Before taking over as president of basketball operations for the Charlotte Hornets last April, Mitch Kupchak had spent the previous 30 years of his basketball career in the front office for the Los Angeles Lakers, including 17 years as general manager.

But despite helping to build the Lakers dynasty of the early 2000s and presiding over multiple championship teams in his tenure, Kupchak was fired following the 2016-17 NBA season.

The franchise had just endured a fourth straight losing season, during which period the Lakers failed to win more than 27 games. Kupchak drew additional criticism for mishandling the organization's rebuild and signing Timofey Mozgov and Luol Deng to lucrative contracts.

But despite his rather ugly exit from the franchise following over three decades of employment in Los Angeles, Kupchak harbors no ill will towards his old franchise, per Bill Oram of The Athletic:

“I’ve got nothing to complain about after 35 years,” he said. “The way the Lakers treated me? I mean, nobody can complain about that.”

Lakers legend Magic Johnson now presides as president of basketball operations, with Rob Pelinka as his general manager. Former No. 2 overall pick Brandon Ingram is the final player holdover from the Kupchak era, and head coach Luke Walton is still around.

In Charlotte, Kupchak could soon be faced with another rebuilding challenge. Star point guard Kemba Walker is a free agent after this season, and the team has merely achieved mediocrity in recent seasons in part due to poor drafting.

Needless to say, Kupchak will look to avoid some of the pitfalls he experienced in his final years in Los Angeles.