<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Mehmet Okur is in his fourth NBA season and second with the Utah Jazz after signing with the team as a free agent prior to the 2004-05 season. The only Jazz player to see action in all 82 games last season, Okur set career highs in games in virtually every category, including points scored, rebounds, assists and blocks. Okur finished as the team?s fourth leading scorer, averaging a career-high 12.9 points, while shooting .468 percent from the field and a team best .850 percent from the line. He scored in double-figures in 60 of the 82 games, including 14 games of +20 points, tallying a career-high tying 27 points vs. the Lakers on March 22, 2005. He was the first Jazz center to score 1,000 points in a season since Rich Kelley accomplished the feat in 1978-79 Okur also finished second on the team in rebounding, averaging 7.5 per game, including a season-high 17 rebounds vs. Denver on March 30, 2005. He posted 22 double-doubles on the season. In three NBA seasons with Utah and Detroit, Okur has appeared in 225 games and posted career averages of 9.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 0.76 blocks and 23.3 minutes. He played in 39 playoff games in his two seasons with Detroit, including 22 of the 23 games during the Pistons? Championship run during the 2004 playoffs. Originally selected by the Pistons in the second round of the 2001 NBA Draft (38th pick overall), Okur played five years professionally in the Turkish League (1997-02). A native of Yalova, Turkey, Okur married the former Miss Turkey and also carried the Olympic flame during the Olympic Torch relay in Istanbul prior to the 2004 Athens Olympics. Okur is scheduled to chat live with fans at 3 pm ET (1 MT) on Thursday, January 26. Post your questions now and check back on Thursday for the live chat. </div> Source
