Weitzman played high school basketball in Brookline, Massachusetts, then played college basketball for the Northeastern Huskies. He also played in the 1966 Pan American Maccabiah Games in Brazil, with Barry Liebowitz, Dave Newmark and Mark Turenshine, among others. He was selected by the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the 1967 NBA draft.
A 6-foot-2-inch (1.88 m) shooting guard, Weitzman played one season (1967–68) in the NBA as a member of the Celtics. He averaged 1.3 points per game and won a championship ring when the Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1968 NBA Finals. He scored the final two points in the sixth and final game of the championship series against the Lakers.
After being released by the Celtics, Weitzman later played about 20 games for the New Haven Elms of the Eastern Professional Basketball League during the 1968–69 season, and played for the North End team in the Boston Neighborhood Basketball Association (BNBA).

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