Frédéric Weis
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 ViveMenorca
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| Born: | June 22, 1977 Thionville, France |
| Nationality: |  French
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| Height | 7 ft 2 |
| Weight | 260 lbs |
| League | LEB Oro |
| Drafted | 15th overall in 1999 by the New York Knicks |
| Pro Career | 1995-present |
| Former teams | Limoges (1995–00) PAOK Thessaloniki (2000) Unicaja Málaga (2000–04) Iurbentia Bilbao (2004–09) |
Frédéric Weis (born June 22, 1977 in Thionville, France) is a French professional basketball player currently playing for ViveMenorca the LEB Oro spainish league.
Weis has previously played for Unicaja Málaga and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB League, and before that with 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 for 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 he never played in the NBA. The picking of Weis 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 very next pick by the Chicago Bulls. On August 29, 2008, Weis' draft rights were traded from the New York Knicks to the Houston Rockets for power forward Patrick Ewing, Jr..
He is ignominiously known for being "posterized" by Vince Carter at the 2000 Olympics, where France won the silver medal. Carter took off from just inside the foul line, spread his legs in midair, and literally jumped over the 7"2 Weis's head before slamming the ball home. The French media dubbed it "le dunk de la mort" — the dunk of death. The dunk has been called the greatest in the history of basketball.
