Lakers GM likens Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's arrival to bread falling from heaven

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has likely been compared to many people and many things.

It's quite unlikely he has previously been compared to a biblical story involving bread.

Interestingly enough, that is what happened Wednesday during the former Georgia star's introductory news conference with the Lakers. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka spoke of how fortunate he was to have a player of Caldwell-Pope's caliber join the franchise.

"I guess I'll start as I often do with a story," Pelinka said. "I would venture to guess there's people in the room that are familiar with the stories in the book of Genesis, where there was a time when the Israelites were wandering in the desert and all of a sudden, bread came down from heaven. That's kind of what today feels like for us to have KCP join."

(Note: The story Pelinka is referring to actually occurred in the book of Exodus.)

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Caldwell-Pope joined the Lakers on a one-year, $18 million deal this summer. He did so after the Detroit Pistons removed his restricted status by renouncing their rights to him as a player. He will be a free agent after this season.

With most other NBA teams having used up their money in free-agency at the time of Detroit's decision, Caldwell-Pope fell into the Lakers' lap.

Perhaps that is why Pelinka is so ecstatic to land Caldwell-Pope, who averaged 13.8 points per game during the 2016-17 season.

This story was originally published July 19, 2017 at 10:26 AM with the headline "Lakers GM likens Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's arrival to bread falling from heaven."