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 ...

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 ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

If Mehmet Okur was caught by surprise and unsure how to respond to being traded from the Utah Jazz to the Nets, his sister, Seda, had no such ambivalence. “Oh yeah, she was excited,” Okur said today ...

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 ...

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 ...