Thank you, Mitch (His statement, pg 8)
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:51 am    Post subject:

CalisFinest wrote:
https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/834461156731334656

Statement from Mitch, I hate that he had to go out this way. He's done so much for the franchise. He has a statue worthy resume.

Much respect Mitch, goes out with class and not get into the (bleep)
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:04 am    Post subject:

Mitch is a class act.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:21 am    Post subject:

CalisFinest wrote:
https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/834461156731334656

Statement from Mitch, I hate that he had to go out this way. He's done so much for the franchise. He has a statue worthy resume.


Magic and Jeanie should take notes on how to be a class act, and not always make it about yourself.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:35 am    Post subject:

I'm not crying.

Thanks for your service. You did it, Mitch.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:37 am    Post subject:

As an outside the box evaluator, I must say Mitch is a good GM. Not great, not a big risk taker but not horrible like some other GMs. I grade him a C+ as a GM. Good in trade but horrible in free agent signing.

Good luck to Mitch!
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:51 am    Post subject:

Mitch is a savage for this one lol

Thanks Dr buss

Tells you straight up there weren't many bad times during his career

Let's you know his young core will win everntually with the coach he put them with.

Savage. He said a whole lot without saying much. Handled it perfectly the way he should have. He set us up to be successful for years to come. Great job. Best gm in basketball IMO

Mastermind. It's sad that he doesn't get the credit he deserves.
He had a clear vision and he executed every time. Too bad the rest of the world isn't as patient and meticulous as he is.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:52 am    Post subject:

KBH wrote:
I'm not crying.

Thanks for your service. You did it, Mitch.


Man up
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:56 am    Post subject:

PICKnPOP wrote:
Mitch is a savage for this one lol

Thanks Dr buss

Tells you straight up there weren't many bad times during his career

Let's you know his young core will win everntually with the coach he put them with.

Savage. He said a whole lot without saying much. Handled it perfectly the way he should have. He set us up to be successful for years to come. Great job. Best gm in basketball IMO

Mastermind. It's sad that he doesn't get the credit he deserves.
He had a clear vision and he executed every time. Too bad the rest of the world isn't as patient and meticulous as he is.

Exactly how I feel.

I will always be a Laker fan, but I will find another team to root for where ever Mitch lands.
Nothing but the best, Mr. Kupchak.

Thank you.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:58 am    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:59 am    Post subject:

Runway8 wrote:
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I really wish he would have been kept around in an advisory/assistant role.


Maybe it was offered? But most people don't like sticking around as a demoted employee.


I doubt they offered anything like that.

This isn't a case, like Rudy T, where they wanted it to seem like a smooth transition.

This was a scorched-earth we're-going-in-a-new direction move.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:00 pm    Post subject:

When did Mitch become GM, 2000 or 2003? Wikipedia says 2000.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:09 pm    Post subject:

He left like he was acting during all these years ,like PURE CLASS. I wish him all the best. He did make same bad moves but he will be missed.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:22 pm    Post subject:

I like Mitch. I thank him for all he's done for the Lakers but after the contracts he handed out to Deng and Mozgov it was time for him to go.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:30 pm    Post subject:

Do it Mitch!
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:32 pm    Post subject:

Much love, Mitch. You're all class, a true Laker.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:44 pm    Post subject:

I'm not sad about his departure, he made a lot of mistakes late and I don't trust his rebuilding plan, but the guy is a class act, had a magic wand trading pieces and I wish just the best for him.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:00 pm    Post subject:

Thank you Mitch!

2009-10 rings wouldnt be possible w/o the awesome trades he pulled. Ariza trade was still one of my fave. Shannon trade was great too. Pau one was an absolute steal at the time. Never worried we'd get swindled in trades b/c of Mitch. Thanks for finding gems in the draft like JC and Nance.

