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Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak on Steve Blake signing with LA
Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak on Steve Blake
Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak on picking Devin Ebanks and Derrick Caracter in 2010 NBA Draft
Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak on 2010 NBA Draft
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Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak on Phil Jackson possibly retiring
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Los Angeles Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak talks about the value of having cost certainty in a scary economy for NBA teams, and the organization's commitment to winning and the signals they want to send.
During new Laker Ron Artest's press conference, Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak explains what Artest brings to the table. Artest essentially replaces Trevor Ariza and, in Kupchak's opinion, is a better player.
Chick Hearn has fun with Mitch Kupchak, architect of 2009 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers.
During the 2009 exit meetings, General Manager Mitch Kupchak talks about trying to improve a Lakers team that just won a championship.
During the 2009 exit interview, Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak discusses the timetable for Phil Jackson to decide if he's healthy enough to coach and how payroll decisions are made.
During the 2009 exit interviews, Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak expresses a desire to keep the championship Lakers intact, but admits resigning free agents Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza isn't a given.
Lakers forward Trevor Ariza talks about his exit meeting with Mitch Kupchak and Phil Jackson, and whether it seems like the team wants him back.
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Before Game Four of the Western Conference Finals, I was going to write that I wasn’t referring to this year’s title but next year’s. However, after the blowout in Game 4, this might apply to this year’s title as well.
He calls himself "The Machine,"
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/185777-has-mitch-kupchak-cost-the-lakers-the-title
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are with Ariza's rapid development this season, they were somewhat unprepared for it.
DENVER - He sat alone, relaxing with a crossword puzzle and his thoughts as the team he's so artfully put together prepared for its latest most important game of the
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Daily Breeze
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_12448719?source=rss
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...very far away, with so little time left in this season but so much left to decide. But as the Lakers' general manager, Mitch Kupchak always has to have both long- and short-term scenarios running through his head. And in both of those perspectives, blossoming...
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Daily Breeze
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Lakers Coach Phil Jackson has given a variety of answers as to whether he will return next season, though the latest indication is that he'll be back. And indications are that Kobe Bryant will be too.
"I always go through the process of having to
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FanNation
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/99616
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Jackson has won nine NBA championships but has been coach of the year only once in his 18-year career, when the Chicago Bulls went a record-setting 72-10 on the way to the 1996 NBA championship.
Jackson finished fifth last season in the voting for
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Los Angeles Times
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/CI32YDL5Tp4/la-sp-lakers-fyi-8-2009apr08,0,1449796.story
Bertka and longtime team physical therapy consultant Clive Brewster of Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. Bertka has been putting Bynum through various basketball drills while Brewster who has successfully rehabilitated injuries suffered by Mitch Kupchak, Magic Johnson, James Worthy and others is in charge of Bynums step-by-step rehabilitation. Black explained that Bynum has been at the El Segundo facilities for around an hour to an hour and a half every day since the 23rd, participating in 1-on-1 ...
Bertka and longtime team physical therapy consultant Clive Brewster of Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. Bertka has been putting Bynum through various basketball drills while Brewster who has successfully rehabilitated injuries suffered by Mitch Kupchak, Magic Johnson, James Worthy and others is in charge of Bynums step-by-step rehabilitation. Black explained that Bynum has been at the El Segundo facilities for around an hour to an hour and a half every day since the 23rd, participating in 1-on-1 ...
Bertka and longtime team physical therapy consultant Clive Brewster of Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. Bertka has been putting Bynum through various basketball drills while Brewster who has successfully rehabilitated injuries suffered by Mitch Kupchak, Magic Johnson, James Worthy and others is in charge of Bynums step-by-step rehabilitation. Andrew Bynum Black explained that Bynum has been at the El Segundo facilities for around an hour to an hour and a half every day since the 23rd, ...
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EL SEGUNDO - It has been a week and a half since Lakers rookie Sun Yue sustained a sprained left ankle while practicing with the D-League affiliate Los Angeles D-Fenders.
Not much improvement in his condition has occurred since then. Lakers general
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The Orange County Register
http://lakers.freedomblogging.com/2009/04/02/sun-still-hobbled/14503/
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Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak was at Madison Square Garden watching the Big East Tournament when I called him tonight, so I only had a minute or two to get his opinion on Lamar Odom's one-game suspension. Here's what he had to say:
"We're
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Southern CA Press-Enterprise
http://blogs.pe.com/prosports/2009/03/kupchak-weighs-in-on-odoms-sus.html
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Rookie Sun Yue from China was assigned by the Los Angeles Lakers to the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League on Friday, it was announced by Lakers' general manager Mitch Kupchak in Los Angeles.
According to the press release published
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People's Daily Online
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90870/6609066.html
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for all to see. The Suns vs. The ghost of Suns-past.
you'll remember, it wasn't so long ago the Lakers were the ones undergoing the messy remodel.
They were everything the Lakers wanted to be.
