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Nickey Maxwell Van Exel (born November 27 1971 in Kenosha, Wisconsin) is a professional basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA.

NBA career

Van Exel has previously played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers.He was drafted by Los Angeles in the second round of the 1993 NBA Draft out of the University of Cincinnati. He played five seasons for the Lakers as a starter until June 24, 1998, where he was traded to the Denver Nuggets for Tony Battie and the draft rights to Tyronn Lue. On February 21, 2002, he was traded by the Nuggets with Raef LaFrentz, Avery Johnson, and Tariq Abdul-Wahad to the Dallas Mavericks for Juwan Howard, Donnell Harvey, Tim Hardaway, and a 2002 first-round pick. On August 18, 2003, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors along with Evan Eschmeyer, Avery Johnson, Popeye Jones, and Antoine Rigaudeau in exchange for Antawn Jamison, Chris Mills, Danny Fortson, and Jiri Welsch. On July 20, 2004, he was traded by the Golden State Warriors to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Dale Davis and Dan Dickau. Waived by Portland on August 3, 2005, he signed with the San Antonio Spurs on August 29.

Player profile

Nick Van Exel is known as one of the best clutch shooters of all-time. He has a deadly three point shot and tremendous hustle. One of the most well rounded guards of all-time.

Player highlights

He was the last Laker to score in the fabled Boston Garden when he nailed a three pointer at the buzzer to give the Lakers the win. He also hit a pair of clutch three-pointers for the Lakers in game 5 of the 1995 Western Conference Semifinals against the San Antonio Spurs. The first one sent the game into overtime, while the second one decided the game. He also performed superbly in the 2003 playoffs while coming off the bench for the Dallas Mavericks, leading Dallas all the way to the Western Conference Finals where they lost to the San Antonio Spurs.

Trivia

His free-throw technique is somewhat unusual in that he stands, not on the free-throw line, but about one-two feet behind it. It is effective, however, as he has shot 79.6 percent from the line in his career.
His nicknames include Nick "the Quick" and Nick "Van Excellent".
Nick's house was shown on MTV Cribs in the first season.
Van Exel currently ranks 6th all-time in career 3-point field goals made

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