Houston Rockets jersey history No. 25 - Jake Tsakalidis (2007-08)

The  Houston Rockets  have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers (and have one not part of any numerical series for Houston assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson) since their founding at the start of the 1967-68 season, worn by just under 500 players in the course of Rockets history.

To honor all of the players who wore those numbers over the decades, Rockets Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who wore them since the founding of the team all those years ago right up to the present day.

With seven of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Rockets of all time to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.

And for today's article, we will continue with the eighth of 14 who wore the No. 25, center Jake Tsakalidis. After starting his pro career abroad, Tsakalidis was picked up with the 25th overall selection of the 2000 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns.

The Rustavi, Georgia native played the first 3 seasons of his NBA career with Phoenix. He also played for the Memphis Grizzlies before he was dealt to the Houston Rockets for the final season of his career in 2007.

During his time suiting up for the Rockets, Tsakalidis wore only jersey No. 25 and put up 2.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

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