Mehmet Okur · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
Key facts
- 2011
- Türk Telekom
- Born
- ( 1979-05-26 ) 26 May 1979 (age 47) , Yalova , Turkey
- Listed height
- 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
- Listed weight
- 249 lb (113 kg)
- Nba draft
- 2001 : 2nd round, 38th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Detroit Pistons
- Playing career
- 1997–2012
- Position
- Center / power forward
- Coaching career
- 2015–2017
- 1997 1998
- Oyak Renault
- 1998 2000
- Tofaş
- 2000 2002
- Efes Pilsen
- 2002 2004
- Detroit Pistons
- 2004 2011
- Utah Jazz
- 2011 2012
- New Jersey Nets
- 2016 2017
- Phoenix Suns (player development)
- Points
- 8,561 (13.5 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 4,436 (7.0 rpg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Murat
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- Yalova
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- EuroBasket 2007
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Utah Jazz
- Position played
- power forward
- Country for sport
- Turkey
- Mass
- 113
- Image
- Mehmet Okur (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 211
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- Commons category
- Mehmet Okur
- date of birth
- 1979-05-26
- drafted by
- Detroit Pistons
- end of work period
- 2012-00-00
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- name in native language
- Mehmet Okur
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Encyclopedic overview
Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he played as a power forward and center.
Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons with the Utah Jazz, he emerged as a talented shooter in the NBA. From 2004 to 2010, he displayed a talent for making big shots in pressure situations, earning him the nickname of "the Money Man" and "Memo is Money" among Jazz fans. Okur was also the first Turkish player in NBA history to win an NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons in 2004.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mehmet Okur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.