 Kupchak at the White House with the Lakers in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| Charlotte Hornets | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Advisor | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | May 24, 1954 Brentwood, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Brentwood (Brentwood, New York) | ||||||||||||||
| College | North Carolina (1972–1976) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1976: 1st round, 13th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Washington Bullets | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1976–1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward / center | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 25, 41 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1976–1981 | Washington Bullets | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1986 | Los Angeles Lakers | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
As player:
As executive: | |||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 5,202 (10.2 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 2,730 (5.4 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 377 (0.7 apg) | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Mitchell Kupchak (born May 24, 1954) is an American professional basketball executive and retired player. He is the former president of basketball operations and general manager of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a college player, Kupchak was an All-American at the University of North Carolina and a member of the gold medal-winning 1976 United States Olympic team. As a professional player, he won three NBA titles – one as a member of the Washington Bullets and two with the Los Angeles Lakers.