need to be on the court, or sideline. Coaches don't need to be on the court (playing), or in the front office. Players don't need to be on the sideline (coaching), or in the front office. Let the people who were hired to do their job...DO THEIR JOB. I think this season was the start of that. I believe the Lakers FO and LeBron/Klutch came to an understanding that the FO was going to be drawing lines in regards to decision making. I also heard that the Buss brothers, from the scouting dept, were going to be included in front office talks.

I imagine that Joey and Jesse Buss had a hand in identifying the talent we needed going forward. While Rob did the wheeling and dealing to get said targets. If that's the case, that's music to my ears.
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ZOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

[J.C. Smith]

Great deadline by the front office.

They got younger. Moved for some guys under contract so it won't be the obligatory band of mercenary minimums we've seen over the past few seasons. Managed to turn both of their big expiring contracts into assets. Salvaged something for Bryant when it looked certain he would not be back next year. And addressed shooting.

All while only giving up one first round pick, a couple of seconds, and nothing but expiring contracts except for one negative asset in Jones. They did well.

[slavavov]

Pelinka has done an amazing job turning what many on this board considered garbage into good, useful players. He brought in three, maybe four 3-point threats if you include Davon Reed, as well as big men who can rebound, defend and finish strong at the rim in Vanderbilt and Bamba.

Our only possible weakness now on paper could be a smaller 2/3 wing who can defend, but maybe Max Christie will become enough of that type of player.

Some of us, myself included, need to fill out those Twitter apology forms for Pelinka.

[Day]

Kobe trusted and respected Rob, I've been saying it from the start but we should have trusted and respected him too.

[blackmamba08]

He deserves some good words. Did a great job and filled the needs of the team.
Still I am pissed he hired Ham for the coach. Terrible fit for the team that has high goals and want to achieve something.

[venturalakersfan]

[venturalakersfan]

[mad55557777]

[M2K]

Yeah... don't think anyone should be apologizing to Rob Pelinka or the front office.

Maybe a few kudos for making some really great trades to correct a mistake HE made to begin with.

Everyone and their grandmother know that you need to surround LeBron with shooters... coupled with some decent defenders.

Instead... Pelinka signed off on the likes of an undersized Montrezl Harrell only to follow that up with blowing up all remaining assets on Westbrook... a turnover machine that can't shoot. No thanks.

It took Pelinka long enough to get his head out of his arse and go back to a winning formula that has been with Lebron for almost two decades. Genius!

And don't even get me started on Pelinka blowing up the roster every year absolutely stonewalling the development of any chemistry!

The one constant with Pelinka is... when he misses... he really, really f'n misses. When he hits (like this trade deadline) he really hits.
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A three headed monster... Jeannie, Pelinka, and Ham... another terrible season.

[LakerDYnasty72]

I'd surely like to add my thanks to RP. The transformation of the roster is remarkable. Talent, youth, good contracts, defensive additions, really, really great work!

I'm waiting for the Bamba!

[Killer_Z]

I’m still dumbfounded. How did he pull this off? Seriously?

We went from a toxic / unwatchable / embarrassment of a team, to an absolute delight of a squad.

How did he spin Westbrook into such gold? The moves he made were better than we could have expected.

Immediate impact players at every position, and players that we can build around Lebron and AD moving forward.

The joy of watching Lakers basketball again ……. there’s nothing like it.

Thank you Rob.

[ksmgf]

[Megaton]

VLF triggered seeing that thread title.
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