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Feb 22, 2017 · Nearly 36 years after Johnson initially pushed to hire Kupchak, and after almost 17 years of running the show as the Lakers’ de facto general manager in West’s post-Y2K absence, Kupchak was ...
On July 16, 2003, after the Lakers failed to reach the NBA Finals for the first time in three years, Kupchak's first major deal was the off-season acquisitions of superstars Karl Malone and Gary Payton (who had both failed to win an NBA championship despite long, Hall of Fame-caliber careers). [7]
Sep 30, 1986 · Mitch Kupchak, the Lakers' veteran back-up center forward who has been hinting about it for the last two seasons, has retired, General Manager Jerry West announced today.
Aug 21, 2023 · Kupchak would officially become the Lakers Assistant General Manager in 1986 and eventually succeeded Jerry West himself, although he was not given the full reins of power as the Lakers' GM until the year 2000 when West went to work for the Memphis Grizzlies.
- Greg Macarthur
- Senior Staff Writer
M itch Kupchak’s time with the Lakers — as a player and as an executive — has been marked by comebacks. In December 1981, Kupchak suffered a knee injury so severe it was thought his career...
Feb 21, 2017 · After an extraordinary trade for Pau Gasol propelled the Lakers to three straight NBA Finals appearances, Kupchak and Jim Buss made a series of high-profile personnel moves that didn’t pan out.
After a season that saw the Lakers say goodbye to Kobe Bryant, develop their young core of players and stumble to the worst record in franchise history, General Manager addressed the media at his...
