<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">June 3, 2003 -- SAN ANTONIO - Tony Parker dissed his French countryman yesterday - the Knicks' 1999 first-round pick Frederic Weis. Parker can't decide which is worse, the spoiled Creme Brulee that caused his food poisoning last Friday or a 7-2 French pastry named Weis. "Too soft," said Parker, who was on the French National Team with Weiss and played against him in the French League. "He's really not that good. They're going to kill him if he came to New York. He can't play in the NBA." Perhaps Parker is bitter Weis gave French basketball a bad name, causing his own slide to the last pick in first round of the 2001 draft. "I was mad on Draft Day about slipping but I'm happy now because it gave San Antonio a chance to draft me," Parker said. Knicks GM Scott Layden, in Chicago yesterday for the pre-draft camp, recently said he'd invite Weis to the summer league. Parker had better reviews for the Knicks European second-rounder, point guard Milos Vujanic. "He's good," Parker said. "He can play. He's got a pretty good chance of playing in the NBA." </div> oy what a wasted pick..... to think ron artest was the pick after i hate layden so bad
Tony maybe right..but c'mon there is no need to see that kind of thing to the media...the last thing you need is for your own country team-mate to come out and diss you and put you down like that..
the big french pastry, that's classic. and yes he will best be remembered for getting tea bagged by VC!
Here is a list of people the Knicks could have had with that pick. 16 Chicago Ron Artest 6-7 233 SF St. Johns So. 17 Atlanta Cal Bowdler 6-10 253 PF Old Dominion Sr. 18 Denver James Posey 6-8 210 SF Xavier Sr. 19 Utah Quincy Lewis 6-7 215 SF Minnesota Sr. 20 Atlanta Dion Glover 6-5 235 SG Georgia Tech Fr. 21 Golden State Jeff Foster PF 6-10 260 SW Texas St.Sr. 22 Houston Kenny Thomas 6-8 255 PF New Mexico Sr. 23 LA Lakers Devean George 6-7 225 SF Augsburg College (MN) Sr. 24 Utah Andrei Kirilenko 6-9 205 SF Russia 1981 25 Miami Tim James 6-7 221 SF Miami Sr. 26 Indiana Vonteego Cummings 6-5 190 PG Pittsburgh Sr. 27 Atlanta Jumaine Jones 6-8 210 SF Georgia So. 28 Utah Scott Padgett 6-9 240 PF Kentucky Sr. 29 San Antonio Leon Smith 6-10 237 PF Martin Luther King High 2nd Rounders --------------- Wang Zhi Zhi Gordan Giricek Lee Nailon Todd MacCullogh Emmanuel Ginobili SCOTT LAYDEN YOU ARE A MORON!
Weis was ranked as a 2nd rounder in some mock drafts. Steve has no luck in the 1st round but so far in the 2nd rounds he has been doing good. (postell,Milos)
