Rob Pelinka And Pediatrician Wife Kristin Thank FrontLine Workers
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00:00I'm Melissa Roland with Sports Illustrated, and we're here with Jill Painter-Lopez.
00:06Now Rob Palenka, the Lakers general manager, was recently recorded in a video alongside
00:11his wife, Kristen, who's a doctor, and they were both thanking healthcare workers.
00:16Tell us a little bit about what they said.
00:17Well, Melissa, it was pretty inspiring to see Rob Palenka and his wife, Kristen, who
00:22was wearing her scrubs.
00:23Very special connection with UCLA Health because she is a UCLA med school graduate and being
00:29a pediatrician in Orange County.
00:31They thanked everyone on the front lines, and Rob Palenka has said recently on a conference
00:36call that he's inspired by his wife.
00:38With the stay-at-home orders, he gets to listen to a lot of the conversations that she's talking
00:43on the phone with other colleagues and people in the medical field.
00:46So just really neat to see the Palenka family, the Lakers' connection with UCLA, and his
00:52wife's connection and her profession.
00:56Of course, we're all very thankful for everybody on the front lines and certainly the Lakers
01:00organization as well.