Sports Business Classroom is excited to announce that Kiki VanDeWeghe will be a featured speaker for the 2021 Immersive Experience!
The Immersive Experience was designed to give the future of basketball a chance to experience what it’s like to work in a front office, agency, brand, and team.
It is also a chance for you to showcase what you’ve got.
If you dream of working in basketball and want to take your basketball experience to the next level the Immersive Experience is for you.
Past speakers have included NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, TNT’s David Aldridge, Houston Rockets Head Coach Mike D’Antoni, NFL Network’s Andrea Kremer, Dallas Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle, the cast of NBATV’s The Starters, ESPN’s Mark Jones, Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, and NBA Executive VP of Basketball Operations Kiki Vandeweghe, just to name a few.
SBC SPEAKER BIO: KIKI VANDEWEGHE
As Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the NBA, E.M. ‘Kiki’ VanDeWeghe III oversees all aspects of basketball related to the playing of the game.
VanDeWeghe joined the NBA league office in April 2013 as Vice President of Basketball Operations and was promoted to Senior Vice President later the same year. He has been involved in a broad range of basketball matters, including the development of playing rules and interpretations, game analytics, disciplinary matters, and policies and procedures relating to the operation of NBA games. He also serves as a key liaison between the league office and its teams, drawing upon his years of experience as a general manager, coach and player. Additionally, VanDeWeghe serves as a board member for both the NCAA’s Competition Committee and FIBA.
Before his time with the league office, VanDeWeghe spent two years with FOX Sports West as a writer and analyst covering the Los Angeles Clippers. Prior to that, he served as the general manager, and for one season the interim head coach, of the New Jersey Nets from 2007 to 2010. Before joining the Nets, VanDeWeghe was a broadcast analyst with ESPN. From 2001 to 2006, he served as the general manager of the Denver Nuggets.
VanDeWeghe’s NBA playing career spanned 13 years, with the Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks and Clippers, during which he averaged 19.7 points per game while shooting 52.5 percent from the field and 87.2 percent from the foul line, made two All-Star appearances and helped his teams to the postseason 12 times.
A native of Los Angeles, VanDeWeghe attended UCLA from 1976 to 1980 and led the Bruins to the national title game his senior season. He received his degree in economics and was a Rhodes Scholar finalist.
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