Suns Add Mehmet Okur, Jason Hervey to Basketball Staff
https://www.nba.com/suns/press-release/suns-add-mehmet-okur-jason-hervey-basketball-staff
https://www.nba.com/suns/press-release/suns-add-mehmet-okur-jason-hervey-basketball-staff
Okur to the Suns
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cctrackstar
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but he's our turkish relations specialist, what will we do to keep kanter happy?
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oh, right
Seriously though, i'm happy for him, and glad that he will continue to expand his nba career through front office work. I hope he does well.
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oh, right
Seriously though, i'm happy for him, and glad that he will continue to expand his nba career through front office work. I hope he does well.
The Jazz Wonderbra
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Mehmet Okur took a large dump, peed on it, and named it Enes Kanter. It made an NBA roster. Pretty amazing S-H-A-T.
I can't say that the Suns will be any better with or without Memo, but if they suddenly improve... I will give credit whether or not credit is due.
I can't say that the Suns will be any better with or without Memo, but if they suddenly improve... I will give credit whether or not credit is due.
He can be helpful while not teaching D.
I wasn't aware he was pulling off even appearing to try.
Okur had his 1 playoff series of solid D on Yao. His defense was bad but not terrible, but pairing him and Boozer up made it hard to watch on defense.
homeytennis
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Perhaps the Suns can sign Boozer.
He was always a fine post defender against anyone as lumbering as he was. His help D was atrocious, however.
Witty Username
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Malone, Okur, Sloan, this kind of swings the curtain open on all of the Jazz organization's front office hires to placate the fans with memories of old.
Okur had 0 defensive tools or athleticism. Even if he gave 100% effort he would have been a below average defender.
Boozer at least had some athletic gifts that would have enabled him to be at least an average defender.
Boozer at least had some athletic gifts that would have enabled him to be at least an average defender.
1. I didn't see the effort either.
2. He often seemed out of shape.
3. The Jazz should've recognized the gravity of the problem and either not extended him, or better, traded him in order to try and seriously address their lack of anything approaching rim protection in their primary unit.
I don't care if you have Gary Payton, Ron Artest, and Scottie Pippen all in their primes at the other positions, a team with interior defense like that can't win a championship. Can't. This team probably won't be as successful as that era of teams, but I could hardly handle the reality that those teams stood no chance because they couldn't stop a nose bleed, and I could hardly handle the reality that either the organization also recognized that and simply didn't care enough, or they were somehow too dumb to recognize it.