My man Tibor Pleiss

[wilt]

Saw 2 of his first 3 games live and will see a fair share more over the course of the season.

He really has been, for lack of a better word, dominating when he was on the court. Yeah, the competition is not so great, blablabla. But fact is that he changes the other teams gameplay a lot, also dominated a solid Big man in John Bryant (he of Santa Clara and was at least in the draft process even if he went undrafted) on both ends.
On defense he rotates very, very well and also has a knack for blocking/challenging his own man´s shots, has really become a pretty good rebounder and is very effective in the Pick and Roll (although that´s still not utilized a ton in Europe even with the further 3 point line now) offensively.

Also is definitely working hard to add a reliable midrange Jumper, hit a couple nice fadeaways to the baseline, too.

[wiff]

Thanks for the update Wilt please keep them coming.

[slick_watts]

Great update.. thanks a bunch!

[Clangus]

Very greatful for the update. THankyou

Sounds very promising. Lets hope he can continue to grow, mature and get better as a player. Great asset to have.

[Devilanche]

http://www.europeanprospects.com/1989-born/center-1989-born/tibor-pleis/tibor-pleiss-the-nba-interest-sounds-strange-to-me/

Some quotes from Pleiss.
Seems like he wants to bulk up but it will come at the expense of speed/mobility. 117kg is a decent weight for center isn't it?

[wiff]

That article is almost a year old.

In the thread I made about Presti landing that elusive center i have a youtube clip that is 7 minutes long from a game 5 in the playoofs. He seemed to play fairly well in the clip. Dude is LOOOOONG.

[Devilanche]

Didn't see the date on my phone. He looked too thin to be 117kg

Didnt find any new thing on YouTube showing his bulk up physique.

Wiki had him at 110kg as well so guess that was further back. Can't find anything else on the net recently abt him too. Seemed that his team has finished their competitive games this season.

[dream_catcher_9]

http://www.europeanprospects.com/1989-born/center-1989-born/tibor-pleis/tibor-pleiss-the-nba-interest-sounds-strange-to-me/

Some quotes from Pleiss.
Seems like he wants to bulk up but it will come at the expense of speed/mobility. 117kg is a decent weight for center isn't it?

117 kg is about 257 pounds. So if that's where he wants to stay at its a solid weight. And as wiff said, the dude is extremely long, watching him in those youtube clips he looks much longer then Durant.

[Jeff23]

I saw him play and i don't think this guy will ever be a big part of the thunder future. He's really, really long and somewhat mobile for his size, but the guy cant even set a legal screen. He seems to be an average rebounder and fouls a lot. I know he's very young and has time to improve and all that, but from what i saw he doesnt look like a future NBA player at all. Good pick by Presti though.