Crazy how forgotten he is. Gave the glove the business in 95 when the Glove was possibly the best defender in the league. Just shows how good he could be at times
curry is just good because he was teched by the shortest man in NBA!!! Mugsy Bogues, without him Curry would never made dynasty with one of the wackest team!!!😮
Nick Van Exel still wants that championship ring.. and I think that he will get it as an NBA Coach one day. Thank you for the Inspiration, You are a Legend.
I just saw this, I worked out with Nick one day in an ATL gym and I'm a scrub and I knew who he was but he was like a regular guy and didn't make me feel like he was this NBA hooper and he gave me pointers on my jumper...big up Nick the quick
I will always remember Nick Van Exel. Hell of a player. But what sticks out to me is the time I met him at a local liquor store in Culver City, CA. He was there buying his stuff and I went for a pack of cigarettes. It was my son's 10th birthday and he was a huge Laker fan. Nick took time to sign his autograph on a receipt and I went outside to call my son on a payphone "yes this was before cellphones" and Nick came out and talked to my son on the phone. My son asked him "Are you coming to my birthday party?" LOL Nick said no, but wished him a happy birthday! Thanks, Nick.
Van Exel and Eddie Jones were the bridge players inbetween the Magic era until the Shaq/Kobe era. They weren't on there level as overall players but they maintained an excitement and a value in LA during the mid 90's.
The reason I became a Laker fan...The moves he did were phenomenal. I was 4 or 5 watching my first basketball game with my older brothers. Nick the Quick and Penny were my favorite players growing up.
Nick is an L.A. legend! I remember Snoop had a line in a song on 92.3 about Nick. For us Nick WAS the Lakers in those post Magic years. Handles on handles. 🙌🏿
I idolized Nick the Quick being a Lefty point guard in the mid-90s with street game... it was too bad him and Eddie Jones never lasted long as teammates.
I appreciate your journey. I never knew this. I always appreciated your game. It was you, and then Eddie Jones who were the new Lakers after Magic. Although I was never a Lakers fan, I could see your talent.
19:19...the incident that forever changed nick van exel’s career and two years later after the 1998 playoffs he was traded to Denver and after being traded four more times, van exel retired after one season with spurs.....
He was a great player and as a kid I got to see him in person in Portland during a playoff game hit a half court buzzer beater off the glass !! Was so much fun to watch play the game
I'm a Pitt fan, so to speak highly of Coach Bob Huggins means he is a true basketball soul. Nick, you are the biggest competitor, pound-for-pound, in life. I identity with the struggles and am glad to see you take yourself to the next level. Kudos brethren.
Great job, I found this in 2 parts else where but I have saved this one. I watched him and Herb/Corry/Anthony/Terry/Rock and Gregor etc. during their times here in Cincinnati, some of if not the most fondest memories I've had sports wise here. I wish nothing but the best for Nick. Love the pic at the end. Great job!
This polarising dude was an intense ball of fire.. Such an amazing competitor. He was like a big brother to kobe bryant. Kobe learnt alot about life in general from him.
Nick never got the credit he deserved! Super talented NBA player!!! I remember when I lived in Texas I saw his son on the news that he murdered his HS friend after Nick retired. 😢 🙏🏽
Nick The Quick was one of the best ballers in the league at his prime and in his time. And he was one of my favorite SouthPaw players ever, as well as being one of my favorite players of all- time. He is no doubt one of the best left handed players ever.
Nicky V as Chick Hearn called him was the man! My favorite player of all-time. I’m a Laker fan 4life but I always went hard for my boi when LA played him lol only time I EVER said “beat LA”
Man watching Nicky as a 11 or 12 year old kid was a blessing while he was playing at the Valley. Nick would come down court in transition full speed cross half pull up and drop at will and dude hands where huge.. Thanks for all the memories Nick and TVCC is not central Texas we are East Texas....
much respect to nick mom for not wanting for nick to care for him and to retire from Gm. His dad can kick rocks for wanting to come in his life because of the fame.
One the greatest LA Lakers of all time. I stole his shooting style and had an amazing shot. I loved to see Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, and Elden Campbell play.
