Mitch Kupchak FC

Born: May 24, 1954 (70 years old)

Birthplace/Hometown: Hicksville, New York

Nationality: United States

Height: 6-9 (206cm)     Weight: 230 (104kg)

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

Draft Entry: 1976 NBA Draft

Drafted: Round 1, Pick 13, Washington Wizards

Pre-Draft Team: North Carolina (Sr)

High School: Brentwood High School [Brentwood, New York]

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Mitch Kupchak Player Profile

NBA Career

10 Years Of Service - 3x NBA Champion

NBA Regular Season Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1976-77 WAS 82 - 18.5 10.39 4.16 7.27 .572 - - - 2.07 3.00 .691 2.23 3.79 6.02 0.76 0.27 0.41 - 2.49
1977-78 WAS 67 - 26.3 15.91 5.87 11.46 .512 - - - 4.18 6.00 .697 2.42 4.45 6.87 1.06 0.42 0.63 2.75 2.93
1978-79 WAS 66 - 24.3 14.56 5.59 10.38 .539 - - - 3.38 4.55 .743 2.30 4.21 6.52 1.33 0.35 0.35 1.82 2.14
1979-80 WAS 40 - 11.3 4.65 1.68 4.00 .419 0.00 0.05 .000 1.30 1.88 .693 0.80 1.82 2.62 0.40 0.20 0.20 1.00 1.23
1980-81 WAS 82 - 23.6 12.49 4.78 9.11 .525 0.00 0.01 .000 2.93 4.15 .706 2.41 4.52 6.94 0.76 0.44 0.32 1.96 2.38
1981-82 LAL 26 26 31.6 14.27 5.88 10.27 .573 0.00 0.00 .000 2.50 3.77 .663 2.46 5.62 8.08 1.27 0.46 0.38 1.65 3.08
1983-84 LAL 34 3 9.5 3.06 1.21 3.18 .380 0.00 0.03 .000 0.65 1.00 .647 1.03 1.53 2.56 0.21 0.12 0.18 0.65 1.35
1984-85 LAL 58 3 12.3 5.28 2.12 4.21 .504 0.00 0.00 .000 1.03 1.57 .659 1.17 2.00 3.17 0.36 0.33 0.34 0.83 1.79
1985-86 LAL 55 0 14.2 6.04 2.25 4.67 .482 0.00 0.02 .000 1.53 2.04 .750 1.25 2.22 3.47 0.31 0.22 0.13 1.20 1.85
CAREER   510 32 19.4 10.20 3.93 7.51 .523 0.00 0.02 .000 2.35 3.33 .704 1.89 3.46 5.35 0.74 0.32 0.35 1.60 2.19

NBA Regular Season Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1976-77 WAS 82 - 1,513 852 341 596 .572 - - - 170 246 .691 183 311 494 62 22 34 - 204
1977-78 WAS 67 - 1,759 1,066 393 768 .512 - - - 280 402 .697 162 298 460 71 28 42 184 196
1978-79 WAS 66 - 1,604 961 369 685 .539 - - - 223 300 .743 152 278 430 88 23 23 120 141
1979-80 WAS 40 - 451 186 67 160 .419 0 2 .000 52 75 .693 32 73 105 16 8 8 40 49
1980-81 WAS 82 - 1,934 1,024 392 747 .525 0 1 .000 240 340 .706 198 371 569 62 36 26 161 195
1981-82 LAL 26 26 821 371 153 267 .573 0 0 .000 65 98 .663 64 146 210 33 12 10 43 80
1983-84 LAL 34 3 324 104 41 108 .380 0 1 .000 22 34 .647 35 52 87 7 4 6 22 46
1984-85 LAL 58 3 716 306 123 244 .504 0 0 .000 60 91 .659 68 116 184 21 19 20 48 104
1985-86 LAL 55 0 783 332 124 257 .482 0 1 .000 84 112 .750 69 122 191 17 12 7 66 102
CAREER   510 32 9,905 5,202 2,003 3,832 .523 0 5 .000 1,196 1,698 .704 963 1,767 2,730 377 164 176 684 1,117

NBA Regular Season Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1976-77 WAS 82 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .115 - - 0.41 48 34 .585 4.10 1.90 5.90
1977-78 WAS 67 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 0.39 0.15 0.52 39 28 .582 3.20 1.70 4.90
1978-79 WAS 66 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .120 0.73 0.19 0.44 45 21 .682 4.20 1.70 5.90
1979-80 WAS 40 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .023 0.40 0.20 0.47 14 25 .359 -0.30 0.40 0.20
1980-81 WAS 82 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .128 0.39 0.22 0.46 39 43 .476 2.50 2.70 5.20
1981-82 LAL 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 .047 0.77 0.28 0.37 19 7 .731 1.50 0.80 2.40
1983-84 LAL 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .012 0.32 0.18 0.31 25 9 .735 -0.30 0.30 -
1984-85 LAL 58 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .036 0.44 0.40 0.37 49 9 .845 0.50 0.90 1.40
1985-86 LAL 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .055 0.26 0.18 0.44 41 14 .745 0.28 0.74 1.02
CAREER   510 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 .074 0.46 0.21 0.44 319 190 .627 15.68 11.14 26.92

