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Summary of today’s exit interview between Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick:
🔻LUKA DONCIC:
🔸 Roster will be “retrofitted around Luka”
🔸 Pelinka meeting with him Fri/Sat before he heads home
🔸 Called his basketball IQ “vast”
🔸 Praised his growth as a leader this season
🔻LEBRON SITUATION:
🔸 Lakers want him back
🔸 Giving him family time to decide on Year 23
🔸 “Any team would love to have LeBron on their roster”
🔻AUSTIN REAVES:
🔸 Both sides want a deal done
🔸 Pelinka: wants his “odyssey to continue in purple & gold”
🔸 Expect him back
🔻OFFSEASON PRIORITIES:
🔸 Get younger, more athletic, deeper
🔸 MUST improve defensively
🔸 More shooting + playmaking around Luka
🔸 Build out roster spots 10–15
🔸 Pointed to OKC + Spurs having 13 rotation-quality guys
🔻FRONT OFFICE OVERHAUL:
🔸 Hiring 2 Assistant GMs (player eval + strategy/analytics)
🔸 Tony Bennett already on board as draft consultant
🔸 New biomechanics + recovery labs being built (Dodgers collab)
🔸 Pelinka heading to combine
🔸 Lakers hold pick #25
🔻JJ’S TAKE:
🔸 Wants the Big 3 core back together
🔸 The 16-2 stretch = proof of concept
🔸 Says he grew in in-game clarity + emotional control
🔸 Praised Luka’s leadership jump
THE OFF SEASON BEGINS
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