I was a little surprised he was let go. I thought Magic would keep him but maybe the decision was mutual. I also see why it had to happen. The scouting dept was top tier when Lester was here. After Jim got rid of the entire staff, things started to unravel. Mitch had quite a few his old college buddies / teammates in FO but we needed to shift to modern ways (analytics, etc). I know they hired a few past few yrs but Mitch old school ways may have helped in his exit.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:21 pm    Post subject:

adkindo wrote:
CalisFinest wrote:
https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/834461156731334656

Statement from Mitch, I hate that he had to go out this way. He's done so much for the franchise. He has a statue worthy resume.


Magic and Jeanie should take notes on how to be a class act, and not always make it about yourself.


Word. So much hate and vitriol was hurled constantly at him despite putting together winning and championship teams and he's all class.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:45 pm    Post subject:

the correct way to handle this would been to "fire" Jim, keep Mitch through summer (he's already deep into this draft class and CBA) and then give him an "advisory role" this summer. Meanwhile, Pelinka could have begun the process to divest OR we could have gone after other GM's (Ujiri, Myers, etc). Either way, I think Mitch and John Black got raw deals for the family's animosity towards Jim.

For some reason, I don't see Mitch taking another job. The guy has been through an awful lot personally and been going at it professionally for way to long. He deserves and needs a break.

I don't like the way Magic and Jeanie played this thing out but I do thin the end result is okay. It had to be done. As a franchise thing began to get stale and hopefully with Pelinka and Ryan West's bigger role, we'll see a new energy and vibe around the team.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:58 pm    Post subject:

Thank you, Mitch. You did it. Pure class as always.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:32 pm    Post subject:

2019 wrote:
the correct way to handle this would been to "fire" Jim, keep Mitch through summer (he's already deep into this draft class and CBA) and then give him an "advisory role" this summer. Meanwhile, Pelinka could have begun the process to divest OR we could have gone after other GM's (Ujiri, Myers, etc). Either way, I think Mitch and John Black got raw deals for the family's animosity towards Jim.

For some reason, I don't see Mitch taking another job. The guy has been through an awful lot personally and been going at it professionally for way to long. He deserves and needs a break.

I don't like the way Magic and Jeanie played this thing out but I do thin the end result is okay. It had to be done. As a franchise thing began to get stale and hopefully with Pelinka and Ryan West's bigger role, we'll see a new energy and vibe around the team.


Mitch is a throw back, very knowledgeable with the cap as well as talent, and would be a gem for any team who could get him to take an advisory role. My hope is that somehow he returns in that capacity. The thing that I hang my hat on is that I picture RP getting dirty, when Mitch wouldn't. And if agents are right in that Mitch is the only guy who doesn't talk before 9pm when free agency starts, then he can't stay in this game.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:16 pm    Post subject:

LakerSanity wrote:
^True or not, Ding's reporting is, and has been for sometime, one-sided. Call that biased reporting or propaganda, the product is the same.

It's also not Jim and Mitch who have benefited from his one-sided reported. In fact, his lack of objectivity has probably been a justification for fans to choose Jim's/Mitch's side, i.e. if you have to try so hard to convince us and manipulate us, then maybe you're on the wrong side. He's lost credibility, as anyone does when they show they aren't willing to criticize both sides.


one sided for who?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:43 pm    Post subject:

My realist (sic) memory of Mitch was when OKC eliminated us in 5 games in the 2011-2012 playoffs. The elimination game was in OKC. i remember Mitch sitting among OKC's wildly celebrating fans, motionless, like a "cigar store Indian," face carved in stone. I felt like he was taking in this humiliation on behalf of all Lakers fans, everywhere.

Good luck, Mitch. Tough business.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:50 pm    Post subject:

lakerlynx wrote:
My realist (sic) memory of Mitch was when OKC eliminated us in 5 games in the 2011-2012 playoffs. The elimination game was in OKC. i remember Mitch sitting among OKC's wildly celebrating fans, motionless, like a "cigar store Indian," face carved in stone. I felt like he was taking in this humiliation on behalf of all Lakers fans, everywhere.

Good luck, Mitch. Tough business.


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