Lakers’ Rob Pelinka Discusses Russell Westbrook’s Future, Frank Vogel Firing, More

April 12, 2022 World Sports

It’s one thing to miss out on a title with a playoff loss during a championship-or-bust season. It’s another to go 33-49 and finish as one of the league’s 10 teams that didn’t even qualify for the play-in tournament.

That is exactly what happened to the 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers, and general manager Rob Pelinka held a press conference Monday to look back at what went wrong and look ahead to an important offseason.

The press conference came after the Lakers announced they parted ways with head coach Frank Vogel, and Pelinka said the team “felt like it was time for a change in our leadership voice” even though Los Angeles won the 2020 championship under the coach’s leadership.