<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Preparing for the draft lottery and not the playoffs isn't the norm for the Los Angeles Lakers, but general manager Mitch Kupchak has experience in this situation with the storied franchise. In 1994, the Lakers didn't make the playoffs after struggling to a 33-49 record. Los Angeles hired a new coach during the offseason in Del Harris. The Lakers also used their lottery draft pick, the 10th pick, to select Temple swingman Eddie Jones. This summer, the Lakers need to hire a coach and will select a lottery pick in what could be a deep draft. "I started working with (former Lakers GM) Jerry (West) in 1986," Kupchak said. "We had three or four great years. We went back to back after the Finals. ... This is all cyclical, this business. Then we had three years where we really were not a good team at all. And one year, in fact, we were in the lottery.</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I started working with (former Lakers GM) Jerry (West) in 1986," Kupchak said. "We had three or four great years. We went back to back after the Finals. ... This is all cyclical, this business. Then we had three years where we really were not a good team at all. And one year, in fact, we were in the lottery.</div> Obvisouly he didn't pay attention, or he wouldn't be such a crappy GM.
