Jake-Tsakalidis

jake tsakalidis is married, a father of 18 boys, and 23 girls, and one to which noone knows. Continue reading

Tsakalidis could be returning to the NBA

According to greek website betsmart.gr Jake Tsakalidis-Ledkov could be returning to the NBA for the Phoenix Suns. Usually it's the other way round for european players that leave the NBA and end their careers in Europe. ... Continue reading

Talent: Does Memphis Have Talent?

The new starting lineup for the Grizzlies appears to be Damon Stoudamire, Eddie Jones, Shane Battier, Pau Gasol and Jake Tsakalidis. Major contributions off the bench are expected from Bobby Jackson, Brian Cardinal. ... Continue reading

Greek Basketball - You've Got Some Great Players - Period.

Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis (Greek: Ιάκωβος Τσακαλίδης). Born June 10, 1979 in Rustavi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (present Georgia), Jake currently plays for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. A 7'2", 290 lbs. center, Tsakalidis was ... Continue reading

Grizzlies sign Iranian center Hamed Haddadi

Haddadi, who spent the 2007-08 season playing for Saba Battery BC in the Iranian Super League, will join former Grizzlies Jake Tsakalidis and Cezary Trybanski as the tallest players in franchise history. He is also the second Grizzlies ... Continue reading

Zaza Pachulia on the War at Home

(Jake Tsakalidis, Vladimir Stepania and Nikoloz Tskitishvili make up the complete historical NBA Georgian contingent.) Via Ball Don't Lie, Micah Hart of the Hawks BasketBlog reports Pachulia has twice been on CNN this week pleading for ... Continue reading

Where have all the classic big men gone?-by Charley Rosen

... contemporary (albeit marginally talented) centers from other places include Adonal Foyle, Francisco Elson, Dan Gadzuric, Jamaal Magliore, DJ Mbenga, Darko Milicic, Dikembe Mutombo, Zaza Pachulia, Johan Petro, and Jake Tsakalidis. ... Continue reading

Where are they now? Euroleague.

Included were: Trajan Langdon, Loren Woods, Marcus Fizer, Jake Tsakalidis, Sarunas Jasikevicious, Viktor Khryapa, Vassilis Spanoulis, Pape Sow, Zoran Planninic, Jeri Welsch and Mamadou N’Diaye. And my personal favorite Euroleague player ... Continue reading

The original draft dodger

... among other dogs, the likes of Darius Miles (LA Clippers, 3rd), DeMarr Johnson (Atlanta, 6th), Jerome Moiso (Boston, 11th), Etan Thomas (Dallas, 12th), Mateen Cleaves (Detroit, 14th) and Jake Tsakalidis (Phoenix, 25th). ... Continue reading

Rockets on the clock -- and so are you

OK, we've all seen the list of the players recently taken with the 25th pick in the draft in recent years. Do the names Shannon Brown, Johan Petro and Jake Tsakalidis rock your world? How about Al Harrington? So the... Continue reading