Mitch Kupchak
Mitch Kupchak
Mitchell Kupchakis an American former basketball player and current general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 May 1954
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We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organization. ... Kareem was one of the best centers to ever play the game. His skills and talent on the court were truly remarkable and we look forward to having Kareem help our big men develop these skills and tutor them on what it takes to be a successful player in this league.
pleased welcome
We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organization.
pleased welcome
We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organisation.
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We're not going to comment on who we're meeting with, when we're meeting with them or where we're going to meet, whether it's now, in a month or at the end of the summer.
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You start trading off. Keeping in the back of your mind that talent wins games, you make a decision on a player that doesn't complement a player you have, but he's talented.
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This is a one-time opportunity to take advantage of this situation, and exercising this will give us greater roster flexibility and the ability to improve our team.
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Jim Jackson has been a solid player for many years in the NBA and we feel he'll be a good addition to our team. Being such a young team, he gives us veteran savvy as well as the ability to play multiple positions.
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Kareem was one of the best centers to ever play the game. His skills and talent on the court were truly remarkable and we look forward to having Kareem help our big men develop these skills and tutor them on what it takes to be a successful player in this league.
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For us, it was a good pickup to add a veteran to a very young team.
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He's played nine games there, and he's in pretty good game shape now. I don't know about NBA shape, but pretty good game shape. So he's probably at a point where he needs to make a decision.
training week
If he could play, he would play. Here it is, the first week of training camp, and he can't play.
hired hope time
He said the same thing the first time we hired him. I hope the same thing unfolds.
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I don't see any ego. It's like, 'Mitch, what do you need me to do?' He'll go anywhere. He's always been a worker, so I'm not surprised, but a lot of guys would not have taken that approach. He loves to contribute, and he loves to work.
determined league teams
How teams are going to use that league will not be determined this year.