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Dude it's a day into free agency. Chill.
please tell me why the spurs are trying to re-sign him??? he does nothing for us!!! he cant score or play defense...he tries..but still cant guard anybody...i dont understand why people are talking about grant hill and another swing...last time i checked spurs had all of their swings under contract and they are old..hill doesnt make us better...not having a good back up pg is a weakness...what if parker goes down?? dont tell me u feel comfortable starting jacque vaughn!!! the only thing he has going for himself is that he hussels...this isnt highschool..in the nba..need more than hussle...he got a championship now time to move on!!! RC better not settle for vaughn....spurs cant get too comfortable with themselves..just because they won the championship doesnt mean ur ok for next season...why cant the spurs try to get better??? nothing wrong about getting better!!!! if the spurs do not do anything this offseason and just shrug it off and re-sign two players who did nothing for us ( bonner, and vaughn) chances of us repeating are slim..every team needs improvement..
Dude it's a day into free agency. Chill.
The Spurs do best with smallish quick point guards behind TP. Like Speedy Claxton and Jacque Vaughn. Usually teams want the backup to be a change of pace -- but the Spurs work best with TP lite coming off the bench.
JV will be back.
i kno but its doesnt settle well when i hear rc say they want him back...just going by what i am hearing
This seems like as good a place as any to post this Jacque Vaughn feel good article
Vaughn hopes to keep his Spurs on
Muir grad happy with NBA champs
By Sean Moses Staff Writer
For the last few years, July 1 has been more than just another day on the calendar for Jacque Vaughn.
As the first day NBA teams can negotiate with free agents, it's a day he knows quite well. After all, he's been an unrestricted free agent for five of the past six off-seasons.
It's been a far cry for Vaughn, an all-world point guard during his days at Muir High School in the early '90s, and later a highly touted player and Sports Illustrated cover boy for college powerhouse Kansas and first-round draft pick by the Utah Jazz.
But coming off his first world championship as a member of the San Antonio Spurs, Vaughn is undaunted and hopeful that his first year with the Spurs won't be his last.
"I definitely love this organization," Vaughn said from his San Antonio home. "I wish every guy could get a chance to play here. I feel like my talents are appreciated here. The character guys that are in the locker room, that's why we won it this year.
"I love this team and organization and I hope the feelings are mutual. My whole goal is to win. This is a franchise where I want to be, where I can compete for a championship."
Considering he was playing in the 1998 Finals during his rookie
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season, it's hard to believe it took so long for him to get back.
The nine-year pro's career began so promisingly, being taken as the 28th pick in the 1997 draft by the Jazz as the heir apparent to Hall of Fame guard John Stockton.
It was exactly what was supposed to happen for Vaughn, who was a star for the Mustangs and the 1994 Star-News boys basketball Player of the Year.
"We noticed his ability in the process while I was recruiting him," said North Carolina coach Roy Williams, the former Kansas coach who was a mentor to Vaughn throughout his collegiate career. "There was the air about him. And he's so sincere about everything. It started when I was recruiting him and I think with each year our relationship got stronger."
From Muir, Vaughn moved on to play four years for the Jayhawks, where he was named a second-team AP All-American. He finished his Kansas career as the all-time leader in assists (804), was third in career starts (125) and eighth in total minutes played (3,807).
He was named Big Eight (now Big 12) Conference Newcomer of the Year following his freshman year and Conference Player of the Year after his 1996 campaign. At the beginning of that season, he'd been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's College Basketball Preview edition as the face of Kansas, which was the top-ranked team in the nation for most of the 1995-96 season.
In 1997, he was chosen the GTE Academic All-American of the Year with a 3.72 ulative GPA and was named to GTE's first team All-Academic team two different times.
"I think he's one of the most amazing youngsters I've coached, and it's a very small class," Williams said. "I could make a list of all the best qualities and Jacque Vaughn would be there.
"Any parent would want their daughter to date Jacque Vaughn. He's the best athlete I've ever coached. When someone mentions Jacque, it still hurts me cause I still feel like I didn't help him get to the Final Four. It leaves a hole in my career, that I was not able to get that (1997) team to the Final Four ... Every time someone mentions that team, I feel like I failed Jacque Vaughn and nobody should fail Jacque Vaughn."
It was set up so perfectly. But playing behind a legend like Stockton wasn't all it was cracked up to be for Vaughn who, for the first time in his life, had to play a secondary role to another player. It taught him how to be a role player, something in which he now thrives.
"I think that was part of the process," said Vaughn, 32. "At the beginning of your career, you want to make a name for yourself, you want to make people respect you. Winning in an organization takes roles.
"I played behind John Stockton. He would come out and I'd be playing well and they'd bring him back in and I'd wonder why. I'd see him do things and I wanted to do them myself. I wanted the OK to do the wraparound pass, too."
Vaughn played as a reserve for Utah for four seasons, and with Stockton still around and Vaughn's rookie contract expired, he became a free agent.
So began his career as an NBA nomad.
From the Jazz, he signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Hawks for the 2001-02 season, in which he started 16 games after not having started any in Utah. He averaged just over 22 minutes per game and a career-high 4.3 assists per game.
