SALT LAKE CITY (February 24, 2016) – The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has assigned center Tibor Pleiss to the Idaho Stampede, the Jazz’s exclusively owned and operated NBA D-League team. Pleiss is expected to be in uniform for the Stampede’s game on Friday, Feb. 26 at the Bakersfield Jam.
This will be the fifth assignment this season for Pleiss, who was previously assigned to Idaho from Nov. 29-Dec. 16, Jan. 28-Feb. 3, Feb. 4-16 and Feb. 18-24. Pleiss (7-3, 262, Germany) has appeared in 15 games (all starts) for the Stampede this season, averaging 12.