NBA Regular Season Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1976-77 WAS 82 - .605 .572 12.73 20.67 16.79 6.16 - 0.66 1.14 - 126.32 - 1.43 - 98.2 19.31
1977-78 WAS 67 - .564 .512 9.06 16.88 12.94 5.94 16.30 0.71 1.17 24.12 120.82 -7.67 1.39 104.8 101.4 17.79
1978-79 WAS 66 - .588 .539 9.74 17.38 13.60 7.46 12.81 0.65 0.71 22.30 128.20 -3.80 1.40 115.0 103.9 19.44
1979-80 WAS 40 - .482 .419 7.04 16.42 11.68 4.73 17.17 0.83 0.93 20.38 111.21 -6.53 1.16 92.1 106.0 9.74
1980-81 WAS 82 - .571 .525 10.68 20.31 15.46 4.62 15.22 0.88 0.73 21.96 123.06 -6.16 1.37 106.8 102.4 16.70
1981-82 LAL 26 26 .598 .573 8.81 18.68 13.93 5.02 12.18 0.68 0.65 17.07 123.63 -2.50 1.39 117.2 107.1 15.30
1983-84 LAL 34 3 .423 .380 13.15 16.92 15.17 2.55 15.18 0.57 0.99 18.01 102.67 -5.23 0.96 90.8 108.8 6.99
1984-85 LAL 58 3 .539 .504 11.95 16.85 14.63 3.54 14.46 1.23 1.50 18.75 116.34 -4.70 1.25 106.1 106.9 12.51
1985-86 LAL 55 0 .542 .482 10.42 16.60 13.67 2.67 17.73 0.71 0.48 19.02 123.25 -6.89 1.29 102.2 108.4 10.46
CAREER   510 32 .568 .523 10.57 18.38 14.58 5.14 15.00 0.76 0.93 21.41 122.71 -5.59 1.36 107.2 104.5 16.19

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NBA Transactions

Jun 8, 1976 - The Washington Bullets selected Mitch Kupchak in Round 1 with Pick 13 in the 1976 NBA Draft.
Sep 26, 1976 - Mitch Kupchak signed a multi-year contract with the Washington Bullets.
Jun 30, 1981 - The Washington Bullets tendered a Qualifying Offer to make Mitch Kupchak a Restricted FA.
Jul 1, 1981 - Mitch Kupchak, previously with the Washington Bullets, became a free agent.
Jul 22, 1981 - Mitch Kupchak signed a multi-year offer sheet with the Los Angeles Lakers. Since he is a restricted free agent, the Washington Bullets can match.
Jul 23, 1981 - Mitch Kupchak signed a multi-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Jul 1, 1986 - Mitch Kupchak, previously with the Los Angeles Lakers, became a free agent.
Sep 30, 1986 - Mitch Kupchak retired from professional basketball.
Sep 30, 1986 - The Los Angeles Lakers renounced their free-agent exception rights to Mitch Kupchak.

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NBA Awards & Honors

NBA Champion - 1978, 1982, 1985
All-Rookie First Team - 1977

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA Playoff Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1976-77 WAS 9 - 28.0 16.22 5.89 10.00 .589 - - - 4.44 6.56 .678 3.11 4.44 7.56 1.11 0.22 0.33 - 3.78
1977-78 WAS 21 - 24.0 10.14 4.00 9.48 .422 - - - 2.14 3.29 .652 2.33 3.71 6.05 1.05 0.19 0.14 2.00 2.76
1978-79 WAS 8 - 17.1 6.50 2.62 6.50 .404 - - - 1.25 1.88 .667 2.00 2.25 4.25 0.38 0.25 0.00 0.62 1.50
1983-84 LAL 9 0 7.7 2.00 0.56 1.89 .294 0.00 0.00 .000 0.89 1.56 .571 1.33 1.89 3.22 0.22 0.11 0.22 0.67 1.33
1984-85 LAL 16 0 12.3 4.69 1.94 3.31 .585 0.00 0.06 .000 0.81 1.38 .591 0.69 2.31 3.00 0.31 0.12 0.44 0.62 2.62
1985-86 LAL 5 0 11.2 4.00 1.60 3.00 .533 0.00 0.00 .000 0.80 1.20 .667 1.00 2.00 3.00 0.40 0.40 0.00 0.60 1.20
CAREER   68 0 17.9 7.71 2.97 6.26 .474 0.00 0.03 .000 1.76 2.72 .649 1.78 2.94 4.72 0.65 0.19 0.22 1.12 2.41

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NBA Playoff Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1976-77 WAS 9 - 252 146 53 90 .589 - - - 40 59 .678 28 40 68 10 2 3 - 34
1977-78 WAS 21 - 504 213 84 199 .422 - - - 45 69 .652 49 78 127 22 4 3 42 58
1978-79 WAS 8 - 137 52 21 52 .404 - - - 10 15 .667 16 18 34 3 2 0 5 12
1983-84 LAL 9 0 69 18 5 17 .294 0 0 .000 8 14 .571 12 17 29 2 1 2 6 12
1984-85 LAL 16 0 197 75 31 53 .585 0 1 .000 13 22 .591 11 37 48 5 2 7 10 42
1985-86 LAL 5 0 56 20 8 15 .533 0 0 .000 4 6 .667 5 10 15 2 2 0 3 6
CAREER   68 0 1,215 524 202 426 .474 0 1 .000 120 185 .649 121 200 321 44 13 15 66 164