To watch the Phoenix Suns run and gun in their blue and
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Daily Breeze
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The heated college basketball rivalry between Duke and North Carolina is like no other and the intensity of the two schools is examined in “Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina,” an HBO documentary, debuting at 9 p.m. Monday.
The two schools are
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Ventura County Star
http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/feb/20/duke-n-carolina-rivalry-gets-a-thorough-going/?partner=RSS
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I been saying this for almost 5 years now - if basketball statistical analysis is going to be taken seriously, you're going to need new statistics as points, rebounds, and assists are too "chunky" to describe the game.
Metrics like PER and Wages of
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Los Angeles Times
http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2009/02/a-great-read-on.html
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playoffs," he says. "That Game 6 loss in Boston last year (131-92) has left a sour taste with all of us. The players understand the importance of having home court advantage, like Boston had against us in those finals. It definitely gives you an edge."
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Long Beach Press-Telegram
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The Orange County Register
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/lakers-trades-kupchak-2306845
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: The Sports Xchange notes that Lakers C Chris Mihm was cited by Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak as one reason the Lakers aren't planning to make a trade for a big man in the wake of Andrew Bynum's knee injury.
(Updated 02/10/2009).
No
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CBS SportsLine
http://feeds.cbssports.com/click.phdo?i=4a3b794f407eb8fa6d319bd510042608
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It was a little less than five years ago, actually, really, that some smart-aleck columnist wondered if Mitch Kupchak was truly up to the task of rebuilding the Lakers from the ground up.
"Simply put, can general manager Mitch Kupchak pull off that
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Southern CA Press-Enterprise
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The Los Angeles Lakers and Charlotte Bobcats made a dead weight for dead weight deal on Saturday that could serve both teams well - swapping Vladimir Radmanovic for Adam Morrison. The Lakers also receive 6'4" guard Shannon Brown who hadn't found a
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Hoopsworld
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?STORY_ID=11480
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That was Vladimir Radmanovic’s last act as a Laker before he was traded Saturday to the Charlotte Bobcats in primarily a payroll-paring move for the
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The Orange County Register
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/lakers-radmanovic-morrison-2302401-kupchak-brown
Elie Seckbach, The Embedded NBA Correspodnet has an exclusive report. In this video NBA legends Elgin Baylor and Jerry West are honored by the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission. We also hear from Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak, Former Lakers player Tommy Hawkins and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. ... "jerry west" "elie seckbach" "la lakers nba"
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What are your thoughts on Kobes development?
Kupchak: Hes been pretty clear for the last four or five years that if we got him the players, the team would get there. Seven to eight years ago, we had the players, and he did what he had to do. Then
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NBA.com
http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/midseason_review_mitch_kupchak_090127.html?rss=true
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...to be a part of this team and this great franchise. So it was a good day." LOS ANGELES - Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak's phone buzzes a bit more frequently these days, as all NBA GM's phone's do as the February 19 trading deadline approaches. A year...
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L.A. Daily News
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If there's one thing we know about Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak, it's that he's a patient man. He doesn't make snap decisions, and considers all angles of a situation before choosing a couse of action.
A couple of weeks ago the
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Hoopsworld
http://www.hoopsworld.com/college/story.asp?STORY_ID=11291
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LOS ANGELES - It shouldn't be surprising that the Lakers top our State of SoCal Sports rankings for the third straight year.
Nor should it be surprising why.
They have star power, both on the court and in the stands -- and the idea of Staples Center as
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Southern CA Press-Enterprise
http://www.pe.com/sports/breakout/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_web_ja_col_21.4241683.html
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Derek Fisher says he can keep playing extended minutes for as long as the team needs him to. Sasha Vujacic says he loves playing point guard, even though his role on the team is as a shooter.
he said. ``From a defensive perspective, we have to look at
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L.A. Daily News
http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_11316920?source=rss
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To trace the genesis of the Lakers' courtship of Trevor Ariza, you must rifle through filing cabinets full of scouting reports at their El Segundo headquarters to find one from the day he first piqued their interest more than four years ago.
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Southern CA Press-Enterprise
http://www.pe.com/sports/basketball/lakers/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_lakers_feature_02.2462233.html
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record under the Golden Dome as harshly as it did Tyron Willingham's.
Ned Colletti: Thanks for Frank McCourt having amnesia when it comes to my work record.
Frank McCourt: Thanks that I'm still solvent after Ned Colletti needlessly squandered so much
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L.A. Daily News
http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_11085230?source=rss
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Buss also appreciates hard work — even though it’s a whole different application given that Buss doesn’t really have to work for a living anymore. He just has to make sure he has people really, really working hard for him.
Asked if he was worried a
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The Orange County Register
http://lakers.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/09/buss-we-just-work-hard-here-in-lakerland/3764/
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Why the rush? Why the risk?
If they didn't sign Bynum by today,
they couldn't have signed him until next summer. But it isn't as if
they would lose Bynum next summer. He would have been a restricted free agent. Whatever he was offered by anyone else, the ...
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Los Angeles Times
http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2008/10/all-about-the-b.html

