Frédéric Weis
Frédéric Weis | ||
Player information | ||
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birthday | June 10, 1977 | |
place of birth | Thionville , France | |
size | 218 cm | |
position | center | |
NBA draft | 1999 , 15th Pick, New York Knicks | |
Club information | ||
society | Limoges CSP Elite | |
league | LNB Pro B | |
Clubs as active | ||
1995–2000 CSP Limoges 2000 PAOK Thessaloniki 2000–2004 Unicaja Málaga 2004–2009 Iurbentia Bilbao 2009 ViveMenorca 2009–2011 Limoges CSP Elite |
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National team 1 | ||
1999-2007 | France | |
1 Status: 07.09.2009 |
Frédéric Weis (born June 10, 1977 in Thionville ) is a former French basketball player .
Career
Weis was trained at the INSEP youth development facility and began his career as a professional player at CSP Limoges . There he played from 1995. He developed into a top performer at Limoges and increased his playing time in the French league to a maximum of just under 32 minutes per match in the 1998/99 season. He achieved an average of 13.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per match this game year, both of which were his best performances in the league. In the 1999/2000 season he won the French championship, the cup competition and the European club competition Korać-Cup with Limoges under coach Duško Ivanović .
He was selected in the 1999 NBA draft by the New York Knicks in 15th place in the first round, but it should never come to an engagement in the NBA . The decision in favor of the French was met with incomprehension among supporters of the New York Knicks, as local hero Ron Artest , who had grown up in Queens and played for St. John's University , was still available at the time. Artest was then called up one place later by the Chicago Bulls . On August 29, his rights from the New York Knicks for power forward Patrick Ewing Jr. were given to the Houston Rockets .
Weis played briefly for PAOK Thessaloniki in the Greek league from 2000 , then at Unicaja Málaga . With Málaga he won the Korać Cup for the second time in his career in 2001. From 2004 to 2009 Iurbentia Bilbao was also under contract in the Spanish league . On January 28, 2009 he was sacked by Iurbentia Bilbao because he had missed three games in a row due to his health condition, then he signed on February 13 with ViveMenorca . At the end of his career, he played again in Limoges. In March 2011 he announced the end of his career.
Then Weis worked temporarily as a basketball expert for broadcasts on the television station SFR and on the radio station RMC Sport . For a time he owned four bakeries and ran a tobacco shop.
"Le dunk de la mort"
Weis is known for a game scene during the Olympic basketball tournament on September 25, 2000 in Sydney: The American Vince Carter captured the ball just before the center line and immediately moved to the opposing basket, in front of which Weis had built up. Instead of slowing down, however, Carter (1.98 m) jumped over Weis (2.18 m) and dunked the ball into the basket. The USA won this game 106: 94 and the French press called this Carter's action "le dunk de la mort" (German "The death dunk"). "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c BasketActu.com: Fred Weis met un terme à sa carrière. March 10, 2011, accessed June 21, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Weis Frédéric | LNB.fr. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Limoges CSP - Triple 2000 avec Yann Bonato. In: youtube.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
- ^ Howard Beck: The Knicks Let Go of Another Ewing, for Now . In: The New York Times , October 28, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ Linguasport - Korać Cup (C3) (B). Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ El iurbentia Bilbao Basket y Fred Weis acuerdan rescindir el contrato ( Spanish ) ACB.com. January 29, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ↑ El ViveMenorca firma a Weis y da de baja a Vladimir Boisa ( Spanish ) ACB.com. February 13, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ^ Découvrir RMC Sport. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
- ^ Equipe de France: que sont devenus les héros de Sydney? In: Basket Europe. October 6, 2016, accessed June 21, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Vince Carter Dunk over Weis (best copy). In: youtube.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Chris Ballard: Bet You Wish You Could Dunk . Sports Illustrated . February 20, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved on September 10, 2008.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Weis, Frédéric |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French basketball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Thionville |