14 Results for mehmet okur

Free-agent fits: Bucher's top 20

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

Free agency isn't just about finding the best player; it's about fitting the right player into the right system. Ric Bucher ranks his top 20 free agents and analyzes their games to find the best landing spots.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 28, 2009

NBA Style '09: Four Teams Rate Their Own

Ric Bucher

The Suns, Warriors, Jazz and Knicks rate the best and worst dressed players on their squads

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | February 11, 2009

PICK YOUR POISON

Ric Bucher

Toughest Western Conference field in years? Perhaps. Here's the teams poised to make it, who they want to see, and who they should be running from.

Story | Conversation | March 25, 2008

Daily Dime: All-Quasars, the brightest non-stars out there

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack Ronny Turiaf isn't a star, but his energy has been stellar for the Lakers, earning him All-Second Galaxy honors in Ric...

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Warriors' loss could be costly

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

...subjected to similar video-clip justice after drawing a flagrant foul and being ejected for knocking Mehmet Okur out of the air on a dunk attempt with 37.2 seconds left. Richardson said, "That...

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Another magical Oakland night

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

...a Dirk or a T-Mac. With a beard full of "Hell, no!" Davis drove into Mehmet Okur, turned his back to the basket and flipped in a layup off the glass. It didn...

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Two Lakers, two Rockets make All-Quasar Team

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

Ric Bucher names the sixth annual All-Quasar Team -- his squad of the most underappreciated players.

Story | Conversation | February 13, 2007

Kobe sends 52 messages

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

...Bryant. Before tipoff, I thought maybe I'd look at the Jazz's oddball Andrei Kirilenko-Mehmet Okur-Carlos Boozer front line and how it's still not an ideal configuration, no matter how...

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Alter Ego

Ric Bucher

Carlos Boozer went back home to Alaska to find the man he's always been.

ESPN Insider Story | October 12, 2004

Pistons have been the better team

Ric Bucher, ESPN the Magazine

People should be wondering how the Lakers, not the Pistons, can come back and win the title.

Story | Conversation | June 10, 2004

Dirty work not part of 'Sheed's deal

Ric Bucher, ESPN the Magazine

The Pistons acquired Rasheed Wallace, but apparently his low-post game wasn't part of the deal.

Story | Conversation | March 04, 2004

No sense trying to explain Carlisle's firing

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

Any way you look at it, the Pistons' unexpected firing of Rick Carlisle makes no sense at all.

Story | Conversation | May 31, 2003

Pistons' silence says plenty about Carlisle

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

By keeping quiet, the Pistons have said plenty about rumors over Rick Carlisle's job security.

Story | Conversation | May 02, 2003

No sense trying to explain Carlisle's firing

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

Any way you look at it, the Pistons' unexpected firing of Rick Carlisle makes no sense at all.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2003