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href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> with the Lakers in 2010</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #00788C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #1D1160 !important;">Charlotte Hornets</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data role">Advisor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #00788C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #1D1160 !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1954-05-24</span>) </span>May 24, 1954<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 70)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_New_York" title="Brentwood, New York">Brentwood, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">230 lb (104 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #00788C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #1D1160 !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Brentwood_High_School_(Brentwood,_New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brentwood High School (Brentwood, New York)">Brentwood</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_New_York" title="Brentwood, New York">Brentwood, New York</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball" title="North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball">North Carolina</a> (1972–1976)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_draft" title="1976 NBA draft">1976</a>: 1st round, 13th overall pick</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1976–1986</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">Power forward</a> / <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">25, 41</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #00788C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #1D1160 !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976</a>–<a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1981</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981</a>–<a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1986</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #00788C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #1D1160 !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"><b> As player:</b> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/NBA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA champion">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1977</a>)</li> <li>Consensus second-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1976_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1976 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1976</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year">ACC Player of the Year</a> (1976)</li> <li>2× First-team <a href="/wiki/List_of_All-Atlantic_Coast_Conference_men%27s_basketball_teams" title="List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams">All-ACC</a> (1975, 1976)</li></ul> <p><b>As executive:</b> </p> <ul><li>7× <a href="/wiki/NBA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA champion">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a>–<a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #00788C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #1D1160 !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">5,202 (10.2 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">2,730 (5.4 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">377 (0.7 apg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/77324">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q616436#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" 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<p><b>Mitchell Kupchak</b> (born May 24, 1954) is an American professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> executive and retired player. He is the former president of basketball operations and general manager of the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA). As a college player, Kupchak was an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina</a> and a member of the gold medal-winning <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1976 United States men's Olympic basketball team">1976 United States Olympic team</a>. As a professional player, he won three NBA titles – one as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a> and two with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mitchell Kupchak was born on May 24, 1954, in <a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_New_York" title="Brentwood, New York">Brentwood, New York</a>. He attended <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_High_School_(Brentwood,_New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brentwood High School (Brentwood, New York)">Brentwood High School</a>, where he excelled in <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> on the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball" title="North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball">North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball</a> team,<sup id="cite_ref-Lat_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lat-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was named <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year">Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year</a> in his senior season.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kupchak played on the gold medal-winning team at the <a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics" title="1976 Summer Olympics">1976 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Washington_Bullets_(1976–1981)"><span id="Washington_Bullets_.281976.E2.80.931981.29"></span>Washington Bullets (1976–1981)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Washington Bullets (1976–1981)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kupchak was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a> in 1976 and was named to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_Team" title="NBA All-Rookie Team">NBA All-Rookie Team</a>. He had four productive seasons with Washington and was part of the team that won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA championship">NBA championship</a> in 1978. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles_Lakers_(1981–1986)"><span id="Los_Angeles_Lakers_.281981.E2.80.931986.29"></span>Los Angeles Lakers (1981–1986)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Los Angeles Lakers (1981–1986)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He signed a long-term contract with the Lakers in 1981 at the behest of <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a>, who told owner <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Jerry Buss</a>, "If we could get Mitch Kupchak, I know we could win", after the team's playoff upset.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes20080428_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes20080428-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 26 games into the season, Kupchak injured his knee and did not play again until the <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84 season</a>. </p><p>Kupchak played a key role in the <a href="/wiki/Showtime_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Showtime Lakers">Showtime Lakers</a>' 1985 championship team against the Boston Celtics, who had intimidated them in the prior year's Finals. Kupchak retired after the 1985–86 season, having played 510 regular season and 68 playoff games, with regular season averages of 10.2 points per game and 5.4 rebounds per game (7.7 points per game and 4.7 rebounds per game in the playoffs). During his final game, Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NBA Playoffs">Western Conference Finals</a>, a brawl broke out between the Lakers and the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>, which saw Kupchak and <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> ejected. