The Salt Lake Tribune · Dec 16, 2015
Jazz recall Tibor Pleiss from D-League
Center Tibor Pleiss is set to rejoin the Utah Jazz after a stint in the D-League.
After seeing only spot action to start his NBA career, the 7-foot-3 rookie played seven games for the Idaho Stampede averaging 11.6 points and 8.4 rebounds.
"A lot of it for Tibor is just playing," Jazz coach Quin Snyder said Wednesday. "More than anything, the assessment is, ‘Did he play?’ And as he plays, regardless of whether he makes a shot, misses a shot, the speed of the game is going to help him adjust to a lot of things."
For Pleiss, who came to the Jazz last summer after playing in Barcelona, the move could have been a jarring one, but Snyder said the German big man was "positive about the opportunity."