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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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, arrive for a meeting in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Medvedev, on his first visit to India as president, said Russia can help India fight terrorism and investigate the deadly attacks in Mumbai.
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Father Laurent Chu Van Minh, the newly ordained Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of the Hanoi Diocese, smiles after his consecration ceremony at Nam Dinh Church, 90 km (56 miles) outside Hanoi December 5, 2008. Father Laurent worked as a barber and teacher for 32 years before he was consecrated as a priest in 1994 at the age of 51. Vietnam has 8 million Catholics, the second largest community in Asia after the Philippines.
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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 didn't do anything to hurt myself ... There's no lesson to learn. If I wouldn't have played, I still would have been sore because I still would have been doing rehab exercises that hurt probably more than playing on it hurt. So either way, it's going to hurt.
said Deron Williams
Life still go on ... and I've got to look forward and just pray for him and hopefully everything's going to be all right.
said Mehmet Okur
I've played against him for the past couple years ... and bodied up with him and see if I can go out there and just frustrate him a little bit, just try and get him off to a slow start. If I can pick up some fouls against him, I will.
said Jarron Collins
He wasn't able to realize, recognize me because he was kind of half sleep, half [awake] ... because he's been taking medicine and everything.
said Mehmet Okur
arrived at (an Istanbul) hospital and immediately was given approval to visit his father Abdullah in intensive care. During his first visit ... his father did not gain consciousness and Memo was not able to communicate at all.
was said
in Deseret News
