Mehmet Okur News

Tony Ronzone still can barely wrap his arms around the adventure he's about to begin.

If the Jazz's roster is set for this season - and there's every reason to believe it could be with an NBA-maximum 15 players now under contract - the team will face major questions about how to find minutes for ...

They caught each other's eye as they emerged from locker rooms on opposite sides of the hall, stepping through throngs of Chinese reporters and a smattering of international journalists to acknowledge, embrace ...

Question: I know that Josh Smith may be on the market as a restricted free agent, but Atlanta wouldn't give him up unless they got something in return.

C.J. Miles I have heard Jazz fans call Larry H. Miller cheap. It is true, he didn't play Karl Malone market value until he had too, but once the Mailman tested free agency, Larry ponied up.

Deron Williams, the Jazz's stud point guard and, to those in the know, 1B to Chris Paul's 1A, finally agreed to a deal yesterday .

The Jazz and guard Deron Williams have agreed to a contract extension, according to Williams' agent, Bob McClaren.

And what about the long-lost Dee Brown, who played overseas last year after his Jazz rookie season and who Utah must now decide whether or not to re-sign? Check back on that, too.

For the fourth time in the last two years, an OSU freshman basketball player was selected in the NBA draft's first round.

Heading into Thursday's draft the Utah Jazz were looking for a big man to clog the middle.

All of a sudden we have a little bit of everything going on in the world of sports ... It's probably a good thing the Jazz didn't invite the fans for draft night at the EnergySolutions Arena like they have in ...

Former GlenOak Golden Eagle and Ohio State Buckeye Kosta Koufos had to wait a little bit longer than he thought he would during Thursday evening's NBA Draft.

There were no red flags, no reasons Kevin O'Connor was aware of which would explain why Kosta Koufos landed into the Jazz's lap.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Although Deron Williams was snubbed from the All-Star Game for the second consecutive season, the 23-year-old guard proved himself to be the Jazz's leading man.

Mehmet Okur, who plays for NBA team Utah Jazz, was not included in the Turkish national basketball team squad, which will play the European Championship 2009 preliminaries on Sept.

Font For many years the center position in the NBA was exclusively an inside-only position.

If he is at all concerned about the possibility of losing Carlos Boozer and/or Mehmet Okur as free agents next summer, Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor didn't sound it Wednesday.

Look at the four conference finalists from 2008. How'd they get there? The Lakers had a playoff roster and pulled a trade for a second franchise player, giving up middling draft picks and a large expiring ...

Although they won't start full-scale draft workouts until next week, the Jazz will bring in Georgetown center Roy Hibbert for an individual workout today.

There's no other way to say it: the Cleveland front office has failed LeBron James .