Mitch Kupchak, after 36 years, says goodbye to the Los Angeles Lakers

Posted Feb 28, 2017
Mitch Kupchak was ready. He was going to be a Laker for life. Not the king of Los Angeles or even a member of the marquee group, but it was enough. The season was 1981-82, and the 26-year-old Kupchak (newly outfitted with a seven-year, $6.3 million free-agent deal given to him by Los Angeles basketball chief Jerry West) was set to be the team’s power forward of the 1980s. (Yahoo! Sports)

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