Tibor Pleiss

One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Tibor Pleiss: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.

Standing 7-foot-3, Pleiss was playing German first-division ball at 17 and rose through Brose Baskets, Baskonia, and FC Barcelona before cashing in draft rights that dated to 2010 and had passed through three teams. He signed with Utah in July 2015, debuted that October, and spent his single NBA season shuttling between the Jazz and the Idaho Stampede.

Europe welcomed him back. Pleiss played for Galatasaray and Valencia, spent six years with Turkish power Anadolu Efes, and after stops at Trapani and Panathinaikos came home to Germany in December 2025 to sign with Rasta Vechta — still a regular for the German national team well into his thirties.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah acquired his rights in the February 2015 trade that sent Enes Kanter away, signed him that July, and in August 2016 shipped him to Philadelphia — cap room for a possible Derrick Favors extension and a roster spot for Joel Bolomboy.

Full name

Tibor Pleiß

Utah Jazz tenure

2015–16

Position

Center

Born

1989, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Height

7′2″ (218 cm)

Weight

269 lb (122 kg)

Drafted

2010, 2nd round (No. 31), New Jersey