Jazz Buyout Tibor Pleiss, Working On Contract

[Deleted member 848]

Pleiss could be pretty good in the Jazz system, However I don't think anyone should get their hopes up for the second coming of Nenad Kristic... Luckily the Jazz won't need him to be anywhere near that effective.

My biggest issue is he's the kind of soft that shies away from contact(I watched him play 2 playoff games last month). He's not slow or uncoordinated though, so at that size with his activity level there's upside. He's probably sub-par in the rebounding dept, who knows, might be average.. He shows good hands for catching passes which I think the F/O is probably excited about.

Regardless of the weight he's listed, he's not strong in the lower body, he plays with a high center of gravity. I'd certainly worry about foul issues because he's likely to find himself in some compromised situations, especially if you're talking extended minutes.. Favors or Trevor Booker playing next to him does seem like a good compliment to his game though.


I'll just say this, he's no Walter Tavares! (who turned down 3 mil from CSKA Moscow to come to the NBA, I doubt Pleiss had that type of an offer)

'Edy' blocked the **** out of him multiple times 2 seasons ago(Laboral Kuxta vs Herbalife Gran Canaria), and kept him off the offensive glass totally and without a FG make.

Pleiss could end up an efficient player though. Here's some highlights from a 25 point game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L79WJ_0n6g

Very fair, completely agree on the high center of gravity thing. Lots of weight, but doesn't have the strength to go with it. Maybe NBA gyms/routines might help him out. He's 25 still.

 

[Deleted member 848]

Ugh, what? Dude won't be able to play 10 minutes because he will keep fouling everybody left and right. Around 6 fouls per 36 minutes in Euroleague. His career per 40 pace adjusted foul average is 5.9 and it is in the Europe. It will be much worse in NBA.

Oh shoot, I saw that he fouls 2/game. Maybe I misread? I suppose that's more in hind-sight that I estimated, given that they foul out with 5 over there.

Rudy was rumoured to be a fouling machine in the NBA, wasn't he? I'm not too worried, but he fouls more than I thought.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Anyone excited yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl9ExIvqmrs

At the 1:28 mark or so you get a good view of his form. His shot does come from above his head, about over his forhead. Not far back behind his head really. Looks very nice with real elevation on the shot. Not the frozen rope most guys his size tend to shoot.

I wonder if it's something he developed over time. These videos are from 2012 and teh shot does seem more proper than his recent shots I've seen.

 

[Deleted member 848]

I'm not really seeing the Mozgov comparison. Mozgov's got more strength, worse shot.

 

[LogGrad98]

The real upside is he already shows some natural ability, and a real array of moves around the basket, a VERY nice hook shot, that he can even get off in traffic with accuracy, and he is coming to play with a very solid developmental staff. Where will we be with him and Rudy in 2 years? It makes me shudder, and should make the rest of the NBA tremble with fear.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Jody Genessy @DJJazzyJody
German center Tibor Pleiss has left Utah, per #airportsources. No Jazz deal has been signed yet.

Nice thread lol

 

[LogGrad98]

Aww.

Cy suffers from schadenfreude.

Brain-scanning studies show that schadenfreude is correlated with envy in subjects. Strong feelings of envy activated physical pain nodes in the brain's dorsal anterior cingulate cortex; the brain's reward centers, such as the ventral striatum, were activated by news that other people envied had suffered misfortune. The magnitude of the brain's schadenfreude response could even be predicted from the strength of the previous envy response.[36][37]

Textbook hater complex.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Aww.

Cy suffers from schadenfreude.



Textbook hater complex.

 

[Revolution 9]

Please tell me where he lives so I can stalk him.

 

[Kyoto]

Yay!


Bitch Pleiss!!

LOL

 

[LjJazzman]

He hasn't been officially signed yet has he? Just rumors that he is going to sign.

 

[silesian]

https://www.mundodeportivo.com/balo...n-el-barca-para-firmar-por-los-utah-jazz.html

Someone translate pls.

Google does not translate hoops jargon very well, but this gets the jist. To my Spanish speaking posters feel free to clean this up.

.....Barca could have better not come close: not only will not have to stay Tibor Pleiss or take part of their record next season in another European team but also receive $ 625,000 in respect of the transfer. That is the amount you can spend NBA teams to buy the freedom of a player out of the league, which is precisely what, according to sources close to the player, have decided to make the Utah Jazz to release Pleiss the year contract left to him in the Palau. The franchise in Salt Lake City has the rights to the German NBA player, who was elected in the second round (31st position) of the 2010 draft by the Nets. Since then their rights have changed hands several times (Atlanta, Oklahoma) before joining Utah Jazz.

Barca had decided entirely Pleiss progress, which was never fit into the schemes of Xavi Pascual. Throughout the season we studied its possible transfer to another computer but none was willing to take the high profile that the German has in the Catalan club. Bayern Munich Svetislav Pesic loved him but was only willing to contribute a smaller share of their record, which caused the player to stay in Palau. In recent days there had arisen the rumor of a possible interest from CSKA Moscow, but the own Joan Creus said this morning after the draw for the groups of the Euroleague that "in the Jazz are very happy with Pleiss and I think that points to the NBA ".

The exit to the NBA was the ideal for Pleiss, who has never hidden that play in the American League is his dream, and for the club, which could well rid of him and his high profile. In the end the Jazz have allowed all end up happy. Curiously, the first objective of the team from Salt Lake City was also Barca Ante Tomic, who is also the NBA rights, the renewal of the Croatian for the club led the Jazz girasen his eyes to Pleiss.

Pleiss led from the 27th of June in Salt Lake City to assess US franchise with its possible jump to the NBA. During this time the German power forward 25 years and 2.18 has been training with personnel Jazz, who have finally given the OK to joining. In American franchise they have particularly appreciated his shooting range and scale.

Pleiss output Barca towards the NBA could be confirmed in the coming hours, and the signing of the new contract from the German. Sources close to the American team speak of a multiyear contract, but has not transcended its economic value.

In the Jazz inside Pleiss share the limelight with other European, French Rudy Gobert, elevated to the status of a holder after last season. The German arrives to become the main relay in the position of 'Five'.