During the NBA All-Star period, James was also constantly talking about it, first associating with the Cavaliers and then wanting to be on a team with his son Brownie. In addition, there are some complaints about James' dissatisfaction with Lakers general manager Pelinka's 0 operation before the trade deadline, which made the team miss the last opportunity to strengthen. But even so, according to NBA reporter Mark Steyn, Pelinka's position is still very stable.
Before the trade deadline, the Lakers were the most active, associated with multiple players, but in the end they found nothing and did not reach any deals. Pelinka then said that he had communicated and communicated with LeBron and Thick Brow, and reached a consensus not to make a deal. However, the media soon had news that refuted Pelinka's lying, saying that there was no dialogue between the latter and Zhan Mei at all.
For a while, Pelinka also suffered a lot of accusations, and some people worried that his position was likely to be unsafe, especially in the subsequent buyout market, the Lakers did not gain anything, Dragic joined the Nets, Tristan Thompson joined the Bulls, and Schroeder did not buy out.
The trading market has 0 gains, the buyout market is also 0 gains for the time being, and Pelinka really should take on some responsibilities. But he doesn't think so, he doesn't seem willing to give up the future, and he doesn't want to pay more luxury taxes, thinking that this is a bit more than worth the loss.
Is There a risk that Pelinka will be dropped? At least not yet, the boss Jenny Bass and the Team Think Tankis are on his side and trust him. There's even news that if the Lakers and James can't reach a consensus this summer, it's possible to consider sending him off on a trade (which is a bit scary).
The Lakers should really be worried, once the Lakers can not compete for the championship next, then he is still very likely to choose to leave, especially his son may land in the NBA in 2 more seasons. James has said that he wants to play with Brownie, and I believe that brownies will attract some teams to choose at that time, after all, they can bring his father. Regardless of the strength, the attention will definitely increase a lot.