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**Brian** · 03-19-2004, 06:15 PM

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Mehmet Okur said Tuesday that he wants to remain a Piston, even though he has lost playing time and a starting job to Rasheed Wallace. Okur is a restricted free agent this summer.

"I want to be here; I don't want to go anywhere else," said Okur, who scored six points and had two rebounds in 12 minutes Thursday. "I'm trying not to think about that stuff now; after the season. Coach Brown is the greatest coach so far. I can become a better playing with him. Rasheed is a great player. Everything is cool. I just want to get out there and play."

http://www.freep.com/sports/pistons/...9_20040319.htm

Thats def a good thing to hear.

rainman · 03-19-2004, 06:18 PM

sounds like a guy whose agent says, keep your nose clean and we'll get some big dough at the end of the season.

**jvanbusk** · 03-19-2004, 06:22 PM

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Originally posted by rainman!
sounds like a guy whose agent says, keep your nose clean and we'll get some big dough at the end of the season.

Well that could be

OR....

He could just genuinly like playing for the Pistons.

Let's go Stones!

rainman · 03-19-2004, 06:25 PM

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Originally posted by jvanbusk!

Well that could be

OR....

He could just genuinly like playing for the Pistons.

Let's go Stones!

or both

**DetBNyce** · 03-19-2004, 06:28 PM

That's great news to hear. The timing is great too. He said it out of nowhere.

PistonFAN81 · 03-19-2004, 10:57 PM

thats the best news I heard all day long, oh yeah and he had a monster game tonight, 15,5 in only 25 min, okur you da man

MLKG · 03-20-2004, 11:45 AM

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It felt very good. We are having a lot of fun out there. We are playing great, like a real team. Everyone is so happy. Sometimes somebody will play two minutes or, maybe, 25 minutes, it just doesn’t matter for us. Nobody cares. Everyone cares about team and we, not about self. We have had a lot of fun so far.

More good stuff to hear.

I think being a good team, with good guys, and a GM everyone respects will really help us come this summer. It seems like guys never want to leave this team, even to go to a better situation- like Chucky Atkins didn't want to leave even though he'd be the starter in Boston.

I have never really been worried about Memo "bolting" as a lot of people like to say. I think he really does want to stay which will make things a lot easier this summer. Last night was good for him because it showed even with the Wallaces, he can still get a lot of minutes and be very productive off the bench.

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