Kiki was an All-City selection at Palisades High School and helped his school compete all three years for the LA City Title. He then became the leader of UCLA’s 1980 NCAA finalist team, earning All-American honors. He scored 24 points in the NCAA semi-final win over Purdue. He was also a two-time Academic All-American and Rhodes Scholarship finalist. He was the first-round draft pick of Dallas (traded to Denver in his first season) and averaged at least 20 points per game for 7 straight seasons. He made the NBA playoffs in 12 of his 13 professional seasons.

VanDeWeghe continued his basketball career as the General Manager in both Denver and New Jersey, and at one time he was the head coach for the Nets. Since 2013 he has been the Executive Vice-President of Operations for the NBA after previously working two years as the LA Clippers television analyst. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994 and into the LA City Athletics HOF in 2013.