Re: One that got away

["Michael J.King Sr." <kingpin@primenet.com>]

At 21:32 18-08-01, Art Silva wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Berry, Mark S <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
>To: <celtics@igtc.com>
>Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 7:59 AM
>Subject: One that got away
>
> > Suns center Jake Tsakalidis has caught the eye of an expert on big guys.
> > Pete Newell,
> > "Jake Tsakalidis improves every hour, it seems,"
>
>Newell is famous for his camp as well as his hype. I've seen the same
>comments attributed to Olowokandi in years prior. As we all know Kandi is
>just barely coming along. A more telling story on Jake is his 7.4 point 5.6
>average put up in that summer league the rocky mountain revue. If he was
>really that good he shoulda dominated.

I live in Tempe and see every Suns game(either @ America West or on Suns 
TeeVee Net.) and I have concluded that Jake was a nice pickup.  I really 
question his worth in comparison to the machinations the Suns had to go 
through just to draft him then the after draft muck (2 court challenges 
*Won both* , legal fees and payoffs *to his former team*) and if they will 
ever equate to his level of talent.
  I am not a talent evaluator (or play one on TeeVee!) like Pete Newell but 
my take is that Jake is a competent backup but not much more than that at 
present. He will improve but in my estimation not to star status any time 
soon.  My housemate thinks otherwise and I quote him "Jake is the best big 
man the Suns have had since Alvin Adams".  I respect my friends hoop 
knowledge but I will regardless be checking his Lucky Charms for signs of 
tampering!! Sorry I just don't see it.  He is a nice kid and very active in 
the community and for Suns charities and while I like him I just don't hold 
his talent level as high as others.  Heck I was wrong about Sean Marion as 
I thought he would be good but not the star and team leader he has 
blossomed into since his arrival! So take what I say with a grain of salt!! 
As always ...just my thoughts and YMMV. Later.Mike

P.S. Yes I would be happy if he was a member of the green. The question is 
this would the current Celtics owner put out the added dollars that the 
Colangelos did in acquiring "Big Jake"??
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Michael J.King Sr.
An Aristocracy of One