After Magic retired I had a couple years where I didn't, really, have a favorite player, then the Lakers drafted Nicky V. One year for my birthday my Old Man got me his authentic jersey (my first authentic one) and his sneakers for ball. I never let those kicks touch the outside world.
my favorite one guard at that time. i remember my parents NOT buying me his jersey. i used to think the van space exel looked to unique and cool as a kid lol
One of my favorite lakers of all-time. I really feel if he kept himself straight and listened he wouldnt have to be traded. Jerry west said it was one of his toughest decisions he had to make. Trading away van exel felt like he was trading away his son. Rest is history Van Exel career was never same after Lakers. He could have been a part of the 3peat kobe shaq years. Thank goodness for the great derek fisher we quickly forgot about van exel.
Man nick was good to me when I 1st met him. In Dallas for a summer league workout. He was cool. And think pick up play started a dog. He didnt take it light. I respect him for that. After playing he told me. Fear no one make people earn your respect and take it from others. Dont let your size be a handicap. He was real to me and loved him for that. George lynch is the one got me the workout. I'm grateful
Damn...for Jerry West to say that about you...damn. Hey Nick was on one of the realest Laker teams and rocking with my second favorite basketball player after Magic and before Kobe...Eddie Jones. Jones and Van Exel...Chick Hearn...damn I am so blessed to have been born and raised in Los Angeles California.
Nick said his son was more mild mannered than him. Ironically, in 2013, his son was convicted of murdering his friend and sentenced to 60 years in prison. Some times generational curses (like extreme anger and rage) lay dormant for years. That’s why the fathers have to try to break them so they’re not passed to the sons.
Nick Van Ex.....My generation Laker. I went to several Laker games in the late 90's because my Dad had a friend with season tickets who never went. They were great seats...we're talking the Forum in Inglewood. Run down and dark outside. Kinda scary for skinny lil white kids from Orange County. The game I most remember going to was against the Charlotte Hornets when Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning were playing together. This was before Shaq and Penny Hardaway. 1993. We were about 12-13 rows from the floor....I remember how different it looked from the tv angles. I remember Alonzo Mourning yelling "Fuuuuck!!!" when he missed a shot. I remember buying packs of Stadium Club Basketball cards and every pack we opened had a insert card in it. It was good times. Simpler times.
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Van Exel doesn't get enough credit for his game. Dude is a LEGEND! RESPEK!!
Nick & Eddie Jones made me love the Lakers before the kobe era Nick is like god of point guards
Indeed
Maurice Walker I always thought Eddie Jones was the man
Maurice Walker That was my Lakers Team Too Bro
Peeler too
He brought pride back to Cincinnati basketball 🏀💯
One of the most underrated guards.
Nick was badass!
ABSOLUTELY!
Definitely
I love this man! I met him at the potters house back in da day, he gave me n my dad playoff tickets!!
I love hearing stories about celebs like this. I'm not fond of the ones where they're mean to fans.
Alonzo Sirmans
I met him at the Forum. Real cool dude. It was an honor.
Then kiss him. Black Howdy Doody go ahead give me a French kiss
@@flyingdutchman913 wtf
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He was one of my favorite NBA point guards.
Edward Long he was definitely in that underrated category
Crazy how forgotten he is. Gave the glove the business in 95 when the Glove was possibly the best defender in the league. Just shows how good he could be at times
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Rajan Bansal never forgotten that was my man 50 grand straight left handed killa too bad the younger genre didn’t get a chance to see him
@@ArmedNDangerous that's a better way of putting it for sure.
We absolutely love this kid in LA it was heartbreaking when they got rid of him
Drip Squad
Word.
No question
The least they could've done was traded him to the clippers even though the clippers were terrible
One of my favorite players, was pulling deep 3s long before Curry.
The floating 3 at that
he was ahead of his time....the whole league play like him now
Everybody was pulling up for 3s before Curry what're you 13 ?
@@monolithgeometry3221 I said deep 3s!
curry is just good because he was teched by the shortest man in NBA!!! Mugsy Bogues, without him Curry would never made dynasty with one of the wackest team!!!😮
Nick Van Exel still wants that championship ring.. and I think that he will get it as an NBA Coach one day. Thank you for the Inspiration, You are a Legend.
Him, Kenny Anderson and rod Strickland taught me the game of basketball via games.
Donte Hodges
Word. The only three I would add would be Jason Williams, Rafer Alston and God Shammgod.
Mine would be Damon Stoudemire, Chris Jackson (Mahmoud Abdul Rauf) and Jason Kidd..
