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Mehmet Okur
Center ·Brooklyn Nets ·NBA

Mehmet Okur

Age47 BornMay 26, 1979 FromTurkey Height211 cm (6'11") Weight118 kg CollegeEfes Pilsen Draft2001 · #37
Career averages
13.5PPG
7.0RPG
1.7APG
646 games · 11 seasons

At a glance

BKN hub
Latest gamesBox score
Wed, Mar 14, 2012
W vs TOR 84 - 980 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Mar 12, 2012
L vs MIL 105 - 990 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Mar 10, 2012
L vs HOU 112 - 1060 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Mar 9, 2012
W at CHA 83 - 740 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Mar 7, 2012
W vs LAC 100 - 1010 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Mar 6, 2012
L at MIA 78 - 1080 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
All BKN games
Position rank2009-10
#16PPG rank
#24PER rank
#11Win shares rank
CenterPosition
Among 53 Center players with 41+ games
Career snapshot
11Seasons
646Games
8,741Career points
16.7PER average
Most-played franchise: Utah Jazz · 474 games · 2004-05 to 2010-11
Honors and awards1 total
1×
All-Star Selection2006
All awards
Career highsSingle season
18.0PPG · 2005-06 · UTA
9.1RPG · 2005-06 · UTA
2.4APG · 2005-06 · UTA
19.0PER · 2005-06 · UTA
9.3Win shares · 2005-06 · UTA
Draft2001
2Round
37Overall pick
From Efes Pilsen

Career by team

Brooklyn Nets
2011-12 - 2011-12 · 1 seasons
7.6 PPG 4.8 RPG 1.8 APG
17 games
Utah Jazz
2004-05 - 2010-11 · 7 seasons
15.3 PPG 7.6 RPG 1.9 APG
474 games
Detroit Pistons
2002-03 - 2003-04 · 2 seasons
8.2 PPG 5.3 RPG 1.0 APG
143 games
Anadolu Efes Istanbul
2001-2002 - 2001-2002 · 1 seasons
14.6 PPG 7.2 RPG 1.2 APG
12 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
2001-2002 EFE 12 0 28.2 14.6 7.2 1.2 0.7 0.8 50.0 45.8 75.9 - -
2002-03 DET 72 9 19.0 6.9 4.7 1.0 0.3 0.5 42.6 33.9 73.3 14.8 3.8
2003-04 DET 71 33 22.3 9.6 5.9 1.0 0.5 0.9 46.3 37.5 77.5 18.3 5.9
2004-05 UTA 82 25 28.1 12.9 7.5 2.0 0.4 0.8 46.8 27.0 85.0 18.9 7.0
2005-06 UTA 82 82 35.9 18.0 9.1 2.4 0.5 0.9 46.0 34.2 78.0 19.0 9.3
2006-07 UTA 80 80 33.3 17.6 7.2 2.0 0.5 0.5 46.2 38.4 76.5 18.1 8.8
2007-08 UTA 72 72 33.2 14.5 7.7 2.0 0.8 0.4 44.5 38.8 80.4 15.2 6.7
2008-09 UTA 72 72 33.5 17.0 7.7 1.7 0.8 0.7 48.5 44.6 81.7 17.5 7.4
2009-10 UTA 73 73 29.4 13.5 7.1 1.6 0.5 1.1 45.8 38.5 82.0 15.6 5.6
2010-11 UTA 13 0 12.9 4.9 2.3 1.5 0.3 0.3 35.5 31.3 75.0 12.6 0.2
2011-12 BKN 17 14 26.7 7.6 4.8 1.8 0.5 0.3 37.4 31.9 60.0 - -

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 2011 Utah Jazz Brooklyn Nets
Jul 2004 Detroit Pistons Utah Jazz

All entries are season change.

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Born on May 26

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About Mehmet Okur

Mehmet Murat Okur is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he played as a power forward and center.