Hornets owner Michael Jordan is “unlikely” to extend the contract of general manager Rich Cho and “is expected to pursue” former Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak to fill the role, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.
Kupchak would team with assistant GM Buzz Peterson, a former college coach who roomed with Jordan at North Carolina, Wojnarowski reports. (Kupchak is also a former UNC player.)
Cho joined the Hornets in 2011 after less than a year as GM of the Blazers. His title in Charlotte was general manager but he worked under president of basketball operations Rod Higgins. Cho was given control of the front office in 2014 when Higgins resigned after Jordan moved to give Cho some of Higgins’s responsibilities.