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Kiki VanDeWeghe
New Jersey Nets
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
15,980 (19.7 ppg)
Rebounds2,785 (3.4 rpg)
Assists1,668 (2.1 apg)
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Ernest Maurice "Kiki" VanDeWeghe III (born August 1, 1958) is a German-born American-Canadian former professional

NBA All-Star
.

Biography

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.

VanDeWeghe moved back to the U.S. as a child and eventually wound up playing

New Jersey Nets
, and a head coach of the Nets. He was the NBA's executive vice president of basketball operations for eight years (2013–2021).

For the bulk of his career, VanDeWeghe spelled his surname "Vandeweghe" (with only the V capitalized), a spelling used by his parents before their deaths, and still used by his niece who has a prominent tennis career. In 2013, he announced he was changing the spelling of his name to "VanDeWeghe", in honor of his recently departed paternal grandfather and namesake.[2]

College career

VanDeWeghe played four seasons at 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
.

Playing career

VanDeWeghe was drafted 11th overall in the 1980 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, but refused to play for Dallas and demanded a trade (for virtually the remainder of his career, he was subjected to boos whenever he played in Dallas). He got his wish, and was traded to the Nuggets on December 3 of that same year. As a member of the Nuggets, VanDeWeghe was twice selected to the NBA Western Conference All-Star team, in 1983 and 1984. He was second in scoring in 1983, averaging 26.7 points, and 3rd in 1984 with a career-high 29.4 points.

During the 1983–84 Nuggets season, VanDeWeghe scored 50 or more points in two NBA record-setting games. The first, on December 13, 1983, in which he had a career-high 51 points, is also the highest combined scoring game in NBA history, a 186-184 triple-overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons.[3] In the second, a 163-155 win over the San Antonio Spurs on January 11, 1984 (at the time, the highest combined scoring NBA regulation game of all time), he had an even 50.[4]

In the summer of 1984, VanDeWeghe was traded to the

1986 NBA Playoffs, VanDeWeghe averaged a postseason career high 28 points a game in a first round loss to his former team, the Nuggets.[5][6] On March 5, 1987, VanDeWeghe scored 48 points, his highest single game total as a Trail Blazer, in a 127-122 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics.[7] However, during the 1987–88 season, VanDeWeghe suffered a back injury and lost his starting job to Jerome Kersey. He was traded the next year to the New York Knicks (where his father played his entire career), with whom he played for several years. He then played half a season with the Los Angeles Clippers
before retiring from the league after the 1992–93 season.

Executive career

VanDeWeghe initially had a front-office role with the

New Jersey Nets to acquire Kenyon Martin at the end of the 2003–04 season
. Shortly following a first-round playoff elimination at the hands of the Clippers in the 2006 playoffs, the Nuggets announced that VanDeWeghe's contract would not be renewed.

He spent 2006–07 as an NBA analyst for

NBA Shootaround programs, among others. However, on December 31, 2007, the Nets announced that VanDeWeghe would join the team as a special assistant to team president and general manager Rod Thorn. VanDeWeghe replaced Ed Stefanski, who left the Nets to join the Philadelphia 76ers
earlier in the month. Stefanski replaced Billy King as the 76ers' general manager.

On December 1, 2009, VanDeWeghe agreed to assume duties as interim head coach of the Nets while continuing to be general manager of the team (although assistant coach Tom Barrise served as head coach for their December 2 game). VanDeWeghe replaced Lawrence Frank as head coach after the Nets started the 2009–10 season with 16 consecutive losses. VanDeWeghe hired Del Harris as an assistant, who was to be his "virtual co-coach",[8] though he resigned midway through the season on February 2, 2010.[9] Harris resigned after he learned that a possible side deal that he had made with VanDeWeghe to become head coach had failed.[10]

After Nets ownership changed hands, Mikhail Prokhorov announced that VanDeWeghe would not return the following season.

VanDeWeghe joined the leadership team of the NBA in 2013, serving as the executive vice president of basketball operations for eight years through 2021, when he transitioned into an advisory role to both NBA commissioner Adam Silver and president of league operations Byron Spruell.[11][12]

Personal life

VanDeWeghe is the nephew of NBA player and four-time All-Star

Coco Vandeweghe
, who is a former professional tennis player. VanDeWeghe and his wife Peggy have one son, Ernest Maurice VanDeWeghe IV, born in 2002.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1980–81 Denver 51 – 27.0 .426 .000 .818 5.3 1.8 0.6 0.5 11.5
1981–82 Denver 82 78 33.8 .560 .077 .857 5.6 3.0 0.6 0.4 21.5
1982–83 Denver 82 79 35.5 .547 .294 .875 5.3 2.5 0.8 0.5 26.7
1983–84 Denver 78 71 35.1 .558 .367 .852 4.8 3.1 0.7 0.6 29.4
1984–85 Portland 72 69 34.8 .534 .333 .896 3.2 1.5 0.5 0.3 22.4
1985–86 Portland 79 76 35.3 .540 .125 .869 2.7 2.4 0.7 0.2 24.8
1986–87 Portland 79 79 38.3 .523 .481* .886 3.2 2.8 0.7 0.2 26.9
1987–88 Portland 37 7 28.1 .508 .379 .878 2.9 1.9 0.6 0.2 20.2
1988–89 Portland 18 1 24.0 .475 .421 .879 1.9 1.9 0.4 0.2 13.9
1988–89 New York 27 0 18.6 .464 .300 .911 1.3 1.3 0.4 0.3 9.2
1989–90 New York 22 13 25.6 .442 .526 .917 2.4 1.9 0.7 0.1 11.7
1990–91 New York 75 72 32.3 .494 .362 .899 2.4 1.5 0.6 0.1 16.3
1991–92 New York 67 0 14.3 .491 .394 .802 1.3 0.9 0.2 0.1 7.0
1992–93 L.A. Clippers 41 3 12.0 .453 .324 .879 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.2 6.2
Career 810 548 30.3 .525 .368 .872 3.4 2.1 0.6 0.3 19.7
All-Star 2 0 20.0 .588 – .500 3.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 10.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1982
 Denver 3 – 36.3 .581 – 1.000 6.0 3.0 0.7 1.3 22.7
1983
 Denver 8 – 39.6 .544 .000 .800 6.5 4.0 0.5 0.9 26.8
1984
 Denver 5 – 36.0 .510 .400 .964 4.6 4.0 1.8 1.0 25.4
1985
 Portland 9 9 34.6 .538 .143 .939 3.0 1.9 0.9 0.3 22.4
1986
 Portland 4 4 37.3 .580 .000 1.000 1.3 2.0 0.5 0.5 28.0
1987
 Portland 4 4 43.5 .535 .250 .846 3.3 2.8 0.3 0.3 24.8
1988
 Portland 4 0 18.0 .275 .000 1.000 3.3 1.8 0.3 0.0 7.8
1989
 New York 9 0 17.7 .510 .375 .952 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 8.1
1990
 New York 10 10 23.6 .419 .462 .800 1.2 1.4 0.5 0.2 7.6
1991
 New York 3 3 33.0 .406 .600 .880 2.7 1.3 0.3 0.0 17.0
1992
 New York 8 0 9.4 .542 .800 .857 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 4.5
1993
 L.A. Clippers 1 0 9.0 .333 – – 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 4.0
Career 68 30 27.8 .510 .345 .907 2.8 2.0 0.6 0.4 16.1

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
New Jersey 2009–10 64 12 52 .188 5th in Atlantic — — — — Missed playoffs
Career 64 12 52 .188 — — — —

See also

  • List of National Basketball Association career free throw percentage leaders

References

  1. ^ Nelson, Glenn (November 13, 1990). "Sonics Face Knick Nemesis — Mcdaniel's Challenge: Stop New York's Revitalized Kiki VanDeWeghe". Seattle Times. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
  2. ^ Watanabe, Ben (March 21, 2013). "Kiki VanDeWeghe Adjusts Spelling of His Name After Being Named NBA Vice President of Basketball Operations". NESN.com. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Maxwell, John. "Highest Scoring Game Ever". The Official Site of the Detroit Pistons. NBA.com. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  4. ^ "San Antonio Spurs at Denver Nuggets Box Score, January 11, 1984". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  5. ^ "1986 NBA Western, Conference First Round Trail Blazers vs. Nuggets". Basketball Reference.
  6. ^ "Kiki VanDeWeghe Per Game Playoffs". Basketball Reference.
  7. ^ "Kiki VanDeWeghe Portland Highest Point Total". Statmuse.
  8. ^ Stein, Marc (December 1, 2009). "GM VanDeWeghe to coach winless Nets". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  9. ^ "Loyer to replace Harris as lead assistant". Sports.espn.go.com. February 3, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
  10. ^ "Report: Del Harris says Nets failed to keep their coaching promise". Northjersey.com. February 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
  11. ^ "Leadership - NBA Careers". NBA Careers. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  12. ^ Wojnarowski, Adrian (August 2, 2021). "Kiki VanDeWeghe steps down as NBA executive vice president of basketball operations". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 3, 2021.

External links

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