Koufos is a steal here he's a little like the second coming of Mehmet Okur, a big guy who likes to face the basket but who can mix it up inside 
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RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
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RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama listens to his introduction at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
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Quotes about Mehmet Okur
Koufos is a steal here he's a little like the second coming of Mehmet Okur, a big guy who likes to face the basket but who can mix it up inside
was said
in Deseret News
Even though with all that, big game of (Carlos) Boozer, pretty good games of (Mehmet) Okur and (Deron) Williams, us having 18 turnovers and only (14) assists, we were right there ... Which tells you if we were to do different things a little better, we should be OK. ... We had a great chance. Even though we didn't have a really good game, we were right there.
said Pau Gasol
in Deseret News
Anybody can be distracted ... It's just our teamwork that has been working. It's a good plan. It's not like one guy has been shutting him down. We have teamwork, and we are staying on him. I chase him and then Memo (Mehmet Okur) helps me. We are not letting him have easy decisions.
said Andrei Kirilenko
The combination of Williams and Boozer is one of the best in the game, plus Andrei Kirilenko is back playing at a high level, with Ronnie Brewer vastly improved and Mehmet Okur a dangerous shooter. ... It's hard to figure why the Jazz have been 17-24 on the road, nonetheless, they are the better team.
was said
in Deseret News
Historically, I don't think (Jazz) Coach (Jerry) Sloan has called many timeouts in those situations even if he had one ... You could see (it) last year against Seattle: Deron Williams comes up and finds (Mehmet) Okur for a 3. Year after year, they're really good in those situations.
said Avery Johnson
in Deseret News
Quotes from articles mentioning Mehmet Okur
I don't like it, OK, and I really don't want to do it ... but the one thing that we've got going for us is we've got four or five guys in the last year of their contract.
said Kevin O’Connor
I was excited all night and I felt if we could get a little run going I thought we'd get back into the game but we just couldn't get settled down until the end
said Jerry Sloan
They made it difficult for us from the start in stopping us from trying to do what we wanted to do ... That's what experience can do. They got in our face a little bit and gave us trouble right from the start.
said Jerry Sloan