Word life I was a fan of All these PG's Van Exel, Strickland,Kidd,Payton, Anderson,Stoudemire, Abdul-Rauf real Basketball
Bunch of great names here, but y'all are sleeping on Kevin Johnson
@@solido888 so true KJ was a handful as well(legendary)
I moved to Denver in ‘98 and Nick made me an instant Nuggets fan. Have been an avid Nuggets fan since. Thanks Nick!
His name Van exel alone has to be one of the top 10 best names ever
I will forever remember his face from NBA Jam. He can be 90 years old in a disguise, and I could be partially blind.... I'd still know it's him.
Nick Van Exel Was A Unstoppable Basketball Player
I just saw this, I worked out with Nick one day in an ATL gym and I'm a scrub and I knew who he was but he was like a regular guy and didn't make me feel like he was this NBA hooper and he gave me pointers on my jumper...big up Nick the quick
In LA, It was "Nick at Night". He was cold, man.
djbasquiat
Very talented, competitive and gritty guard for our Lakers back in the day. Great documentary, well done.
Nick The Quick! was a fan of his since the Cincinnati Bearcat days
Indeed
I will always remember Nick Van Exel. Hell of a player. But what sticks out to me is the time I met him at a local liquor store in Culver City, CA. He was there buying his stuff and I went for a pack of cigarettes. It was my son's 10th birthday and he was a huge Laker fan. Nick took time to sign his autograph on a receipt and I went outside to call my son on a payphone "yes this was before cellphones" and Nick came out and talked to my son on the phone. My son asked him "Are you coming to my birthday party?" LOL Nick said no, but wished him a happy birthday! Thanks, Nick.
Thank God his mother survived. How miraculous to survive four gun shots at close range! True survivor. What a Beautiful woman.
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Van Exel and Eddie Jones were the bridge players inbetween the Magic era until the Shaq/Kobe era. They weren't on there level as overall players but they maintained an excitement and a value in LA during the mid 90's.
For sure. I've been a Lakers fan since 1990, so I remember that era well.
Both were my favorite players to play with the Lakers on Nba Hangtime alongside Kobe.
The reason I became a Laker fan...The moves he did were phenomenal. I was 4 or 5 watching my first basketball game with my older brothers. Nick the Quick and Penny were my favorite players growing up.
Hall of famer all day.
Nick is an L.A. legend! I remember Snoop had a line in a song on 92.3 about Nick. For us Nick WAS the Lakers in those post Magic years. Handles on handles. 🙌🏿
Joe Allen
I think the line started off:
“Like Nick Van Exel of the L.A. Lakers.....”
That’s all I can recall.
J DC yup then it was something, something movers and shakers! 😂 I LOVED THAT ✌🏿
Also Jay-Z mentioned Nick in one of his lines. "Handle da Roc like Van Exel"....
One of my all time favorite player's. This dude was bad ass on the court.
Nick is one of my favorite players ever. I randomly got to meet him (and Pig Miller) at LAX the summer he got traded.
adam romo Mine too
Roscoe Romo
PIG MILLER!!!! I rooted for him when I was a kid!
I idolized Nick the Quick being a Lefty point guard in the mid-90s with street game... it was too bad him and Eddie Jones never lasted long as teammates.
Easily one of the greatest true point guards of all time & one of the most underrated players of all time. He would have a feast in the NBA now.
90's is the Golden Era
True
Van Exel,GP,Jason Kidd,and Damon Stoudemire were my all time favorite PG's
Every team had a pg in the 90's , Nick was average , but that's saying alot . What a decade
Nick Van Exel was a underrated guard
the first Iverson without the recognition...
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Idk about all that....Nick Van Exel was one of a kind
You go to far
Nick was nice, tough. One of a kind. Can’t say he was the first A.I. It was only one of him as well
Loved this cat as a ballplayer. Him, Eddie Jones n Ced Ceballos was a trio.
Nick tha quick still my favorite all-time Laker no one could guard this man his game was very underated, and he was clutch as they come!!!
He is still my favorite All-time Laker as well!
I appreciate your journey. I never knew this. I always appreciated your game. It was you, and then Eddie Jones who were the new Lakers after Magic. Although I was never a Lakers fan, I could see your talent.
Still my guy til this day & fav player. Teaching my son to pattern his game after Nick the Quik
That's what's up....
