Suns Activate Jake Tsakalidis

[SweetD]

PHOENIX, March 13 - The Phoenix Suns today activated center Jake Tsakalidis and placed guard Randy Brown on the injured list with a left calf strain. Tsakalidis will be in uniform for tonight’s home contest against Pacific Division leader Sacramento.
Tsakalidis was placed on the injured list on Jan. 2 and missed the last 34 games after he underwent microscopic surgery on his lower back. He also missed five games on the injured list with a bulging disk in his lumbar spine from Nov. 27 to Dec. 4.

The 7-2 center started 20 of his 23 games played this season and averaged 5.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and shot .458 from the field in 16.7 minutes. He scored a season-high 13 points against Indiana on Dec. 6 in his first game off the injured list and grabbed a season-best 11 rebounds against Denver on Nov. 23.

Brown did not play in five-straight games prior to the club’s game at Golden State on Tuesday night. The 6-2 guard made 32 appearances this season and averaged 1.3 points and 1.1 assists in 8.2 minutes of play.

Phoenix takes a 33-30 record into tonight’s nationally-televised game against Sacramento at 8 p.m. at America West Arena. The Suns then face a key contest at Houston on Sunday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. before hosting Toronto the following day on Monday, March 17, at 7 p.m. at AWA.

 

[Chaplin]

And the winner is...

Randy Brown!

For his prize, Randy gets his choice of a tweaked ankle or back spasms!

Congratulations!

 

[JS22]

Haha, I cannot for the life of me understand why they don't just change the name to "reserve players list"

 

[elindholm]

Thank God we still have Langhi available.

 

[Absolute Zero]

PHOENIX, March 13

The 7-2 center started 20 of his 23 games played this season and averaged 5.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and shot .458 from the field in 16.7 minutes. He scored a season-high 13 points against Indiana on Dec. 6 in his first game off the injured list and grabbed a season-best 11 rebounds against Denver on Nov. 23.

No wonder the Suns have shied away from developing big men.

I can't really think of any quality centers we have had in quite some time that have made a substantial contribution consistently year after year, except for maybe Alvin Adams and he was not your typical center and that was 40 freakin' years ago. Sure Mark West, Oliver Miller, Robin Lopez had their moments, but that's not the level of contribution or consistency that I am talking about.

 

[BC867]

No wonder the Suns have shied away from developing big men.

I can't really think of any quality centers we have had in quite some time that have made a substantial contribution consistently year after year, except for maybe Alvin Adams and he was not your typical center and that was 40 freakin' years ago. Sure Mark West, Oliver Miller, Robin Lopez had their moments, but that's not the level of contribution or consistency that I am talking about.

There was also the past-his-prime short-lived Shaq experiement.

And the horrible trade of Dennis Johnson for Rick Robey. Ironically, Robey played Power Forward and because, most of the time, the Suns Power Forward covered Center, Robey actually was a Center playing Center. Too bad his skill level was that of a 3rd string Center.

Have the Suns shied away from developing big men for 4 1/2 decades because they have all been bad?

Or have none of them developed into long-term Centers because the Suns have shied away from developing big men?

From long ago, right up to the present, unless they weigh under 215 pounds, Suns Centers sit on the bench with the game on the line.

It is just not in the Colangelo/Sarver DNA to give priority to the Center position as one of strength.

To me, the two most important positions on the court (even if they are solid role players) are Point Guard and Center. That certainly has not been an area of accomplishment for the Suns, except when Dragic did not share the position with another starter and Len could stay healthy and out of foul trouble.

 

[JS22]

When a new post notification for this thread popped up in my email I thought I had time traveled back to 2003.

 

[Absolute Zero]

When a new post notification for this thread popped up in my email I thought I had time traveled back to 2003.

LOL, that's awesome. Things are so dead around here, I have taken to looking up the oldest discussions. Some are enlightening to our situation today.

 

[sunsfan88]

Amazing that the posters who posted way back then in this thread still post here sometimes. On most forums, the users who used to post way back then are long gone.

 

[SirStefan32]

Amazing that the posters who posted way back then in this thread still post here sometimes. On most forums, the users who used to post way back then are long gone.

Most people who joined in 2002/2003 were also on the previous board as well.

 

[sunsfan88]

Most people who joined in 2002/2003 were also on the previous board as well.

I didn't even know about that. What was it called?

 

[SirStefan32]

I didn't even know about that. What was it called?

I think it was called AZ Pro Sports (azprosports.com) if I remember correctly.

 

[NoelPHX]

Yea that was it. I was also at I believe Mike O's Phoenix Suns site before that as well.

 

[Chaplin]

A lot of us started at the old ESPN boards.

 

[3rdside]

A lot of us started at the old ESPN boards.

Second that statement - c1997 is when I first started in there.


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[BC867]

Yea that was it. I was also at I believe Mike O's Phoenix Suns site before that as well.

Yup, me too. This is the third independent Suns site.

It brings back memories, too, of the preceding D-backs site, where Curt Schilling used to post. He never responded to anyone else's post, but he gave us insight about the D-backs.

 

[JS22]

I think it was called AZ Pro Sports (azprosports.com) if I remember correctly.

Yup.

Blast from the past: http://web.archive.org/web/20011225...rosports.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=1&4366

 

[sunsfan88]

I think it was called AZ Pro Sports (azprosports.com) if I remember correctly.

Oh I see. Did that forum and ASFN have the same owners at the time?

 

[Errntknght]

Is this the site that someone totally ruined by endless posts proclaiming the Suns were 0 & 33? In my recollection he didn't use the SN: AKA 0 & 33 as appears on the page JS22 linked. Of course, he used a variety of SNs. (He showed up on this current forum a few times about ten years ago but a number of us recognized him quickly and the mods managed to get rid of him.) My memory is so foggy... most of the screen names I recognize are people that posted here for a while (many still do). I think I started on an AOL forum in the mid 90s but I'm far from sure of it then I bounced around for a couple of years before I landed here.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Is this the site that someone totally ruined by endless posts proclaiming the Suns were 0 & 33? In my recollection he didn't use the SN: AKA 0 & 33 as appears on the page JS22 linked. Of course, he used a variety of SNs. (He showed up on this current forum a few times about ten years ago but a number of us recognized him quickly and the mods managed to get rid of him.) My memory is so foggy... most of the screen names I recognize are people that posted here for a while (many still do). I think I started on an AOL forum in the mid 90s but I'm far from sure of it then I bounced around for a couple of years before I landed here.

That was the AZCentral site. The Phxsuns.net site was born because of him. Boy do I remember those days. They called him "Cubby"

I found this as a result of the AOL forum.

 

[Phrazbit]

I posted (under the same name) on the ESPN forums starting in the late 90s up until I moved over here... when ESPN destroyed their forums and I finally bothered to see what else there was.

Anyway, we had this guy Suns2005, he was a monumental troll that I've heard tormented other boards too. You guys suffer through him? His tantrums were a sight to behold. Made Sci-fi seem down to earth.

 

[Errntknght]

Not me. Cubby is the only super troll I've run into. One is enough! I don't think I ever made it to an ESPN forum

 

[schutd]

I used to while away my desk jockey tech support hours on Mike's old Rivals site, then azpro and finally here. Then, 11 years ago (!!!) I started cooking, and that was the end of me.

 

[Tank]

A lot of us started at the old ESPN boards.

Just a lurker these days, but that seems so long ago now...

 

[Joe Mama]

When did we all start on Mike's board? That was really a fun time. Mike had a press pass and used to go to most of the home games and then come on after the game and chat with us about it. Was that all the way back in 1999?

Joe