Frederic Weis
Drafted by:
New York, Round 1, pick 15.

 
EXPERT ANALYSIS
  "Frederic has excellent size and skills. He has good hands, and good footwork. He can also play outside and in. He's more of a finesse center, not vey physical. He's kind of cut from the Zydrunas Ilgauskas mold. He could go as high as the middle first round, or late first."
-- Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Donnie Nelson
College: Limoges (France)
Height: 7-2
Weight: 249 pounds
Position: Center
Age: 22 (June 22, 1977)
Birthplace: Thionville-Moselle, France

Career highlights

  • A well-known player to NBA teams, Weis has improved each year playing for Limoges in France's top league
  • A high-percentage shooter who has a nice touch around the basket
  • Underwent back surgery at close of the season
  • Scored four points and grabbed three rebounds in an All-Star Game in February in Paris while representing Limoges in the game
  • At Limoges was a teammate of former NBA guard Jerome Allen

    College highlights

  • In 1998-99 season, his fourth season for Limoges, averaged 13.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game
  • In 1997-98 season, improved his averages to 9.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
  • At 19 years old in 1996-97 season, averaged 7.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in his first season with significant playing time
  • Playing for a French All-Star Team, averaged 6.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and shot 70 percent from the field in 19 minutes per game in a tournament match against Switzerland in December of 1996.
  • In 1995-96, he averaged 2.4 points and 2.1 rebounds and in 25 games
  • Helped French junior team to eighth place finish in the Athens World '95 while averaging 10 points and nine rebounds per game in eight games.
  • Began playing basketball at the age of nine when he was already 5-foot-3
  • At 14 years old, he played one season with Crepes de Nancy
  • At 15 years old and having reached 6-foot-7 (2.00 m), he played three seasons with L'Insep College
  • Signed with Limoges in the Summer of 1995
  • His father is of German descent and has family in Udine, which is close to the Slovenian border
  • He is also of Eastern European descent
  • His father played basketball in the 1960s with the French military
  • His sister played eight seasons in the highest level from 1984-92 at Cuc L'As Montferrand

    College statistics
    SEASON G FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT REB AST PTS AVG
    L'Insep College (France)
    SEASONGFGMFGAPCTFTMFTAPCTREBASTPTSAVG
    1993-9425N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A6.2
    1994-9523120214.561N/AN/AN/A1742028312.3
    Three-point field goals: N/A
    Limoges (France)
    SEASONGFGMFGAPCTFTMFTAPCTREBASTPTSAVG
    1995-9625N/AN/A.488N/AN/A.538522602.4
    1996-973099162.6172445.511153213337.4
    1997-9830126198.6283978.487174152949.8
    1998-9926156242.645N/AN/A.6211903634813.4
    TOTALS111N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A5697410359.3
    Three-point field goals: 1996-97, 0-for-0 (.000); 1997-98, 2-for-3 (.667); 1998-99, 0-for-0 (.000). Totals, 2-for-3 (.667).











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