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Mitch Kupchak

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Basketball Player

The Resume

    (May 24, 1954- )
    Born in Hicksville, New York
    Power forward/Center for the Washington Bullets (1976-1981) and Los Angeles Lakers (1981-1986)
    Alumnus of the University of North Carolina
    Drafted 13th overall in the 1976 NBA Draft
    ACC Player of the Year (1975)
    Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (1975)
    Los Angeles Lakers General Manager (2000- )
    Los Angeles Lakers assistant general manager (1994-2000)

Why he might be annoying:

    After 26 games into his first season with Lakers, he injured his knee and would not play a single game until 1983.
    As a player, he was somewhat hot tempered.
    He got into a fight with Hakeem Olajuwon during Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals in which the Houston Rockets defeated the Lakers 114-112 and the Rockets eventually clinching a Finals berth (May 21, 1986).
    That incident led to him being fired from the team.
    Lakers fans were upset that he traded their superstar center Shaquille O'Neal to the Miami Heat.
    Kobe Bryant got upset at him when Kupchak refused to trade Andrew Bynum for Jason Kidd.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a member of the US Men's Basketball Team at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
    As a player, he played key roles in helping the Bullets and Lakers win their titles.
    He was named part of the NBA's All Rookie First Team in 1977.
    Despite his infamous altercation, he would later be hired by the same Lakers management in 1994 as an assistant general manager to Jerry West.
    Both Lakers fans and sports columnists hailed him for reviving the Lakers championship hopes by acquiring Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies.

Credit: Birdienest81


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 92.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying