Kiki Vandeweghe Quotes (41 Quotes)

It's a tough day today. That's what I make of it. Competitors take losing hard.

We can't thank them enough, whoever that was. We come in contact with great people all the time through our fans and we have some of the best fans in the world and I don't think they even knew who Julius was.

Everybody is very happy. No doubt Buck could have signed for more elsewhere, but what a statement he made (by returning).

Obviously Doug is a favorite of not only the Nuggets but all Denverites. Thus far we've respected his wishes to keep these matters private. I hope everyone will say a prayer for him tonight.

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.

He did have a run-in with his coach, and that's something that's unfortunate. It isn't like that's the first time that's happened to anybody.

Absolutely. Former head coach Doug Moe always had three point guards, and they played a lot.

We have great security here. They responded very, very quickly. They are, in my view, some of the best in the business.

for working with us to make this possible so quickly.

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.

Whatever happens doesn't change the fact that we want him with us. Many guys, probably the majority (of first-round draft picks), go to being restricted free agents . . . But we're sure going to make the attempt to see if we can get something done.

Those are things that we want to address quickly. I've spoken with Wesley's agent a number of times, and I spoke to Bryon (on Monday).

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.

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.

Andre is an extremely responsible person. But you've got to take care of your traffic tickets.

I don't know if we will (use it) the first year, but I think it will be very beneficial for guys who don't have a chance to play a lot.

We encourage people not to jump to any conclusions. We are confident that Julius Hodge will be vindicated by the facts.

He's going to come back 100 percent. He's hurt right now, but he's determined to come back and prove everybody wrong.

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.

It's obviously tough because Julius is a very popular player and extremely well liked on the team. He is really one of the good guys.

I'm going to try to help 'Vo' get to a place where he can play. He's a very good basketball player.

Now I think there's more of a philosophy where you look at it as a season. We've got a month before we play any games. Let's use that whole month and not try and kill the guys but get them in shape.

The philosophy when I was playing was to really kill you in training camp - really kind of bond the team by pain and suffering together,

I've addressed it a few times before. You don't always know what's going to happen. I'm sure that after (Monday night) at some point we'll sit down and talk about my situation. I don't think that's a question for right now.

He's a very, very important part of whatever we do. We want Melo with us for a long time.

First of all, you've got to have the ability to get off a big-time shot and the ability to make it. You can't teach that. You can talk about it, but it's a knack.

Rarely is it just a simple deal anymore. We spent a lot of time and effort to put a deal together. In the end, I think it's a deal that really helps everybody and satisfies what everyone wanted to do.

I'd like to have (Elson) back, definitely. It's always tough every summer (hanging on to multiple free agents) . . . You can't always do it, but you tend to find ways.

We put in a phone call and we had discussions. Nothing that I would say was ever close. . . . I can tell you we had no intention of parting with our core players.

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.

The first reaction is you hope he's OK, and he is, and that's great news. I have talked to him. He's doing well. Obviously, he's a little shaken up. But he's doing fine.

I've watched DerMarr for years and I think that, for a variety of reasons, he's very good for our team. He's added a lot of strength. He's very versatile and he's still young.

He got a great (recent) MRI report. My suggestion is to see how it goes. That would be my advice. Not to rush back. But not to make any quick decisions and see how it goes. Because you can never tell what happens in a month.

It's my job to worry about that stuff, of course. The common ground is they love basketball, they're both passionate about the game, both want to win. Starting from there, there is hope.

You sort of look at the last half of the season. This team wasn't together long. George did not have the benefit of a training camp. We never did have Voshon Lenard. Nene was never really healthy. Kenyon wasn't perfectly healthy. Najera had a broken hand. We weren't together as a team.

I personally spoke to some of them. The issue you have is there are a lot of conflicting reports out there on what actually was said and what was done. What we can establish for certain was there was inappropriate language used around fans, never directed to a fan.

First and foremost, our primary concern is Julius' health. The doctors have informed us that he is in fair condition and is expected to make a full recovery. That is all the information we have at this time. We ask that you respect his privacy.

UNDER THE WEATHER In the recent Under 21 World Championships, Nuggets rookie Ricky Sanchez averaged 1.8 points and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 6-for-30. Sanchez played in all eight games even though Vandeweghe said he was hospitalized for a night early in the tournament because of flu-like symptoms. He didn't want us to know, ... We had to pry it out from different (people).

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.

If things were starting today, he certainly would be. That's all you can really deal with.

The NBA has levied a pretty serious fine. So what we're going to do is support that like we do all the NBA's action. We're going to take no further action.