40 Facts About Rob Pelinka

Rob Pelinka was formerly Kevin Durant's agent; he resigned as Carlos Boozer's agent following a controversy in which Boozer signed a contract with the Utah Jazz after allegedly promising to re-sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Rob Pelinka played basketball for Lake Forest High School, earning All-American honors.

Rob Pelinka was selected to several regional all-star lists and to play on several regional all-star teams as a senior.

Rob Pelinka was named the 1993 NCAA Male Walter Byers Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Rob Pelinka became a high school All-American basketball player at Lake Forest High School.

Rob Pelinka played in the Chicago pro-amateur leagues where he played against local stars such as Mark Aguirre, Tim Hardaway, Kevin Duckworth and Kendall Gill.

Rob Pelinka earned a coveted spot in the Schlitz League, teaming up with Maurice Cheeks for Luster Premium Hair Products.

Rob Pelinka chose Michigan because of its academically strong law school and business school.

In January 2009, Rob Pelinka was one of two players who did not attend the twentieth anniversary reunion of the 1989 championship team.

Rob Pelinka was the only true freshman to play in either of the first two games of the season.

Rob Pelinka's only start of the season came in the December 12,1988 game against Holy Cross.

Rob Pelinka posted his season highs in points, rebounds and minutes in this game.

Rob Pelinka was instrumental in setting up some key shots such as a pass to Calip during a frenetic sequence to tie Minnesota in the waning minutes of the game.

Rob Pelinka had contributed an earlier three-point shot as Michigan erased a thirteen-point deficit to force the overtime.

Michigan head coach Steve Fisher credited both of these wins to Rob Pelinka and noted his two important three-point shots against East Tennessee State.

Early in the season, he started in place of the injured Jackson, but Rob Pelinka came down with the flu after two starts against Kansas and Eastern Michigan on December 30,1992, and January 2,1993 respectively.

Rob Pelinka was instrumental as a leader during the run to the Final Four.

Rob Pelinka won the 1993 NCAA Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship award.

Rob Pelinka then branched out on his own and founded The Landmark Sports Agency.

Rob Pelinka has represented several Arizona Wildcats players including Andre Iguodala and Channing Frye.

Rob Pelinka is regarded as one of the world's leading sports agents according to Business Insider, who ranked him 5th in 2010.

In 2004, when Bryant was a free agent, Rob Pelinka confirmed Bryant would remain in Los Angeles with either the Lakers or the Los Angeles Clippers while rumors were flying that he was going to sign with the Chicago Bulls.

Sasha Vujacic, a 2008 restricted free agent, left his agent, Bill Duffy, and hired Rob Pelinka to be his new agent in July 2008.

Rob Pelinka has signed both Johnson and Davis who were chosen 4th and 13th respectively in the 2010 NBA Draft.

At the beginning of the 2011 NBA lockout, Rob Pelinka, who represented 18 NBA players at the time, was considering putting together a touring team to play exhibition games in China.

At the NBA Draft Combine, Rob Pelinka had Waiters stop his workouts and skip the interview portions of the combine.

Rob Pelinka subsequently signed with the Mavericks for two years.

Rob Pelinka then signed a four-year $48 million contract with the Golden State Warriors.

Rob Pelinka remained the league's highest-paid player, despite accepting the discounted deal; he had been eligible to receive an extension starting at $32 million per year.

Rob Pelinka signed Dante Exum, who was selected by the Utah Jazz with the fifth overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft on June 26,2014.

Rob Pelinka represented Shabazz Napier, chosen 24th overall in the 2014 draft by the Charlotte Hornets, who was later traded to the Miami Heat on draft night.

Rob Pelinka was rumored to be in the running to represent Stanley Johnson, but ultimately lost to Bill Duffy.

Rob Pelinka represented Tyus Jones at the June 25,2015 NBA draft, where he was selected 24th by the Cleveland Cavaliers, who then traded him to his hometown Minnesota Timberwolves.

In January 2016, Avery Bradley left Mitchell Butler to sign with Rob Pelinka after being disappointed with the results of a contract extension.

On February 21,2017, media sources reported that the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association were set to hire Rob Pelinka to serve as general manager as part of a management shakeup that included the hiring of Magic Johnson as executive vice president of basketball operations in place of Jim Buss and dismissing former GM Mitch Kupchak.

Rob Pelinka has been criticized for his penchant for "storytelling", in other words embellishing or even totally misrepresenting the truth at times throughout his tenure with the Lakers.

On January 10,2020, Rob Pelinka was promoted to vice president of basketball operations while maintaining his role as GM.

In 2020, Rob Pelinka finished in 7th place for the Executive of the Year Award.

In January 1993, Rob Pelinka announced he was accepted to the University of Michigan Law School and the Northwestern University School of Law and stated that he hoped to become a professional sports agent after his athletic and academic careers were complete.

Later that week, Rob Pelinka was honored with the 1993 Walter Byers Scholar Award as the NCAA's top male scholar athlete.