It was the middle of February last year when the Charlotte Hornets made a (not so shocking) move by firing Rich Cho and beginning the search for a new General Manager. Two months later, and the Hornets had their new man; former Lakers head man Mitch Kupchak.
At the time, I did question the hiring, simply because Kupchak’s tenure with the Lakers ended pretty poorly. He was clowned by many for signing Luol Deng to a four-year, $72 million contract and Timofey Mozgov to a four-year, $64 million contract.
However, Kupchak has been around the NBA for a long time as a player and executive, and he built championship teams in Los Angeles, so I quickly found faith in him.