Two months removed from parting ways with Rich Cho, the Charlotte Hornets announced Sunday they have hired longtime Los Angeles Lakers executive Mitch Kupchak to lead the basketball operation.
Kupchak had similar authority over the Lakers from 2000 through early 2017. His titles with the Hornets are president of basketball operations and general manager.
The Lakers won four NBA championships in that span, the most recent in 2010. Hornets owner Michael Jordan called Kupchak a "proven winner" in the team's announcement of the hire early Sunday evening.
Like Jordan, Kupchak was a college star at North Carolina.