Ann Arbor — Rob Pelinka might know a thing or two about what it takes to be successful.
Pelinka is the only player in Michigan men’s basketball history who reached the national title game three times during his career. He was a member of the 1989 team that won the program’s only national championship as well as the 1992 and 1993 “Fab Five” squads that were national runners-up.
After his playing days, Pelinka became an influential NBA basketball agent and founded his own player representation firm — The Landmark Sports Agency — that boasted an impressive client list (Kobe Bryant and James Harden to name a few) before he became the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers in May 2017.