NBA: Ranking the 30 best players to win NBA Finals with 2 or more teams

Best NBA players to win NBA Finals with two or more teams: 24. Mitch Kupchak

Known more today for his career as an NBA executive, Mitch Kuchak won the first of his many titles as a player in the 1970s and 1980s. Kupchak was drafted in the first round by the then-Washington Bullets and was named to the All-Rookie team with averages of 10.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game in just 18.5 minutes per game.

Kupchak would average double figures in scoring in four of his first five seasons and was a part of the only championship in Washington Bullets/Wizards history. Kupchak showed enough flashes to make Magic Johnson urge the brass of the Los Angeles Lakers to bring in the former North Carolina Tarheel as the last piece to get them over the hump of championship contention.

Kupchak suffered a knee injury early in his first season with the Lakers and did not play the rest of that year or any of the next. Upon returning from the injury, Kupchak transitioned into a bench role. Kupchak would play three seasons with the Lakers after the knee injury and would be a part of the 1985 championship team. A year later, it was all over. Kupchak was part of an altercation that also involved Hakeem Olajuwon, seeing the future executive ejected from his final game.

Kupchak was working to learn the front office dating back to his rookie contract and upon his retirement, he immediately transitioned into being the assistant general manager of the Lakers. He would remain with the organization (eventually being promoted to general manager) until 2017. Kupchak’s career may have been cut short due to injury, but his impact on championship teams cannot be denied. He would go on to be an executive for seven more NBA championships with the Lakers.