When the Los Angeles Lakers signed Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to a similar one-year deal last season, Rob Pelinka showed his admiration for him by comparing him to Manna from Heaven in his opening press conference. He said signing KCP,
“was like a time when the Israelites were walking in the desert and all of the sudden bread came down from heaven.”
It should have been easy to tell then, that the Lakers‘ front office, especially Pelinka, saw promise in Pope.
However, at the time, there was speculation that signing Caldwell-Pope was a creative way for the Lakers to be in constant contact to LeBron James’ agent, Rich Paul and the Klutch Sports Group.