Jake Tsakalidis

Jake Tsakalidis
Position	Center
Nickname	Big Jake
League	NBA
Height	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Weight	290 lb (132 kg)
Team	Houston Rockets
Nationality	Georgia / Greece
Born	June 10, 1979 (age 27) Rustavi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
College	None
Draft	25^th overall, 2000 Phoenix Suns
Pro career	2000–present
Former teams	Phoenix Suns 2000-2003 Memphis Grizzlies 2003-2007

Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis (Greek: Ιάκωβος Τσακαλίδης; born June 10, 1979 in Rustavi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (present Georgia)) is a Georgian-Greek professional basketball player who currently plays for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. A 7'2", 290 lbs. center, Tsakalidis was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (25th overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft. On September 30, 2003, Tsakalidis was traded by the Suns with teammate Bo Outlaw to the Memphis Grizzlies for Brevin Knight, Robert Archibald, and Cezary Trybanski. He holds dual citizenship in Georgia, where he was born, and Greece, where he was raised. In his NBA career, he has averaged 5.1 ppg and 4.1 rpg. He was traded by the Grizzlies to the Houston Rockets on February 13, 2007 for small forward Scott Padgett.^[1]

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2000 NBA Draft
First Round Kenyon Martin \| Stromile Swift \| Darius Miles \| Marcus Fizer \| Mike Miller \| DerMarr Johnson \| Chris Mihm \| Jamal Crawford \| Joel Przybilla \| Keyon Dooling \| Jérome Moïso \| Etan Thomas \| Courtney Alexander \| Mateen Cleaves \| Jason Collier \| Hidayet Türkoğlu \| Desmond Mason \| Quentin Richardson \| Jamaal Magloire \| Speedy Claxton \| Morris Peterson \| Donnell Harvey \| DeShawn Stevenson \| Dalibor Bagarić \| Jake Tsakalidis \| Mamadou N'diaye \| Primož Brezec \| Erick Barkley \| Mark Madsen
Second Round Marko Jarić \| Dan Langhi \| A. J. Guyton \| Jake Voskuhl \| Khalid El-Amin \| Mike Smith \| Soumaila Samake \| Eddie House \| Eduardo Nájera \| Lavor Postell \| Hanno Möttölä \| Chris Carrawell \| Olumide Oyedeji \| Michael Redd \| Brian Cardinal \| Jabari Smith \| DeeAndre Hulett \| Josip Sesar \| Mark Karcher \| Jason Hart \| Kaniel Dickens \| Igor Rakočević \| Ernest Brown \| Dan McClintock \| Cory Hightower \| Chris Porter \| Jaquay Walls \| Scoonie Penn \| Pete Mickeal