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_career">Executive career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Executive career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles_Lakers_(1986–2017)"><span id="Los_Angeles_Lakers_.281986.E2.80.932017.29"></span>Los Angeles Lakers (1986–2017)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Los Angeles Lakers (1986–2017)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kupchak planned for his "life after" being an NBA player and pursued a focused program to learn the trade of running NBA team operations. While still under his initial player contract, he worked with the front office, developing strong working relationships with Laker management, beginning to "apprentice" with Jerry West, and starting studies that led to his <a href="/wiki/MBA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA">MBA</a> from the <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Anderson_School_of_Management" title="UCLA Anderson School of Management">UCLA Anderson School of Management</a> in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kupchak retired from playing in 1986, and became the Lakers' assistant general manager (under GM and <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Hall of Fame">Basketball Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a>). He later succeeded West as General Manager, but was not considered to have all of the traditional powers of an NBA GM until 2000 (when West resigned as Vice President of Basketball Operations, for the challenge of trying to replicate the Lakers' level of success as GM of the recently relocated, last-place <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>). </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> (who had both failed to win an NBA championship despite long, Hall of Fame-caliber careers).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a number of controversial trade transactions over the years, including the trade of <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> for <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Odom" title="Lamar Odom">Lamar Odom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caron_Butler" title="Caron Butler">Caron Butler</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Grant" title="Brian Grant">Brian Grant</a>—as well as the decision not to trade young center <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bynum" title="Andrew Bynum">Andrew Bynum</a> for point guard <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a>—Kupchak faced severe criticism from Lakers franchise star <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>, who urged his firing. However, Kupchak reportedly still had the support of the team's owner. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2007, Kupchak traded <a href="/wiki/Brian_Cook_(basketball)" title="Brian Cook (basketball)">Brian Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Evans_(basketball)" title="Maurice Evans (basketball)">Maurice Evans</a> for <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Ariza" title="Trevor Ariza">Trevor Ariza</a>, and the Lakers started the season off with the best record in the West. After an injury to Andrew Bynum cast their recent success in doubt, his February 2008 deal to obtain Spanish power forward <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Pau Gasol</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a> for <a href="/wiki/Kwame_Brown" title="Kwame Brown">Kwame Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Javaris_Crittenton" title="Javaris Crittenton">Javaris Crittenton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_McKie" title="Aaron McKie">Aaron McKie</a>, and draft picks (one of which was the right to <a href="/wiki/Marc_Gasol" title="Marc Gasol">Marc Gasol</a>) earned him praise (and scorn) from league insiders and fans alike. Bryant later conceded, "He goes from a F to an A-plus.",<sup id="cite_ref-latimes20080428_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes20080428-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Gregg_Popovich" title="Gregg Popovich">Gregg Popovich</a>, coach of Western Conference rival <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>, went so far as to argue that "there should be a trade committee that can scratch all trades that make no sense".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, the Lakers reached the NBA Finals for the 5th time in 9 years, but <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">would eventually lose to the Boston Celtics</a>. The following year, they <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">returned and won</a> in a 4–1 rout over the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>. </p><p>In 2009, Kupchak signed 2004 Defensive Player of the Year <a href="/wiki/Ron_Artest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Artest">Ron Artest</a>, famous for his role in the <a href="/wiki/Pacers-Pistons_Brawl" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacers-Pistons Brawl">Pacers-Pistons Brawl</a>, as a free agent. The Lakers made it to <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">their seventh NBA Finals</a> in 11 years, winning in a championship re-match against the Celtics in the 2010 NBA Finals. 2011 saw the retirement of longtime coach Phil Jackson, replacing him with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brown_(basketball,_born_1970)" title="Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)">Mike Brown</a>, as well as an attempted three-team trade of Odom and Gasol to the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>, in exchange for the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a>' All-Star point guard, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a><sup id="cite_ref-Chris_Paul_one_of_the_top_point_guards_of_2011–2012_season._9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chris_Paul_one_of_the_top_point_guards_of_2011–2012_season.-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the Hornets (a financial failure for its previous owners) was still owned by the NBA, Commissioner <a href="/wiki/David_Stern" title="David Stern">David Stern</a> vetoed the trade for unspecified "basketball reasons"—leaving the Lakers with a publicly disgruntled Odom, and shocked Gasol (both of whom intended to end their careers as Lakers, and had not known that they were about to be traded).<sup id="cite_ref-Chris_Paul_Trade_Rejected_by_NBA_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chris_Paul_Trade_Rejected_by_NBA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 4, 2012, after two consecutive playoff exits in the Western Conference semi-final round, Kupchak used a traded player exception (gained by trading Odom to the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>) on two-time, former NBA Most Valuable Player, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a>. The deal to get Nash in a Laker uniform was finalized for a package of future draft picks and cash considerations.<sup id="cite_ref-Suns_agree_to_a_sign-and-trade_sending_Steve_Nash_to_Lakers_for_future_picks_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suns_agree_to_a_sign-and-trade_sending_Steve_Nash_to_Lakers_for_future_picks-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same summer, Kupchak dealt <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bynum" title="Andrew Bynum">Andrew Bynum</a>, who had just been voted to his first All-Star team, in a four-way trade for his Eastern Conference counterpart, three-time Defensive Player of the Year <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dwight_Howard_to_Lakers_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dwight_Howard_to_Lakers-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The move was announced August 10, 2012. But the flurry of personnel changes did not stop there: Kupchak had also convinced former All-Star and <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Man_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth Man of the Year">Sixth Man of the Year</a> winner <a href="/wiki/Antawn_Jamison" title="Antawn Jamison">Antawn Jamison</a> to sign for a veteran-minimum contract. He later, along with owner Jerry Buss and Vice President of Basketball Operations <a href="/wiki/Jim_Buss" title="Jim Buss">Jim Buss</a> (Jerry's son), also fired defense-minded head coach Mike Brown and replaced him with Nash's former head coach, offense-minded <a href="/wiki/Mike_D%27Antoni" title="Mike D'Antoni">Mike D'Antoni</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 2013–14 season, Kupchak and the Lakers gave <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> a 2-year, $48.5 million extension despite his being out due to an Achilles injury. The deal was reportedly endorsed by team president <a href="/wiki/Jeanie_Buss" title="Jeanie Buss">Jeanie Buss</a>. D'Antoni resigned as coach of the Lakers after the team declined to pick up their option for him to coach in 2015–16, leaving Kupchak and Jim Buss the task of hiring a third coach in four years.