The next season, he was in Orlando, where he started 48 games for the Magic but was not re-signed. In 2003, he signed again with the Hawks, this time in a reserve role.
His next team was the New Jersey Nets, with whom he played for consecutive seasons from 2004-2006, but after having drafted Marcus Williams, the Nets decided not to re-sign Vaughn.
So in 2006, he signed with the Spurs, who needed a backup veteran point guard behind all-star Tony Parker.
As a reserve for San Antonio, Vaughn played just under 12 minutes per game and started four, but the crowning achievement came weeks ago in winning his first le.
"It's an amazing feeling," he said. "I think as a professional athlete you want to be the best in your craft. And to go through an NBA season as the best is a great feeling."
But Vaughn is defined by much more than his basketball prowess. An avid fan of reading and writing poetry, the married father of two puts a high priority on family and education.
His parents wouldn't have it any other way.
"I think my parents, my upbringing, my brothers, have given me that kind of direction in life," he said. "I've always been taught to treat people in a respectful way. I'm mindful of other peoples' feelings and because of that a lot of good has come my way."
Like his wife of five years, Laura, and his two children, 16-month-old Jeremiah and Jalen, who turns 3 in September. They are who Jacque comes home to and it keeps him from going out at night and/or getting caught up in questionable behavior while on the road.
"I was very blessed to have met her in college," he said of his wife. "She's been on this journey with me and she'll be with me as I'm tailing away from my career."
Relying on his family has kept Vaughn focused on being a professional, even with all the hardships.
Through it all, Vaughn has no regrets and is simply thankful for the profession that's given him so much.
"I really am thankful for where I'm at and all that I've been able to do," he said. "I've been to other countries, I have a wife, two beautiful kids. I'm able to monetarily put my kids in a good situation in life.
"If I look back, I'd be a little greedy. A lot of people come up to me and ask me how I'm doing and it wouldn't be right if I complained, it really wouldn't be."
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/sports/ci_6273302
The Spurs do best with smallish quick point guards behind TP. Like Speedy Claxton and Jacque Vaughn. Usually teams want the backup to be a change of pace -- but the Spurs work best with TP lite coming off the bench.
JV will be back.
jacque vaughn is a change of pace!! he cant do ...teams ignore him whenever he is on the court!! teams would rather guard bruce bowen than jacque vaughn...im sure he is a good guy but he has gotta go
They will find another pg, but do not expect anybody great for the le of back pg..As to what JV does for the spurs I guess you left the room when this guy busts his ass eveytime he play defense, goes for loose balls, and simply leads the team with his energy. This is a guy you want on your side during a game and the spurs will re-sign him like it or not!!
This seems like as good a place as any to post this Jacque Vaughn feel good articlegood article....he can ride the bench as our third string pg....
Who should be the backup PG instead of Vaughn?
Jacque is a good and cheap backup you idiots. goddam they have a great team, Quit trying to think it should be changed.
brevin knight will bust his ass and the spurs will actually benefit from it...
sadly....wouldnt mind beno
since when are good things cheap???
Brevin Knight would be great, but it's probably not likely. Still, kudos to Vaughn for being an adequate backup to TP during a championship run.
I get the feelign that some Spurs fans won't be satisfied until Steve Nash is signed to be Tony Parker's backup. To them, a backup point isn't any good unless he's good enough to make the All-Star team, or, at the very least, unless he's able to put up 10 and 5 while shooting 50% and playing exceptional defense.
I thought before last season started that the Spurs would be much improved if they found a backup point who was just marginally better than Van Exel had been in 2005-06. Jacque Vaughn was more than that. I thought a lot of Vaughn's contributions were intangible, but the most important of those intangibles is that he gained Pop's trust, which allowed Pop to give Parker additional rest even in big games. I think that helped Parker significantly in the playoffs. If that's all that Jacque Vaughn does -- if he maintains Pop's trust because he's doing the right things on the court -- it makes the Spurs better.
Sign Chucky Atkins.
Vaughn plays good D, can bring the ball up the court, and hits the open jumper. What more do you want from a backup at minimum wage? Sheesh.
jacque vaughn was okay, but the Spurs could do alot better at the backup pg position,.
not asking for an all-star guard....just asking somebody who can do something productive...besides hit open shots that the defense is letting u take..he did a par job as a backup...but why settle for par???
Vaughn re-signed for the minimum is a very good deal. More than that, I'm not sure.
and people have to consider the spurs had a great year health wise...what if somebody gets hurt?? spurs need to address their needs of depth.. and pg is one of them
Jacque Vaughn always brings energy. I prefer him every 3rd game he plays in where his midrange jumper is falling, but he always brings defensive pressure and he rarely turns the ball over. I don't think we can ask for a whole lot more from a player that we paying the vet min to.
Because par was good enough to win a championship while Tony Parker flourished. Is there something wrong with a point guard who just runs the team, plays some d, and hits jumpers that the defense lets him take?
I Want Brevin Knight!!!
Brevin Knight doesn't want you...Not for $1 mil/year at least.
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