2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the men's basketball group stage is in full swing, the basketball court ushered in a focus battle, the European powerful French team against the United States team, in this world-renowned game, born may be the greatest dunk in the history of the Olympic Games, only to see Wenscat steal in front, facing the French center of 2 meters 18 in the penalty area, jumping high, like a mountain, with a tomahawk-style heavy dunk, smashed the ball into the basket. In an instant, the audience was in an uproar, and this dunk was later revered as the "death buckle".
Because of this dunk, the originally unknown French center Frederick Weiss became famous overnight, some people said that Weiss had been sullen after the dunk, suffered from mental illness, and suffered from depression; some people said that Weiss could not stand the pressure of public opinion and attempted suicide; there were more rumors that after the death dunk, Weiss directly chose to retire...
But this is not the case
Frederick Weiss was born in 1977 in Tilionville, France, and began his career in 1995 with the Limoges CPS, France's first Europa League team. With outstanding talent and personal ability, Weis played well in the French basketball league, such as the day in the sky, four times into the French League All-Star Team, won the French League championship in 2000, then helped the team win the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, and won the fiba korać Cup twice in 2000-2001.
The ambitious Weiss was certainly not willing to do so, as a first-class European center at the time, he participated in the 1999 NBA draft and was selected by the Knicks with the 15th pick in the first round. The Knicks' move caused resentment among most fans, who believed that Weiss simply did not have the ability to create a future for the team, and that Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy at the time was not optimistic about the big European center. In the midst of all the doubts, Weiss has never been able to get a formal contract and failed to play a game in the NBA.
Depressed, Weiss finally had to choose to return to the French league and continue to use his talents. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he helped the team win the silver medal, and the team that won the gold medal was the United States team that blocked his own Carter in the group stage. And about this dunk, Weiss actually came out of the shadows earlier, he admitted that he did bear great psychological pressure at that time, overwhelming media reports, teammates ruthlessly mocked, and even Carter apologized to him for this.
In March 2011, Frederick - chose to retire. After retiring from the army, Weiss opened a tobacco shop and a bar in the local area, and had a good life. At the same time, he was also invited by French television to serve as a basketball analyst. Weiss said: "I have looked down on the successes and failures of my basketball career, after all, life is sometimes imperfect, and now I am trying to be a good parent." In 2017, Weiss and friends co-founded a clothing company that supplies clothing for Basketball Clubs in France.
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Talking about that dunk, someone asked: If you did it again, would you choose to avoid or rip Carter straight in the air? His answer was unexpected, and he said without hesitation: "No, because if I do that, Carter may be hurt and I will feel guilty." I have to say that this is the basketball we love.