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They decided on former Lakers guard <a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" title="Byron Scott">Byron Scott</a>. The Lakers announced in April 2014 that Kupchak's own contract had been extended for multiple years. It was scheduled to expire after the 2014 season. Terms of the contract were not released.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 21, 2017, Kupchak was fired as general manager of the Lakers.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charlotte_Hornets_(2018–present)"><span id="Charlotte_Hornets_.282018.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Charlotte Hornets (2018–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Charlotte Hornets (2018–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 8, 2018, Kupchak was hired as the president of basketball operations and general manager of the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a>. On June 21, 2018, Kupchak made his first draft selection as the general manager of the Charlotte Hornets. He selected <a href="/wiki/Shai_Gilgeous-Alexander" title="Shai Gilgeous-Alexander">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander</a> with the 11th pick, who was subsequently traded to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> for <a href="/wiki/Miles_Bridges" title="Miles Bridges">Miles Bridges</a>, who was selected with the 12th pick.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 12, 2024, Kupchak stepped down from his position atop the basketball operations hierarchy and transitioned into an advisory role upon the hire of former Nets assistant GM Jeff Peterson.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kupchak was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame">Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame</a> on Long Island in the Basketball Category with the Class of 1990. In 2002, he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Polish-American_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame">National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022 he divorced from his wife Claire, with whom he had two children.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His daughter, Alina Claire Kupchak, died on January 5, 2015, after a lengthy illness.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son Maxwell played as a forward for the <a href="/wiki/UC_Santa_Barbara" class="mw-redirect" title="UC Santa Barbara">UC Santa Barbara</a> basketball team.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_team_presidents" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association team presidents">List of National Basketball Association team presidents</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitch_Kupchak&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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Davis</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Parkhill" title="Barry Parkhill">Parkhill</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kupchak</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Griffin_(basketball)" title="Rod Griffin (basketball)">Griffin</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Ford_(basketball)" title="Phil Ford (basketball)">Ford</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Gminski" title="Mike Gminski">Gminski</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Albert_King_(basketball)" title="Albert King (basketball)">King</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Len_Bias" title="Len Bias">Bias</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Len_Bias" title="Len Bias">Bias</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Horace_Grant" title="Horace Grant">Grant</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Ferry" title="Danny Ferry">Ferry</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Ferry" title="Danny Ferry">Ferry</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Scott_(basketball)" title="Dennis Scott (basketball)">Scott</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Monroe" title="Rodney Monroe">Monroe</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Christian_Laettner" title="Christian Laettner">Laettner</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Rogers" title="Rodney Rogers">Rogers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Smith_(basketball)" title="Joe Smith (basketball)">J. Smith</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Antawn_Jamison" title="Antawn Jamison">Jamison</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Brand</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Carrawell" title="Chris Carrawell">Carrawell</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Shane_Battier" title="Shane Battier">Battier</a> & <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Forte" title="Joseph Forte">Forte</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Dixon" title="Juan Dixon">Dixon</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Josh_Howard" title="Josh Howard">Howard</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Hodge" title="Julius Hodge">Hodge</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">Redick</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">Redick</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Jared_Dudley" title="Jared Dudley">Dudley</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Hansbrough" title="Tyler Hansbrough">Hansbrough</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Lawson" title="Ty Lawson">Lawson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Greivis_V%C3%A1squez" title="Greivis Vásquez">Vásquez</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Smith" title="Nolan Smith">N. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Zeller" title="Tyler Zeller">Zeller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Erick_Green" title="Erick Green">Green</a> & <a href="/wiki/Shane_Larkin" title="Shane Larkin">Larkin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/T._J._Warren" title="T. J. Warren">Warren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Jahlil_Okafor" title="Jahlil Okafor">Okafor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Brogdon" title="Malcolm Brogdon">Brogdon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Jackson_(basketball,_born_1995)" title="Justin Jackson (basketball, born 1995)">Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Bagley_III" title="Marvin Bagley III">Bagley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Zion_Williamson" title="Zion Williamson">Williamson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Tre_Jones" title="Tre Jones">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Wright" title="Moses Wright">Wright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Alondes_Williams" title="Alondes Williams">Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Wong" title="Isaiah Wong">Wong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/R._J._Davis" title="R. 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