Kiki Vandeweghe
VanDeWeghe in 2016
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
August 1, 1958 Wiesbaden, West Germany |
| Nationality | American / Canadian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Palisades (Los Angeles, California) |
| College | UCLA (1976–1980) |
| NBA draft | 1980 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11th overall |
| Selected by the Dallas Mavericks | |
| Playing career | 1980–1993 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Number | 55 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1980–1984 | Denver Nuggets |
| 1984–1989 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1989–1992 | New York Knicks |
| 1992–1993 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| As coach: | |
| 2009–2010 | New Jersey Nets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 15,980 (19.7 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 2,785 (3.4 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,668 (2.1 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Ernest Maurice "Kiki" VanDeWeghe III (born August 1, 1958) is an American basketball executive, currently the vice-president of basketball operations of the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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.
VanDeWeghe was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany, the son of former NBA player Ernie Vandeweghe and Colleen Kay Hutchins, the winner of the 1952 Miss America pageant. He is also the nephew of another NBA player, four-time All-Star Mel Hutchins. He has a niece, Coco Vandeweghe, who is a professional tennis player. VanDeWeghe and his wife Peggy have one son, Ernest Maurice VanDeWeghe IV, born in 2002.
As a player, VanDeWeghe was regarded as an excellent scorer and outside shooter, averaging 20 points for seven consecutive seasons. His offensive repertoire was essentially limited to a single move, the stepback, but he was so proficient at this lone move that it was often referred to as the "Kiki Move" toward the end of his career. VanDeWeghe's teams qualified for the NBA playoffs in 12 of his 13 seasons in the league, although none of his teams ever won the NBA championship.
VanDeWeghe played four seasons at UCLA, culminating in a senior season in which expectations for the Bruins were lower than in previous seasons. The team was coming off a season in which they lost three starters, David Greenwood, Roy Hamilton, and Brad Holland to the NBA as first-round draft picks. Also, the Bruins had a new coach, Larry Brown, who was coaching a collegiate team for the first time. Replacing this talent were some mainly unknown freshman, namely "Rocket" Rod Foster, Michael Holton, and Darren Daye, along with sophomore Mike Sanders. VanDeWeghe and James Wilkes were the lone seniors. The team was sluggish at the first, but jelled toward the end and finished the regular season 17-9. The Bruins, dubbed "Kiki and the Kids", were the 48th and final team selected to participate in the 1979–80 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. With VanDeWeghe leading the way, the Bruins made it all the way to the final, upsetting #1 DePaul and Mark Aguirre on the way. In the final, the Bruins lost to the University of Louisville led by Darrell Griffith.
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