Nick Van Exel
Nick Van Exel | ||
Player information | ||
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Full name | Nickey Maxwell Van Exel | |
Nickname | Nick the Quick | |
birthday | November 27, 1971 | |
place of birth | Kenosha , United States | |
size | 186 cm | |
position | Point guard | |
college | University of Cincinnati | |
NBA draft | 1993 , 37. Pick, Los Angeles Lakers | |
Clubs as active | ||
1993–1998 Los Angeles Lakers 1998–2002 Denver Nuggets 2002–2003 Dallas Mavericks 2003–2004 Golden State Warriors 2004–2005 Portland Trail Blazers 2005–2006 San Antonio Spurs |
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Clubs as coaches | ||
2013–2014 Milwaukee Bucks (AC) Since 2014 Texas Legends (AH)
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Nickey Maxwell Van Exel (born November 27, 1971 in Kenosha , Wisconsin ) is a retired American basketball player . The 1.86 m tall point guard earned the nickname Nick the Quick early on due to his speed . As a student, he played for Trinity Valley Community College and later for the Cincinnati Bearcats in the NCAA before being selected 37th in the 1993 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers . With this team he stayed until 1998. Until 2006 he was active in various teams in the NBA .
Player career
college
Van Exel began his college career at the small Trinity Valley Community College . There he recommended himself through his services coach Bob Huggins for the Bearcats of the University of Cincinnati . With this team he reached the quarter-finals of the US student championships called Elite Eight in his second and final year .
NBA
Van Exel was selected 37th by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1993 NBA Draft . His rookie season with the Lakers was convincing with 13.6 points and 5.8 assists on average in 81 games. In this very first year as a professional he scored over 1000 points (1099). Before him, Norm Nixon , James Worthy , Jerry West and Magic Johnson had made it to the Lakers . Van Exel was elected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 1994. From the 1996/97 NBA season he played alongside the later MVPs Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant . Later in 1998, he was in his career into the first and only time all-star team of the Western Conference elected. Then (in the same year) Van Exel moved to the Denver Nuggets . With the Nuggets he played in the 2000/01 season with 17.7 points and 8.5 assists on average, the best season of his career. A year later, Van Exel was transferred to the Dallas Mavericks with Raef LaFrentz, Avery Johnson and Tariq Abdul-Wahad for Juwan Howard , Donnell Harvey and Tim Hardaway , where he stood on the floor alongside Dirk Nowitzki . At the Mavericks he played an important role , especially in the 2003 play-offs , with an average of 19.5 points. After the play-offs of 2003 he was then transferred to the Golden State Warriors with Evan Eschmeyer, Avery Johnson, Popeye Jones, and Antoine Rigaudeau for Antawn Jamison , Chris Mills, Danny Fortson, and Jiří Welsch . After just 53 games for Portland, Van Exel wanted to play for the title again and signed with the 2005 NBA champions, the San Antonio Spurs . When you failed in the 2006 play-offs in the second round at the Dallas Mavericks 3-4, the left-hander ended his career as a basketball player.
Coaching career
After his career ended, Van Exel switched to coaching. From 2013 to 2014 he was Assistant Coach for the Milwaukee Bucks . For the 2014/2015 season he became associate head coach of the D-League team of the Dallas Mavericks , the Texas Legends .
Web links
- Nick Van Exel - player profile on NBA.com
- Nick Van Exel - player profile on basketball-reference.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Van Exel, Nick |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Van Exel, Nickey Maxwell (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kenosha , Wisconsin |