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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We're pleased to have D.J. back. He played a key role in our success last season and continues to get better.
continues key last played pleased role season success
We're pleased to have D.J. back, ... He played a key role in our success last season and continues to get better.
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That always bothers me. That was one of the major challenges, to change the culture (of the team). . . . I do think you're going to get that type of thing once in a while.
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I personally spoke to some of them. The issue you have is there are a lot of conflicting reports out there on what actually was said and what was done. What we can establish for certain was there was inappropriate language used around fans, never directed to a fan.
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Before you make a major sort of move, I'd like to give this team a chance to play together. George really likes this team. He loves the core group of guys. And I like them a lot, too. Sometimes it's hard being patient and waiting. But sometimes that's the best thing to do.
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I'm not sure you can start with a better guy than Andre, with his character.
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The NBA has levied a pretty serious fine. So what we're going to do is support that like we do all the NBA's action. We're going to take no further action.
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I don't know if that's the smartest move now, Everybody, including George.
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I don't know if we will (use it) the first year, but I think it will be very beneficial for guys who don't have a chance to play a lot.
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He played a key role in our success last season and continues to get better.
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He's a pretty tough character. I wouldn't count him out.
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He's obviously a little shaken up, but he's doing fine.
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He's got a lot of skill in spotting talent, and he's got a lot of experience.
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I'm going to try to help 'Vo' get to a place where he can play. He's a very good basketball player.