Before the Lakers left for Disney World, their general manager, Rob Pelinka, spoke about the importance of what he called “flex-staffing” for their 37-person travel party that was going to Orlando for the NBA restart.
“We’re all going to have to call upon different things we can do, and be service-oriented for the players,” Pelinka said then. “If it means any of us pitching in to an area that we normally don’t do in our day-to-day operations, we’ve got to be willing to do it,”
For the Lakers, members of the traveling party and fans at home alike had to look no further than video of Pelinka rebounding for Anthony Davis at one of the team’s recent practices to see this concept in action.