Lakers GM Rob Pelinka had some interesting quotes after the trade deadline

After two weeks of trade rumors and a group of players that clearly saw both their best player and bosses trying to trade them, things are understandably awkward for the Los Angeles Lakers right now.

Magic Johnson has plans to fly out to Philadelphia to meet with the team and air their grievances. Not even a game-winner from Rajon Rondo could heal the wounds. A post from LeBron James after last night’s thrilling victory didn’t even get a like from any of his teammates even though he tagged basically all of them.

This is almost certainly me reading into everything too much, but this is what Twitter is for: none of the Laker teammates liked this post. Not one pic.twitter.com/BsjnAsX0y8

— Daman Rangoola (@damanr) February 8, 2019

This entire situation, created almost entirely by Klutch Sports and the Lakers, is as awkward as can be. And yet, Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka made things even weirder with his comments regarding the Lakers situation after the deadline. Pelinka spoke with the Lakers crew of beat reporters on Friday.

On the impact of the trade rumors, he went with this analogy.

The pastor and his fiancee decided they could let all the new people get between them, or they could hold each other closer so the people pushed them together.

— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) February 8, 2019

And the quote in full context, makes even less sense.

Here’s the trolley car metaphor from the Rob Pelinka conference call in full context: pic.twitter.com/MHn5e8kA1q

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) February 8, 2019

Then he compared the two acquisitions they did make for 3-point shooters, getting Reggie Bullock from Detroit and Mike Muscala from the Clippers, to…New England Patriots wide receiver and Super Bowl 53 MVP Julian Edelman?

Rob Pelinka said he hopes LAL season follows the arc of the Patriots. "I almost look at Bullock & Muscala…My hope is, much like Edelman was, it’s just one player, but that can have such a big impact on overall chemistry & I hope those two guys can come in and have that impact"

— Bill Oram (@billoram) February 8, 2019

Pelinka has ton of experience in the basketball world but as an agent, he wasn’t as vocal in the media as his new job requires him to be. Truthfully, we could all use some more of Pelinka behind the microphone, even if I don’t understand what it is he’s saying. God bless the Lakers.