Rob Pelinka has delivered some bread from heaven over his time with the Lakers , but he’s been part of some thunderstorms as well.

“Part of” is the operative phrasing there, because the only things Pelinka is better at than swindling his dumbest friend over fancy cold brews are deflecting blame and keeping his job. So while sending out Ivica Zubac for Mike Muscala in order to appease JaVale McGee — in a move so instantly disastrous that Clippers consultant Jerry West was basically openly laughing at his old team in the moment, and execs were still joking about years later — was bad, it could be laid at the feet of Magic Johnson. The Russell Westbrook trade is what fully sunk that version of the Lakers from contention, but Pelinka managed to almost entirely throw his stars

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