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
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.
abreast apply both chance george longer stay talented team tried trying view
I've always tried to take a longer view and tried not to apply Band-Aid solutions. This is a very talented team. Both George and I like this team a lot and wanted it to have a chance to play together. But, having said that, we're out there trying to stay abreast of what's going on in the league.
basketball bold needed people respect team
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.
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.
improved leaps team works
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.
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.
exactly past perceived
Overall, I think that the past incidents, sometimes it's not exactly what it's perceived to be.
conclusion jon wants
Jon really has to come to the conclusion that he wants to do this.
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.
add basically free healthy
What we've done is add a healthy Voshon Lenard. He basically is our free agent.
guys
There are a lot of guys on the board.
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.
anymore few found further happened incident last sort truly type
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.
great season
He's having a great season and, hopefully, it's not going to be too long. We really don't know right now.