Jake Tsakalidis
Olympiacos | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 1,497 (4.8 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,238 (3.9 rpg) |
Blocks | 223 (0.7 bpg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis (Greek: Ιάκωβος Τσακαλίδης, Georgian: იაკოვოს წაკალიდას, born 10 June 1979) is a Georgian-born Greek former professional basketball player.
Tsakalidis, a 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) center, holds dual citizenship in Georgia, where he was born (he was born in what was at the time, the Soviet Union's Timino county, Yaroslavl region), and in Greece, where he was raised.
Professional career
Greece
Tsakalidis began his professional career in 1996, at the age of 17, with the
In 2000, the
NBA
Tsakalidis was selected by the Phoenix Suns, in the 1st round (25th overall) of the 2000 NBA draft. On 30 September 2003 Tsakalidis was traded by the Suns, along with teammate Bo Outlaw, to the Memphis Grizzlies, in exchange for Brevin Knight, Robert Archibald, and Cezary Trybański.
He was eventually traded by the Grizzlies to the Houston Rockets, on 13 February 2007, for small forward Scott Padgett.[2] Tsakalidis' final NBA game was played on 28 April 2007 in Game 4 of the Western Conference First Round against the Utah Jazz. This series went to 7 games but Tsakaldis only played in Game 4 where Houston lost 85 - 98 and he recorded 2 points and 4 rebounds.
In his NBA career, he averaged 4.8 points per game and 3.9 rebounds per game.[3]
National team career
Tsakalidis played with the senior men's
Personal life
In 2000, Tsakalidis announced that his real name is Alexey Ledkov and he is not of Caucasus Greek descent as previously believed.[4]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
NBA
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2000–01 | Phoenix | 57 | 39 | 16.6 | .470 | .000 | .593 | 4.2 | .3 | .2 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
2001–02 | Phoenix | 67 | 47 | 23.6 | .475 | .000 | .698 | 5.6 | .3 | .3 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
2002–03 | Phoenix | 33 | 27 | 16.5 | .452 | .000 | .672 | 3.7 | .4 | .2 | .5 | 4.9 |
2003–04 | Memphis | 40 | 28 | 13.3 | .504 | .000 | .590 | 3.2 | .5 | .2 | .6 | 4.3 |
2004–05 | Memphis | 31 | 1 | 9.0 | .500 | .000 | .778 | 1.8 | .3 | .1 | .5 | 2.5 |
2005–06 | Memphis | 51 | 19 | 14.4 | .606 | .000 | .655 | 4.2 | .3 | .3 | .6 | 5.0 |
2006–07 | Memphis | 23 | 7 | 11.2 | .400 | .000 | .583 | 2.8 | .1 | .3 | .5 | 2.3 |
2006–07 | Houston | 13 | 0 | 10.2 | .409 | .000 | .800 | 3.1 | .1 | .3 | .5 | 2.3 |
Career | 315 | 168 | 15.9 | .490 | .000 | .657 | 3.9 | .3 | .2 | .7 | 4.8 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2001
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Phoenix | 4 | 4 | 18.8 | .375 | .000 | .000 | 7.0 | .0 | .0 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
2004
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Memphis | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
2006
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Memphis | 4 | 3 | 14.9 | .600 | .000 | .500 | 2.8 | .5 | .3 | .3 | 3.3 |
2007
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Houston | 1 | 0 | 2.8 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 4.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
Career | 10 | 7 | 14.0 | .462 | .000 | .833 | 4.3 | .2 | .1 | .8 | 2.9 |
EuroLeague
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2007–08 | Olympiacos | 13 | 4 | 11.1 | .808 | .000 | .588 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
References
- ^ Harris, Jerry C. (May 1, 2001). "The Iakovos Tsakalidis Dispute between the Phoenix Suns and Greek AEK before the Court of Arbitration for Sport". Dickinson Journal of International Law. 19 (3). Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Grizzlies swap C Tsakalidis to Houston for F Padgett., posted February 13, 2007.
- ^ Jake Tsakalidis. basketball-reference.com.
- ^ contra.gr Ιάκωβος Τσακαλίδης: Ο άνθρωπος με τα δύο πρόσωπα! (in Greek)
External links
- NBA.com Profile Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Euroleague.net Profile
- Euroleague Statistics
- Hellenic Federation Profile (in Greek)