CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tinapik ni Hornets owner Michael Jordan si Mitch Kupchak para tulungan siyang palakasin ang kanyang koponan.
Hinirang si Kupchak bilang bagong president of basketball operations at general manager ng Hornets.
“In every role and in every stop during his tenure in the NBA, Mitch Kupchak has brought the highest levels of success to his teams,” ani Jordan. “Having won championships as both a player and an executive, we have confidence that Mitch is the right person to lead our basketball operations, build a winning culture and bring sustained success to our organization, for our fans and for the city of Charlotte.”
Bilang isang player at executive, naging bahagi si Kupchak ng 10 NBA championship teams.
Nakakuha siya ng tatlong NBA rings bilang player — isa sa Washington Wizards at dalawa sa Los Angeles Lakers — at pito bilang Lakers executive.
Pinalitan ng 63-anyos na si Kupchak si Rich Cho.
Nabigo ang Charlotte na makapasok sa playoffs sa tatlo sa huli nilang apat na seasons.