MEHMET OKUR NEWS
The last few minutes of Houston/Utah Game 3...
April 25, 2008 by
Scores Report
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There were two boring games tonight, but a great one in Salt Lake City. It was tight the whole way, but the Rockets (behind some good mid-fourth quarter play by T-Mac) built a seven-point lead with under two minutes to play. But McGrady missed a couple of shots (badly) and the Jazz...
Bulls, Jazz players attend Chelsea vs. Liverpool
October 05, 2009 by
Ball Don't Lie
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In London for their preseason exhibition game, members of the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz attended the Chelsea FC versus Liverpool FC match on Sunday. Derrick Rose(notes), Mehmet Okur(notes), Andrei Kirilenko(notes), Deron Williams(notes) and Kyle Korver(notes) watched the action...
Allen Iverson: Another Joe Dumars Mistake
April 03, 2009 by
Sportz Assassin
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Apparently Allen Iverson doesn't want to come off the bench anymore. He
tried it for a second and didn't like it. Now he is saying that he
would rather retire than do this anymore (you just have a couple of
weeks left, A.I.). Today, the Pistons decided to shut down The Answer...
OK, Now ESPN's Just Trying to Piss Off Sheed
September 11, 2008 by
Upside and Motor
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Jazz Win Streak Up To 7, Crown Kings 102-89
March 01, 2009 by
Slam Dunk Central
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The Utah Jazz have the luxury of when their starting lineup is slumping, they have a bench that in my opinion is one of the better benches in the NBA.? Nonetheless, in their game against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, their bench didn?t do so much; but then again it didn?t have to as Ronnie [...]
Okur gets 2-year extension with Jazz
July 10, 2009 by
Basketball ] MiamiHerald.com
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The Utah Jazz and center Mehmet Okur have agreed on a two-year contract extension that runs through 2012.
Okur, Jazz agree to multi-year extension
July 10, 2009 by
Basketball ] MiamiHerald.com
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The Utah Jazz signed center Mehmet Okur to a multi-year contract extension on Friday.
Okur, Jazz OK deal
July 09, 2009 by
Salt Lake Tribune
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Orlando, Fla. » The Jazz and Mehmet Okur agreed Thursday to a two-year contract extension worth a reported $20.8 million that will keep the three-point shooting center off the free-agent market next summer.
Jazz moves: O'Connor, Okur agent meet with no decision made
June 30, 2009 by
Salt Lake Tribune
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Marc Fleisher, the agent for Mehmet Okur, met with Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor for a little more than an hour Tuesday afternoon and left EnergySolutions Arena saying no decision had been made concerning Okur's contract.
Utah C Okur to return next season
June 30, 2009 by
Basketball ] MiamiHerald.com
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Utah Jazz center Mehmet Okur decided to exercise his player option in his contract and return to the team next season, the club announced on Tuesday.
Okur to Remain with Jazz in 2009-10
June 30, 2009 by
nba.com/jazz
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Utah Jazz center Mehmet Okur announced today he has elected to remain with the franchise for the 2009-10 season, and is declining to exercise his early termination option.
Reveille
January 31, 2009 by
Josh Q. Public
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Devils 4? Penguins 3:? El Diablo! ?Dios mio!? El Diablo!!? If you skate, you would be great.? If you could make a figure eight.? The Devils can skate.? The Devils just made a figure eight.? Eight straight wins.? Eight straight wins on the back of Jamie Langenbrunner.??? For the second straight ...
Game Preview #4 - San Antonio Spurs @ Utah Jazz - Back from Vacation
24 days ago by
Pounding the Rock
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Did everyone enjoy their vacation from the NBA?
And we're back. It's Thursday (for which Lauri is very happy), and after a strange four day break in the schedule, the Spurs are embarking on a little road trip, with the first stop in Utah.
More after the jump....
Day 118 of 170: Time to Pickup Roger Mason
February 22, 2009 by
Give Me The Rock
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Line of the Night/ Waiver Wire Line of the Night: It wasn
Day 19 of 170: Anthony Morrow Goes Nuclear
November 16, 2008 by
Give Me The Rock
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Line of the Night: Lebron James (1.51). The Cavs matched up against a Jazz team playing without Deron Williams, Mehmet Okur and Andrei Kirilenko and the results were not surprising: 38 points for Bron off 13-21 shooting, 7 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 3 threes.
Honorable Mentions...
Okur Takes Up Slack, Leads Undermanned Jazz Past 103-94
November 23, 2008 by
Full of Sports
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Despite being undermanned due to injuries to guard Deron Williams and forwards Carlos Boozer and Kyle Korver, the Utah Jazz had to resort to another device in order to have a chance to defeat their opponent in Friday night's game, the Memphis Grizzlies.A The device in question was defense; ...
White Men CAN Jump!
January 29, 2009 by
Give Me The Rock
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I’ve had this post idea in draft-I’m-feeling-too-lazy-to-write-about-it-mode for about a couple of weeks now, but Matt Bonner’s (PF/C, San Antonio Spurs) recent 20-point, 70% FG, 6 trey, 2 steal, no turnover performance versus the Utah Jazz; sort of jump started my...
Blazers/Jazz Pre-Thoughts
January 31, 2009 by
Rip City Project
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"Back to life...Back to reality....Back to life....Back to reality...." Nope, this isn't the late 80's and Soul II Soul isn't making a comeback but the words from their most successful US single ring true for the Blazers. After a Twinkie-like stretch which included...
Hughes Last Second Shot Lifts Chicago Past Utah 101-100
November 25, 2008 by
Slam Dunk Central
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Chicago Bulls veteran guard Larry Hughes hit an outside shot at the buzzer Monday night as his team went out to Utah and defeated a depleted Utah Jazz roster 101-100. Hughes recovered the rebound on a missed shot by the "Rook" point guard Derrick Rose and took the shot as...
Fantasy NBA. Keep them or . . .
Article giving advice on who to add to you Fantasy NBA naughty or nice list.
Lakers/Jazz Preview: The battle of the efficient
May 03, 2008 by
Scores Report
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During the regular season, Utah and L.A. were 2/3 in offensive efficiency (after Phoenix), which means that the Jazz and the Lakers were both in the top three in points per possession. This is no surprise considering that these two teams are coached by two of the best in the league...
The opt-out decisions
June 28, 2009 by
Jazz Notes
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We're in a holding pattern for these next two days waiting for Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Kyle Korver to make their opt-out decisions official. Not make the decisions - - as that's likely happened in all three cases - - but give the Jazz official notification...
Too Many Road Games. Utah Outlasts Portland. 88-97
December 13, 2008 by
Blaze of Love
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This young team looked completely exhausted last night. I heard an interview this morning with Kevin Pritchard talking about the effort of the team and how they had "played hard" which I don't disagree with, but they lacked enough energy to hang with a well-rested Utah...
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