4 days ago · Pelinka and Harrison may both be well-respected GMs now, but the two originally met in different roles. In fact, the pair’s friendship started with a mutual connection to Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant brought Rob Pelinka and Harrison together. Pelinka and Harrison have had a relationship for years now, dating back to when both worked for the late ...

2 days ago · Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka and Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison almost certainly agree on a key fact: their mutual late friend Kobe Bryant would’ve wanted Luka Doncic in L.A ...

Rob Pelinka and Nico Harrison have been friends for many years. They were introduced to each other thanks to the late Kobe Bryant. Their friendship was instrumental in making probably the biggest ...

2 days ago · The first was Lakers president and controlling owner Jeanie Buss, which makes a lot of sense, and the second was Mavericks GM Nico Harrison. Pelinka and Harrison have been familiar with each other ...

3 days ago · Rob Pelinka is probably at Disneyland as we speak, shocked by his own ability to convince general manager Nico Harrison to trade Luka Doncic to the Lakers for just one first-round pick. By Edwin ...

3 days ago · Rob Pelinka and Nico Harrison have been friends for many years. They were introduced to each other thanks to the late Kobe Bryant. Their friendship was instrumental in making probably the biggest and most shocking NBA trade in history. And now, during Luka Doncic’s introductory conference, one might say that Pelinka sent a curve ball to Harrison.

3 days ago · My guess is Danny Ainge was one of the first calls Rob Pelinka and Nico Harrison made to take 2023 first round pick Jalen Hood-Schifino, a 2025 Clippers second-round pick and a 2025 Mavericks ...

3 days ago · Nico Harrison got a very nice shoutout from Rob Pelinka at Luka Doncic’s introductory press conference. Stephen Douglas | 10 Hours Ago Rob Pelinka and Luka Doncic meet the media.

Instead, Harrison only approached Pelinka, a person he has a longstanding relationship with. Before becoming the GM of the Mavericks, Nico Harrison was a Nike exec whose biggest claim to fame was ...

4 days ago · Lakers GM Rob Pelinka initially thought the Luka Doncic trade idea was a joke. Share this article 165 shares share tweet text ... Congratulations to Nico Harrison. He just traded away a top-three ...