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
call core intention parting phone
We put in a phone call and we had discussions. Nothing that I would say was ever close. . . . I can tell you we had no intention of parting with our core players.
best chance core george group hard likes loves major patient sort team
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.
exactly past perceived
Overall, I think that the past incidents, sometimes it's not exactly what it's perceived to be.
court fair few george looks shake team
I think that we want to give Eisley a fair shake here. I think the team and George is comfortable with him. I think they would like to see what he looks like out on the court for a few games.
bothers change culture major type
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.
rumor sort
That's what I hear. That's sort of the rumor mill.
best difficult improved looked players team
We've looked at a lot of things. All our players are happy. We're a team that really improved dramatically. We have young players that are still getting better. Again, it's difficult not to do something. But sometimes that's the best thing to do.
bit bothered goes good injury knew liked player puts rumors talked wants
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.
address agent number spoken
Those are things that we want to address quickly. I've spoken with Wesley's agent a number of times, and I spoke to Bryon (on Monday).
basketball both common ground job love passionate starting worry
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.
further nba serious support
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.
basketball good help
I'm going to try to help 'Vo' get to a place where he can play. He's a very good basketball player.
excited great ownership players
I'm excited for our players and our staff. You can do great things if you have great ownership and great fans.
court missed
I've done it before, when I missed a court date,