Kiki Vandeweghe
Kiki Vandeweghe
Ernest Maurice "Kiki" Vandeweghe IIIis a German-born American basketball executive, currently the vice-president of basketball operations of the National Basketball Association. Vandeweghe is a retired professional basketball player and was formerly general manager of the Denver Nuggets and the New Jersey Nets, and a head coach of the Nets...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth1 August 1958
CityWiesbaden, Germany
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First and foremost, our primary concern is Julius' health. The doctors have informed us that he is in fair condition and is expected to make a full recovery. That is all the information we have at this time. We ask that you respect his privacy.
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It's obviously tough because Julius is a very popular player and extremely well liked on the team. He is really one of the good guys.
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It's my job to worry about that stuff, of course. The common ground is they love basketball, they're both passionate about the game, both want to win. Starting from there, there is hope.
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I've done it before, when I missed a court date,
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It's well deserved. He's just improved by leaps and bounds. I'm really, really happy... He really works to make his team better.
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Everybody is very happy. No doubt Buck could have signed for more elsewhere, but what a statement he made (by returning).
losing tough
It's a tough day today. That's what I make of it. Competitors take losing hard.
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Talking with (assistant) Doug Moe, he says these things run in streaks, and we have to ride it out and survive it. Now, it's a matter of surviving.
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What we've done is add a healthy Voshon Lenard. He basically is our free agent.
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To me, when we sort of found out what truly happened . . . we were much more comfortable with it. Also, he's not on probation anymore (having been so for two years). And there's been no further incident of any type for the last few years.
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When a player goes through an injury and doesn't play the way he wants to, sometimes rumors start. When they first started, I talked to him about it. I knew it bothered him because he liked it here. . . . It puts a bit of uncertainty in your head, and that's never a good thing.
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A lot of guys return much quicker than expected, so there is a chance,
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A lot of people thought we were crazy. It was a bold plan, but if you think back to where this team was in respect to basketball and the community, we needed to take some bold steps.
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That's interesting. Maybe it was a Freudian slip.