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Mitch Kupchak Net Worth: $10 Million

Mitchell “Mitch” Kupchak born on 1954, May 1954 is a former American basketball player with an estimated net worth of $10 million. The major source of his income comes from his coaching career, whereas he is Angeles Lakers as General Manager to 21 Feb 2017.

Early Career

The keen player started his early career at Brentwood High School located in New York. Being magnificent, he was All-American on North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball team. While playing in his senior, he was named as Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the year. After three years from his involvement in 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he was drafted by the Washington Bullets. He spent four productive seasons and his involvement won the NBA championship in the year 1978. After the successive career in the previous team, he has signed a long term contract with the Lakers in the year 1981. However, he suffered the major knee injury after his 26 games and was kind of retired until the year 1983. Kupchak made a significant comeback in the 83^rd season and help Lakers to win the big championship in the year 1985. The player takes rest from the arena in the same year and began to focus his career on management and completed his MBA at UCLA.

Controversial success in Lakers

The path to success came in the year 1986 when he engaged himself as assistant general manager for the Laker’s. The quick runner shortly succeeded to be General Manager but was limited to certain roles and operations. However, he gains full authority in the year 2000 when Vice President Jerry West resigned from his position and moved to Memphis Grizzlies. Though the keen management personnel had sharp operations, he faced several controversies. The most popular one was on 2003 when Lakers failed to reach the NBA Finals. Dissatisfying with the results, he reluctantly engaged in controversial player trade transactions. The transfer of Shaquille O’Neal, Caron Butler, and Brian Grant arose the needs of firing. Mitch received several criticisms from everywhere, especially from the Lakers franchise star Kobe Bryant. However, he was well supported by the team’s owner. Being faithful to the team, he remains superior over the years. He led his team to won the NBA Championships in the year 2009 and 2010. Mitch was successful in the operation of his team but his contract was supposed to expire on 2014 season. The recent news states that his contract has been extended for multiple years while his terms of the contract have not been revealed yet.

Personal Life

Kupchak personal life is simply outstanding, it just reflects his perfect balance between both the lives. Mitch married to Claire and has two children. Sadly, Kupchak lost his daughter on January 5, 2015, due to a long illness.