Frédéric Weis
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 22, 1977 Thionville, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Listed height | 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) |
| Listed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall |
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |
| Playing career | 1995–2011 |
| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| 1995–2000 | CSP Limoges |
| 2000 | PAOK Thessaloniki |
| 2000–2004 | Unicaja Málaga |
| 2004–2009 | Iurbentia Bilbao |
| 2009 | ViveMenorca |
| 2010–2011 | CSP Limoges |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Frédéric Weis (born June 22, 1977) is a French retired professional basketball player.
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 and on February 13, he signed with ViveMenorca.
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 pick 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.
Weis never played in an NBA game. In March 2011, he announced his retirement.
Weis is known for having been posterized by the United States' Vince Carter during a basketball game between the U.S. and France 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 French media dubbed the slam "le dunk de la mort": "the dunk of death." The US won the game 106-94. In an ESPN story published on the 15th anniversary of the dunk, Weis said that Carter "deserves to make history. Sadly for me, I was on the video, too. I learned people can fly."
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