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Frédéric Weis (born June 22, 1977 in Thionville, Moselle) is a French professional basketball player.
Pro
career
Weis has played for Unicaja Málaga and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB League, PAOK Thessaloniki in the Greek League, and Limoges in the French League. On January
28, 2009, Iurbentia Bilbao waived him after he
missed the last 3 games in a row due to his health[1] and on
February 13, he signed with ViveMenorca[2].
He was drafted by the New York Knicks with the 15th pick in
the first round of the 1999 NBA Draft, but he did not sign with
them and never played in the NBA. The draft angered many Knicks fans
because Ron Artest,
who had grown up in Queens, New York
and played for St. John's University,
was still available. Artest was taken with the next pick by the Chicago Bulls. On
August 29, 2008, Weis's draft rights were traded from the New York
Knicks to the Houston Rockets for power forward Patrick
Ewing, Jr.[3]
"Le
dunk de la mort"
Weis is known for having been "posterized" by the United States' Vince Carter during a pool game between
the two teams at the 2000 Summer
Olympics on September 25, 2000. After getting the ball off a
steal, the 6'6" (1.98 m) Carter drove to the basket, leaped, spread
his legs as he jumped over the 7'2" (2.18 m) Weis, and ferociously
dunked the ball. The United States won the game 85-75, and the
French media dubbed the slam "le dunk de la mort": "the
dunk of death."[4]
French national basketball
team
Weis won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympic
Basketball Tournament with the French national basketball
team. With France's national team he has played at the FIBA
European Championship in the 1999 FIBA European
Championship, the 2001 FIBA European
Championship, the 2005 FIBA European
Championship and the 2007 FIBA European
Championship.
At the 2005 FIBA European Championship, Weis won the bronze
medal with his national team. He played with France's national team
at the 2006 FIBA World
Championship.
References
- ^
(in Spanish) El iurbentia Bilbao Basket
y Fred Weis acuerdan rescindir el contrato, ACB.com,
2009-01-29, http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=54937
- ^
(in Spanish) El ViveMenorca firma a
Weis y da de baja a Vladimir Boisa, ACB.com,
2009-02-13, http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=55329
- ^
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/sports/basketball/28nba.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin
- ^
Ballard, Chris
(2008-02-20), Bet You Wish You Could
Dunk, Sports Illustrated, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/the_bonus/02/20/dunking0225/, retrieved
2008-09-10
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