Kiki Vandeweghe

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Basketball player
Kiki Vandeweghe
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Kiki Vandeweghe (2016)
Player information
Full name Ernest Maurice Vandeweghe III
birthday 1st August 1958 (age 62)
place of birth Wiesbaden , Germany
size 203 cm
Weight 99 kg
position Small forward / power forward
High school Pacific Palisades , Los Angeles , California
college University of California, Los Angeles
NBA draft 1980 , 11th pick , Dallas Mavericks
Jersey number 55
Clubs as active
1980 - 1984 United StatesUnited States Denver nuggets
1984 - 1989 United StatesUnited States Portland Trail Blazers
1989 - 1992 United StatesUnited States New York Knickerbockers
1992-1993 United StatesUnited States Los Angeles Clippers

Ernest Maurice "Kiki" VanDeWeghe III (born August 1, 1958 in Wiesbaden , Germany ) is a former American basketball player , coach, official and analyst. Kiki VanDeWeghe, who has been writing his name in three capital letters since 2013, is now the Sports Director and Senior Vice President of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Player career

In college, Vandeweghe played for the UCLA Bruins from 1976 to 1980 . In his senior year he led the team with 19.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game to the finals of the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship . He graduated with a major in economics. He then signed up for the 1980 NBA draft .

There Vandeweghe was selected eleventh by the Dallas Mavericks . He refused to play for the Mavericks, however, forcing the franchise to transfer him to the Denver Nuggets on December 3, 1980, along with a first-round draft pick in exchange for Sam Vincent and two first-round draft picks .

With the Nuggets he played his way into the starting line-up after a solid first season in the second year. With an average of 21.5 points and 5.6 rebounds, he made his contribution to the fact that Denver reached the playoffs again after a two-year break. In 1983 and 1984 he received the only two invitations to the All-Star Game in his career. He came in the 1982/83 season on 26.7 points per game and in the following season with 29.4 points on the best value of his entire career. On December 13, 1983, with 51 points, he was the most successful shooter in the game with the most points in NBA history. The Nuggets lost the game after three extra times with 184: 186 against the Detroit Pistons .

On June 7, 1984 he moved to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Wayne Cooper , Fat Lever , Calvin Natt , a first-round draft pick and a second-round draft pick . In Portland, he and Clyde Drexler formed one of the most dangerous backcourts in the NBA of the 80s. Vandeweghe scored 22.4 points per game in the first year, 24.8 in the second and 26.9 points per game in the third year. In the fourth year he missed much of the season due to a back injury. As a result of the injury he lost his place on the starting line-up to Jerome Kersey .

On February 23, 1989, he moved to the New York Knicks for a first-round draft pick . For the Knicks, he became a role-player. As a result of the back injury sustained during his time in Portland, he missed many games in his time in New York. In the 1990/91 season he was again in 72 games on the starting line-up and was able to build on previous performances with 16.3 points per game. In the following season he got little playing time. On June 24, 1992 he was released from the Knicks.

On October 11th of the same year he was signed by the Los Angeles Clippers . For the Clippers, he completed 41 games before he ended his career. In 810 games of the regular season he scored a total of 15,980 points, which corresponds to an average of 19.7 points per game. In 13 years, his teams have qualified for the playoffs twelve times. Vandeweghe was unable to participate in the finals.

After the active career

After his active career, he switched to the management of the Dallas Mavericks, which he disdained as a player . There he was involved in signing Dirk Nowitzki . He then became sports director ( general manager ) of the Denver Nuggets from 2001 to 2006 . In 2007 he took a management job with the New Jersey Nets . He had previously commented for ESPN for two years . From 2009 to 2010 he coached the Nets. He succeeded Lawrence Frank and interim coach Tom Barrise , without a win in the season , but could only win 12 of the remaining 64 games. Vandeweghe then spent two years as a Los Angeles Clippers analyst for Fox Sports West .

In 2013, Kiki VanDeWeghe was named NBA senior vice president for basketball operations under executive vice president Stu Jackson. He is also the liaison between teams and the league. This appointment was accompanied by a change in the spelling of his name. In memory of his deceased grandfather, VanDeWeghe wants to remember his grandfather's Flemish origins with the new spelling of his name.

Personal

Kiki's father is the native Canadian Ernie Vandeweghe (1928-2014), who played for the New York Knickerbockers from 1949 to 1956 . After his NBA career, he served as a doctor in the US Air Force and was stationed in Germany when Kikis was born. He settled in Los Angeles with his family in the 1960s and was a team doctor for the Los Angeles Lakers .

His brother-in-law Mel Hutchins (1928-2018), brother of Colleen Kay Hutchins (1926-2010), Miss America from 1952, and thus Kiki's uncle (i.e. the maternal uncle), played for the Milwaukee Hawks , the Fort , between 1951 and 1957 Wayne Pistons and the New York Knickerbockers and was a four-time All-Star.

Kiki's sister Tauna Vandeweghe competed in swimming in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal . The tennis player Coco Vandeweghe is his niece.

Kiki has a son, Ernest Maurice VanDeWeghe IV, with his wife Peggy.

See also

Web links

Commons : Kiki Vandeweghe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Highest Scoring Game Ever
  2. ^ NN: Kiki Vandeweghe. On: NBA website; New York, NY, 2013-2017. Retrieved February 13, 2018 (in English).
  3. ↑ Ben Watanabe: Kiki VanDeWeghe Adjusts Spelling of His Name After Being Named NBA Vice President of Basketball Operations. On: New England Sports Network website; Watertown, MA, March 21, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2018 (in English).
personal data
SURNAME Vandeweghe, Kiki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES VanDeWeghe III, Ernest Maurice (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player, basketball coach, and basketball official
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden , Germany