Mover and Shaker at One Point, Fans Wanted to Run Mitch Kupchak Out of Town. Three Nba Finals Appearances and Two Titles Later, the Lakers Gm has More Than Quieted His Critics and Should Be Satisfied. For Him, That Will Come Later.

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There is a picture hanging on the wall of Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak's office in El Segundo in which he is posing with his Washington Bullets teammates at the White House.

The Bullets had just won the 1978 NBA title, the 23-year-old Kupchak playing a pivotal role at power forward, and they gathered there to commemorate

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Mover and Shaker at One Point, Fans Wanted to Run Mitch Kupchak Out of Town. Three Nba Finals Appearances and Two Titles Later, the Lakers Gm has More Than Quieted His Critics and Should Be Satisfied. For Him, That Will Come Later.

their championship.

As Kupchak inspects the photo, the innocence of it all jumps out at him.

"There's probably 10 people in this picture who shouldn't even be there," Kupchak said, laughing. "It was ridiculous. We had cars of people, no security. People just walked into the room. That couldn't happen today."

And for proof, Kupchak points to another photo hanging on his wall.

In this one, Kupchak's architectural wonder - the ...

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