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Template:Infobox Euroleague Player 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 basketball 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

^ El iurbentia Bilbao Basket y Fred Weis acuerdan rescindir el contrato (in Spanish), ACB.com, 2009-01-29
^ El ViveMenorca firma a Weis y da de baja a Vladimir Boisa (in Spanish), ACB.com, 2009-02-13
^ Beck, Howard (October 28, 2008). "The Knicks Let Go of Another Ewing, for Now". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
^ Ballard, Chris (2008-02-20), Bet You Wish You Could Dunk, Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2008-09-10 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

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Template:France Squad 2006 FIBA World Championship Template:France Squad 2007 EuroBasket

[1] El iurbentia Bilbao Basket y Fred Weis acuerdan rescindir el contrato (in Spanish), ACB.com, 2009-01-29

[2] El ViveMenorca firma a Weis y da de baja a Vladimir Boisa (in Spanish), ACB.com, 2009-02-13

[3] Beck, Howard (October 28, 2008). "The Knicks Let Go of Another Ewing, for Now". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2010.

[4] Ballard, Chris (2008-02-20), Bet You Wish You Could Dunk, Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2008-09-10 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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 =="''Le dunk de la mort"==
 Weis is known for having been "[[posterized]]" by the [[United States national basketball team|United States]]' [[Vince Carter]] during a basketball game between the two teams at the [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|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."<ref>{{Citation |last=Ballard |first=Chris |title=Bet You Wish You Could Dunk |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/the_bonus/02/20/dunking0225/ |publisher=''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' |date=2008-02-20 |accessdate=2008-09-10}}</ref>
-Man say that after this dunk, Frédéric Weis was no longer. He was considered as "the man who was dunked on by VC at the Sydney Olympics". True Story.
 ==French national basketball team==