NBA Playoff Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1976-77 WAS 9 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 - - 0.66 4 5 .444 0.90 0.20 1.00
1977-78 WAS 21 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116 0.52 0.10 0.35 14 7 .667 -0.10 0.60 0.50
1978-79 WAS 8 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .031 0.60 0.40 0.29 5 3 .625 0.10 0.10 0.20
1983-84 LAL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .007 0.33 0.17 0.82 7 2 .778 -0.10 0.10 -
1984-85 LAL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .038 0.50 0.20 0.42 13 3 .813 0.20 0.30 0.40
1985-86 LAL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .040 0.67 0.67 0.40 3 2 .600 0.06 0.11 0.17
CAREER   68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .058 0.52 0.17 0.43 46 22 .676 1.06 1.41 2.27

NBA Playoff Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1976-77 WAS 9 - .630 .589 11.96 16.13 14.11 6.17 - 0.37 0.59 - 126.69 - 1.62 - 102.5 19.85
1977-78 WAS 21 - .464 .422 9.59 15.91 12.69 6.02 15.48 0.37 0.31 20.95 107.43 -5.64 1.07 93.7 102.3 11.18
1978-79 WAS 8 - .444 .404 11.23 13.55 12.35 3.17 7.86 0.71 - 18.26 107.05 -2.34 1.00 101.8 105.3 11.89
1983-84 LAL 9 0 .389 .294 20.98 25.95 23.64 3.21 20.58 0.70 1.60 17.52 86.55 -6.85 1.06 89.4 105.2 8.09
1984-85 LAL 16 0 .598 .585 6.70 18.84 13.31 2.86 13.76 0.45 1.87 14.30 117.58 -3.20 1.42 111.9 108.4 10.16
1985-86 LAL 5 0 .567 .533 12.46 19.48 16.40 4.01 14.53 1.71 - 15.16 120.00 -3.01 1.33 113.6 103.2 12.94
CAREER   68 0 .516 .474 10.85 16.97 14.00 4.71 14.43 0.50 0.66 18.86 112.28 -4.55 1.23 98.6 105.8 12.93

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NCAA Career

College: North Carolina (1976)

NCAA Season Stats - Per Game

Season School Class GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1972-73 North Carolina Fr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1973-74 North Carolina So - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1974-75 North Carolina Jr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1975-76 North Carolina Sr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NCAA Awards & Honors

Consensus All-American Second Team - 1976
NABC All-American Second Team - 1976
AP All-American Second Team - 1976
USBWA All-American Second Team - 1976
UPI All-American Second Team - 1976
ACC Player of the Year (Media) - 1976


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What is the age of Mitch Kupchak?

Mitch Kupchak is 70 years old.

What is the height of Mitch Kupchak?

Mitch Kupchak is 6-9 (206cm) tall.

What is the weight of Mitch Kupchak?

Mitch Kupchak is 230 lbs (104kg).

What is the birthday of Mitch Kupchak?

Mitch Kupchak was born on May 24, 1954.

What position does Mitch Kupchak play?

Mitch Kupchak plays the FC position.

What was the pre-draft team of Mitch Kupchak?

Mitch Kupchak was drafted out of North Carolina.

What high school did Mitch Kupchak attend?

Mitch Kupchak attended Brentwood High School in Brentwood, New York.

What nationality is Mitch Kupchak?

Mitch Kupchak has a United States nationality.

Where was Mitch Kupchak born?

Mitch Kupchak was born in Hicksville, New York.

How many NBA seasons has Mitch Kupchak played?

Mitch Kupchak played 9 seasons in the NBA.

What are the career averages of Mitch Kupchak?

Mitch Kupchak had career averages 10.2 points, 5.4 rebounds in 510 games.

What are the career totals of Mitch Kupchak?

Mitch Kupchak had career totals of 5,202 points, 2,730 rebounds, 377 assists, 176 blocks, 164 steals in 510 games.

How many teams has Mitch Kupchak been on?

Mitch Kupchak played for 2 NBA teams in his career - Los Angeles Lakers, Washington Wizards.

When was Mitch Kupchak drafted?

Mitch Kupchak was drafted in the 1st round (#24 overall) of the 1976 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards.

What is Mitch Kupchak's career high in points?

Mitch Kupchak averaged a career high 15.9 points per game in 1977-1978.

What is Mitch Kupchak's career high in rebounds?

Mitch Kupchak averaged a career high 8.1 rebounds per game in 1981-1982.

What is Mitch Kupchak's career high in assists?

Mitch Kupchak averaged a career high 1.3 assists per game in 1978-1979.

What is the career PER of Mitch Kupchak's?

Mitch Kupchak had a career PER of 16.2.

How many championships has Mitch Kupchak won?

Mitch Kupchak has won 3 NBA championships.