Robert Todd Pelinka Jr. is an American basketball executive, lawyer, sports agent, and former college basketball player from Lake Bluff, Illinois. He is the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Pelinka played basketball for Lake Forest High School, earning All-American honors. He was recruited by the University of Michigan, where he would have had the distinction of being a member of three National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four teams.
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Robert Todd Pelinka Jr. is an American basketball executive, lawyer, sports agent, and former college basketball player from Lake Bluff, Illinois. He is currently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Pelinka played basketball for Lake Forest High School, earning All-American honors. He was recruited by the University of Michigan, where he would have had the distinction of being the only person in school history to have been a member of three National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four teams. In the 2012 NBA draft, Pelinka represented Dion Waiters and Andre Drummond, who were selected 4th and 9th overall, respectively. Before joining the Lakers, he was Kobe Bryant’s agent and president and CEO of The Landmark Sports Agency, LLC. He has represented many players who have been top-14 picks since the 2003NBA draft, including two at the 2010 NBA draft and 2nd-overall 2011 NBA draft selection Derrick Williams. He also represented Kevin Durant and had been involved in controversy as Carlos Boozer’s agent. His father, Robert Pelinka, Sr., is a former high school basketball coach who taught him the fundamentals of basketball. He holds a Juris Doctor cum laude from the University. of Michigan Law School and Bachelor of Business Administration from the. University of. Michigan Ross School of Business. He played in the Chicago pro-amateur leagues where he played against local stars such as Mark Aguirre, Tim Hardaway, Kevin Duckworth and Kendall Gill.
He had a streak of 46 consecutive free throws in the tournament and 46 consecutive overall free throws, which ranked in history at the time at the top of Division II or mid-major Division II programs. By the beginning of his senior year, he had only been recruited by William & Mary, Navy, Wisconsin-Green Bay and Ivy League schools. By his senior season,. he was listed at 6 ft 6 in, and moved to the point guard position from the shooting guard position in the absence of Douglass, who had graduated and joined future Big Ten opponent Wisconsin, as a starting point guard. In 1987, he made all 41 of his free throws and recorded a tournament record 139 points, including 45 in one game. During the four-game December 1987 Elgin tournament, in which he was named MVP,. Pelinka made all 42 of hisfree throws, but later recounts that a scout who felt he might be limited to play for DePaul, said that he could succeed at the high-major level. By February 8 of his junior year, at least three Big Ten Conference schools showed interest—Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota—although no scouts were allowed to attend any games before February 8. He would go on to play in the NBA with the New York Knicks and the New Jersey Nets. In his junior season, he would be the only member of the Michigan Wolverines team to have played in three NCAA Final Four games, which were best remembered as the Fab Five teams.
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