Year in and year out NBA junkies are awarded with a "League Pass Team," a collection of players and coaches that mold a style of aesthetically pleasing ball that doesn't often cross the national ...

Former Suns assistant coach Mehmet Okur lashed out on social media after he was abruptly fired this weekend. Okur, who was part of the Phoenix Suns coaching purge along with two other assistants and ...

Utah Jazz center Mehmet Okur of Turkey talks to the media in the team’s locker room Thursday, April 14, 2011, in Salt Lake City. The Jazz did not make the NBA playoffs and the players cleaned out ...

Mehmet Okur hasn’t really been part of the Jazz this season, having played just 13 games for them and having missed the last 22 due to a back injury. The team has now officially shut him down for the ...

There was a time when Mehmet Okur was a real integral component of a Jerry Sloan-coached Utah Jazz team. Now, he's retiring at the age of 33. From 2005 through 2009, Okur averaged 16.8 points, 7.9 ...

Mehmet Okur officially announced his retirement from the NBA. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Mehmet Okur, the former Utah Jazz center who led the team to multiple playoff appearances from 2004-2011, ...

Former NBA big man Mehmet Okur announced his retirement from basketball on Wednesday at the age of 33. Mehmet Okur, a 10-year NBA veteran, announced his retirement Thursday. Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty ...

Utah Jazz center Mehmet Okur of Turkey talks to the media in the team’s locker room Thursday, April 14, 2011, in Salt Lake City. The Jazz did not make the NBA playoffs and the players cleaned out ...

Mehmet Okur, who was named to the 2007 NBA All-Star team as a member of the Utah Jazz, will reportedly retire from the NBA at the age of 33 and sign with a team in his native Turkey. (Rocky ...

DENVER -- Utah Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor says center Mehmet Okur has a torn left Achilles tendon and is out for the remainder of the playoffs. Okur needs surgery and will likely miss the ...

SALT LAKE CITY - Mehmet Okur was concise in his earliest moments as a member of the Utah Jazz. "Life is good," Okur said with a wide grin after signing a six-year, $50 million deal to join the Jazz.

There was a time when Mehmet Okur was a real integral component of a Jerry Sloan-coached Utah Jazz team. Now, he's retiring at the age of 33. From 2005 through 2009, Okur averaged 16.8 points, 7.9 ...