Mitch Kupchak Quotes (25 Quotes)

We did not ask for his approval.

We signed him last year to a two-year deal, and our anticipation was that he'll play two years,

Jim Jackson has been a solid player for many years in the NBA and we feel he'll be a good addition to our team. Being such a young team, he gives us veteran savvy as well as the ability to play multiple positions.

You start trading off. Keeping in the back of your mind that talent wins games, you make a decision on a player that doesn't complement a player you have, but he's talented.

You have to look at the package, his four years in Washington. Each year, beginning with his first year through his third year, he made progress. And then the fourth year did not go well. It just didn't. It didn't go well on the court, it didn't go well off the court. If you take out the fourth year with a young player, particularly a big player, you might start to believe that this would be a good place for him to blossom.

We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organization. ... Kareem was one of the best centers to ever play the game. His skills and talent on the court were truly remarkable and we look forward to having Kareem help our big men develop these skills and tutor them on what it takes to be a successful player in this league.

His playing style was defined by his wittiness and creativity on the court and we think those talents will benefit him in his new off-court career as well.

We understand that the league has a job to do in enforcing disciplinary action, but we disagree with and are disappointed with their ruling.

they have no choice.

There's a feeling he'll never play again. Anticipating he'll never play again, I don't think there's a doubt he's the premier European player to play in the NBA.

We signed him to a two-year deal thinking he would play two years.

He said the same thing the first time we hired him. I hope the same thing unfolds.

He's still a good player, ... I think he's got a lot of good basketball left in him.

Well, he has a lot to do with that as well, OK ... That would not be a good day in this club's history. And we do plan to talk to him. Players do have that option, and we'll see what happens.

We both agreed to work with each other and give each other some time to make these decisions.

He's our draft choice. He's in his recovery phase. We want to keep him as close to the organization as possible. He's not under contract. It's really something he does on his own.

We don't want to wait four or five years to put (Bryant) in position to contend again. There is a little window there.

We're sorry to have to let Slava go even though it was unlikely that he would've been able to play the rest of the season because of his injury. He's been a positive addition to us for six years, including helping us win two championships. We thank him for his contributions and wish him well.

I don't think you can predict that a guy's going to go down a week before training camp and have back surgery. The bottom line is that he can't play.

If he could play, he would play. Here it is, the first week of training camp, and he can't play.

We do want him on our team. We liked him during the summer when he was healthy. So if he's healthy today, why wouldn't we like him today

He's played nine games there, and he's in pretty good game shape now. I don't know about NBA shape, but pretty good game shape. So he's probably at a point where he needs to make a decision.

Roy Williams turned us down for the third time. That's a Los Angeles record.

From a leadership point of view, a defensive point of view, and being able to offensively run what we do here, there's no reason why he can't be very successful and help us right away.

This is a one-time opportunity to take advantage of this situation, and exercising this will give us greater roster flexibility and the ability to improve our team.