Nick one of the best to ever do it! He was underrated but yall better put some respect on his name!
glad his mom survived
Stephen Fields
You and me both.
I think his pops set up his mom's shooting 😶...
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Oh my gosh, I really hope not. It’s bad enough he wasn’t there for Van Exel when he was a kid.
van exel was so dam nasty during his prime!!! probably the best lefty point guard i've seen in the league!!!
Nick Van Exel reason why I became a Laker fan.
One of my favorite players that no one talks about
When I was growing up..I called myself "My Name" Van Exel. He was my fav player.
19:19...the incident that forever changed nick van exel’s career and two years later after the 1998 playoffs he was traded to Denver and after being traded four more times, van exel retired after one season with spurs.....
He was a great player and as a kid I got to see him in person in Portland during a playoff game hit a half court buzzer beater off the glass !! Was so much fun to watch play the game
I'm a Pitt fan, so to speak highly of Coach Bob Huggins means he is a true basketball soul. Nick, you are the biggest competitor, pound-for-pound, in life. I identity with the struggles and am glad to see you take yourself to the next level. Kudos brethren.
Nick the quick made the Lakers relevant in the 90s
UC Bearcat fan from way back who had the pleasure of watching Nick play. His range was insane but, in the Pros he was even better.
it hurt me when he left the Lakers
Donnie Dixon
It broke my basketball heart, man.
@@Vanexelfan3137 i never got over that
I was crushed
Made me hate fisher cuz he took his job. Id always root for nicky to get 40 on the lakers as long as the lakers won.
Hes a point guard, not your brother. That's crazy talk "never got over it" ?
Great job, I found this in 2 parts else where but I have saved this one. I watched him and Herb/Corry/Anthony/Terry/Rock and Gregor etc. during their times here in Cincinnati, some of if not the most fondest memories I've had sports wise here. I wish nothing but the best for Nick. Love the pic at the end. Great job!
My favorite player of all time. He’s the reason why I went to Cincinnati
Watching u play as a kid helped me get thru a lot of shit! You are and will always be my idol! Nick tha quick!
This polarising dude was an intense ball of fire..
Such an amazing competitor.
He was like a big brother to kobe bryant. Kobe learnt alot about life in general from him.
Nick never got the credit he deserved! Super talented NBA player!!! I remember when I lived in Texas I saw his son on the news that he murdered his HS friend after Nick retired. 😢 🙏🏽
His MOM is the real soulja!!..and deserves to be treated like a queen 4 everything she been through and overcame...SALUTE TO NICK AS WELL...
Dashay Mitchell it’s dope he made generational wealth to take care of her and his family
Much love for you Nick the Quick, definitely one of my favorite players from the last 30 years.
Loved this Kat back in the day! Hated that the Lakers traded him.
One of the best guards i ever saw ... One of my all time favorite players ... Nick The Quick 🏆
Nick The Quick was one of the best ballers in the league at his prime and in his time. And he was one of my favorite SouthPaw players ever, as well as being one of my favorite players of all- time. He is no doubt one of the best left handed players ever.
my favorite player from back in the day.I his jersey at 12yrs old
Me too, it was my first authentic jersey. I rocked it constantly
nick van exel is one of the best nba stories
Del Harris and Nick are now coaching together with the Dallas Mavs G- League team. Facts
Nicky V as Chick Hearn called him was the man! My favorite player of all-time. I’m a Laker fan 4life but I always went hard for my boi when LA played him lol only time I EVER said “beat LA”
Van Exel always a clutch player with a huge heart
Man watching Nicky as a 11 or 12 year old kid was a blessing while he was playing at the Valley. Nick would come down court in transition full speed cross half pull up and drop at will and dude hands where huge.. Thanks for all the memories Nick and TVCC is not central Texas we are East Texas....
Salute to Nick the Quick..
My favorite ball player growing up!!!
much respect to nick mom for not wanting for nick to care for him and to retire from Gm. His dad can kick rocks for wanting to come in his life because of the fame.
One the greatest LA Lakers of all time. I stole his shooting style and had an amazing shot. I loved to see Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, and Elden Campbell play.
great doc, it's unfortunate to hear how his son ended up though.
Shit was crazy. Tragic. Borderline insane.
After Magic retired I had a couple years where I didn't, really, have a favorite player, then the Lakers drafted Nicky V. One year for my birthday my Old Man got me his authentic jersey (my first authentic one) and his sneakers for ball. I never let those kicks touch the outside world.
