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Okur leaves Jazz for Turkey to handle family issue
Okur leaves Jazz for Turkey to handle family issue
Utah center Mehmet Okur is returning to his home country of Turkey to deal with an illness in his family.
Utah Jazz: Okur takes leave; Koufos to start? - Salt Lake Tribune
sltrib.com — PHILADELPHIA - With four games remaining on this Eastern Conference trip, the Jazz were thrown into flux... Monday as Mehmet Okur left the team and headed to Turkey to attend to a family illness. Okur is expected to remain in Turkey for only a couple of ... (more) Utah Jazz: Okur takes leave; Koufos to start? - Salt ...
Utah Jazz: Okur, Fesenko, Collins all unavailable for Tuesday's game
deseretnews.com — PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Okur has been excused by the Jazz to attend to a family illness in... his native Turkey. After practice today, the Jazz weren't certain when Okur would return or if he would be back anytime before the conclusion of a five-game trip ... (more) Utah Jazz: Okur, Fesenko, Collins all unavailable for ...
Utah Jazz: No Williams, Okur or Kirilenko tonight
deseretnews.com — CHARLOTTE — Usual starting point Deron Williams, starting center Mehmet Okur and sixth man Andrei Kirilenko all... will not play when the Jazz visit the Charlotte Bobcats tonight. Williams said his sprained left ankle is just too sore to go, and he ... (more) Utah Jazz: No Williams, Okur or Kirilenko tonight
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How do you say "Damnit" in Turkish?
True Blue Jazz — Do you want to see how the Jazz will look next year with only one big guy? Watch these next four games while Memo goes home to Turkey. This could turn out being a bad road trip with both D-Will and Memo being out. Lets see if Milsap can earn his paycheck for next year and the Boooze can be a super-duper star for a few games. ...

Memo's dad is in the ICU; Deron may make a go of it tonight
All That Jazz — ... We've all heard by now that Mehmet Okur has been excused by the Jazz brass, and has flown to Turkey to take care of a family crisis. It doesn't take much ...

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Utah center Mehmet Okur is returning to his home country of Turkey to deal with an illness in his family. Okur is Utah's second-leading ...
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Utah center Mehmet Okur is returning to his home country of Turkey to deal with an illness in his family. The Jazz said Monday they have excused Okur so he can be with his family. No other details were released. Okur is Utah's second-leading scorer ...
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