Rob Pelinka, Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations and general manager, said Thursday that every season is a little bit like the “Odyssey.”
“You launch a season, and there’s things that happen throughout that you can’t predict, but you have to stay together as a group and stay strong,” Pelinka continued.
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Third-year Lakers head coach JJ Redick, sitting alongside Pelinka for the preseason news conference, later referenced, more generally, the hero’s journey — a narrative in which a hero overcomes adversity and evolves as a result — and how allies and guides are critical characters in that expedition.
“I think if you…
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