He was that dude that would drop a quiet 30, 40 points on many occasions
Not so quite
Nick The Quick was thee man back in his day. And I do mean thee Main Man back in the day.
Nick the quick brought excitement to every team he joined.
Left hand and that spin move unstoppable
I grew up watching Nick that quick I'm from la
From my home town kenosha I'm friends with his relatives wow cool documentary!
Eddie Jones was fire
gregory malone
Met him his rookie year. He was one of the coolest cats ever.
@@Vanexelfan3137 I remember Chick Hearn giving him the nickname No Sweat
My favorite sports movie!!!
Yeah Nick was cold as hell...
my favorite one guard at that time. i remember my parents NOT buying me his jersey. i used to think the van space exel looked to unique and cool as a kid lol
Watching him play live against Mark Baker from OSU in the Worthington League In 93 is something I’ll never forget...what a shootout
I live in Kenosha....dude is a legend around these parts....Im glad he finally made things work for him...👍👊😉🙏
Awesome documentary.
One of my favorite lakers of all-time. I really feel if he kept himself straight and listened he wouldnt have to be traded. Jerry west said it was one of his toughest decisions he had to make. Trading away van exel felt like he was trading away his son. Rest is history Van Exel career was never same after Lakers. He could have been a part of the 3peat kobe shaq years. Thank goodness for the great derek fisher we quickly forgot about van exel.
Nick will always be my favorite player, I hated the Lakers for getting rid of him.
The God is good
Even though they won championships, they still made a mistake.
Man nick was good to me when I 1st met him. In Dallas for a summer league workout. He was cool. And think pick up play started a dog. He didnt take it light. I respect him for that. After playing he told me. Fear no one make people earn your respect and take it from others. Dont let your size be a handicap. He was real to me and loved him for that. George lynch is the one got me the workout. I'm grateful
Wooooow! You have found it in a better quality!
Damn...for Jerry West to say that about you...damn. Hey Nick was on one of the realest Laker teams and rocking with my second favorite basketball player after Magic and before Kobe...Eddie Jones. Jones and Van Exel...Chick Hearn...damn I am so blessed to have been born and raised in Los Angeles California.
I met nick at Houston on a gas station
I told him are you Van-Exel he smile....
He was kool and down to earth.
Handle like van exel
Still have his rookie card laying around here somewhere
notknowing Find it then lol
Nick the Quick on your KCAL 9
Nick said his son was more mild mannered than him. Ironically, in 2013, his son was convicted of murdering his friend and sentenced to 60 years in prison. Some times generational curses (like extreme anger and rage) lay dormant for years. That’s why the fathers have to try to break them so they’re not passed to the sons.
Young bucks don't even know nick the quick
lol... super kick party
yep
Candace Iafeta you ugly as hell
Candace Iafeta his sister my Algebra teacher haha
He’s the 90s-00s Isaiah Thomas
Nick Van Ex.....My generation Laker. I went to several Laker games in the late 90's because my Dad had a friend with season tickets who never went. They were great seats...we're talking the Forum in Inglewood. Run down and dark outside. Kinda scary for skinny lil white kids from Orange County. The game I most remember going to was against the Charlotte Hornets when Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning were playing together. This was before Shaq and Penny Hardaway. 1993. We were about 12-13 rows from the floor....I remember how different it looked from the tv angles. I remember Alonzo Mourning yelling "Fuuuuck!!!" when he missed a shot. I remember buying packs of Stadium Club Basketball cards and every pack we opened had a insert card in it. It was good times. Simpler times.
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Loved nick when I was a kid had his jersey and everything haha
I look forward to seeing Nick and Sam joining Gary and Jason in HOF! They are both well overdue.
He will not make the hof
P.O. ME WHEN CINCY GOT HIM AN UOFL DIDNT GO FOR HIM,AN EVEN MORE WHEN HE LEFT LA,LOVE NICK AN HIS GAME,GLAD HIS MOM MADE IT THRU!!
I loved the way he would drive to the basket and hit bank shot layups over bigs.
Nick Van Exell had put Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball back on the map.
Put LA back on the map too!
My favorite player
An interesting story, and it's sad what happened with Van Exel's son...
R.I.P Nicks mother Joyce 🙏🏾