Mehmet Okur
Turkish former basketball playerWikipedia
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Oct 16, 2026
JackHOST
I don't know.
Pablo EscoballHOST
They've had Mehmet Okur, jackass.
JackHOST
Hmm.
Pablo EscoballHOST
They've been here before.
Trey KirbyHOST
Yeah.
Trey KirbyHOST
All-Star game, seven first-time all stars, Caron Butler, Dwight Howard, Joe Johnson, Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, Josh Howard, Mehmet Okur.
J.E. SkeetsHOST
Oh, Mehmet, ooh.
Tas MelasHOST
Oh, yeah.
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Trey KirbyHOST
Yep.
Trey KirbyHOST
Crazy series.
Trey KirbyHOST
In the other Western Conference semifinals, the Jazz and the Warriors, Game 1, Jason Richardson ties the game with 33 seconds left, but Carlos Boozer gets a put back off a Mehmet Okur miss, takes the lead.
Trey KirbyHOST
Stephen Jackson misses a wide open three to take the lead, but Utah wins.
J.P. ChungaHOST
Yeah.
Marc SpearsGUEST
Uh, uh, and Mehmet Okur.
Marc SpearsGUEST
Uh, he had some talent.
J.P. ChungaHOST
Mm-hmm.
Brian WindhorstHOST
Yeah.
Carlos BoozerGUEST
You think about Karl Malone, and John Stockton, and me and Deron Williams, and Andrei Kirilenko, and Mehmet Okur, and you know, the, the, the new generation of guys, they...
Carlos BoozerGUEST
And some of our new generation, they're missing that element because a lot of things have been handed to them.
Carlos BoozerGUEST
But I, I have so much love and respect for Coach Sloan, may he rest in peace, because he gave me a chance to...
Brian WindhorstHOST
Yeah.
Carlos BoozerGUEST
You think about Karl Malone, and John Stockton, and me and Deron Williams, and Andrei Kirilenko, and Mehmet Okur, and you know, the, the, the new generation of guys, they-- in some of our new generation, they're missing that element, because a lot of things have been handed to them.
Carlos BoozerGUEST
But I, I have so much love and respect for Coach Sloan, may he rest in peace, because he gave me a chance to...
Carlos BoozerGUEST
I was a hardworking dude.
Carlos BoozerGUEST
Like, like imagine, imagine being able to put the game how it is now.
Carlos BoozerGUEST
Like think about a Mehmet Okur.
Carlos BoozerGUEST
Like I played with in Utah at an era when there wasn't guys, a lot of big guys shooting threes.
Carlos BoozerGUEST
Everybody shoots threes now.
Anson WellsHOST
the duo, the 7'3" by 7'3" duo.
Anson WellsHOST
And I think that this, as I mentioned yesterday, really frees up Chet to roam the way that Ben Wallace did when you had Sheed or a big, Mehmet Okur facing up against Chet.
Braylon EdwardsHOST
Mehmet.
Anson WellsHOST
It allows h- you know, Chet to exist out on the, the wing and be able to perform as the four that he is instead of having to play the five.
Rich RubinHOST
A few of you pointed out that Marley and Al Bianchi and a bunch of other guys said, yeah, we knew these guys were assistant coaches.
Rich RubinHOST
I wanted to point out some guys that went under the radar, like Mehmet Okur.
Rich RubinHOST
That was bizarre the other day that he was a son's assistant to me.
Rich RubinHOST
I had no idea about that.
Rich RubinHOST
Neither of us won MVP.
Rich RubinHOST
[laughs] Number two assistant coach that you may not have known it, known of, Mehmet Okur, former Piston, Jazz, and Nets, uh, sharp-shooting All-Star.
Rich RubinHOST
He was a 6'11", three-point sniper.
Rich RubinHOST
He was so good from three.
Rich RubinHOST
He was the Suns assistant for one season, 2016, and that made him the first Turkish-born coach ever to be a part of an NBA coaching staff.
Rich RubinHOST
Mehmet Okur, forget about him, but man, nobody...
Rich RubinHOST
He was a problem.
Rich RubinHOST
Uh, Ralph Sampson.
Anson WellsHOST
They're the, they're the same size in terms of height, but Adebayo Mara has a much better, uh, base to him, a better defensive instinct.
Anson WellsHOST
And Kool-Aid, when I think back to the 2004 series, something I talk about that people are always like, "Ah, I guess I didn't really see that so much," the Pistons were so good because when Rasheed came off the floor, you got to put Mehmet Okur on Shaq directly with Ben Wallace floating and helping.
Anson WellsHOST
And so now you get to put Adebayo Mara's body on Wemby with a 7'3" guy who can block the hell out of the ball in Chet Holmgren, who Wemby's gonna have to be not faced one-on-one with, but worried about coming from that help area.
Anson WellsHOST
I was just watching some stuff on Muggsy Bogues this morning and they, they said, "What's the Muggsy rule? If you can't see him, pick the ball up-"