Mehmet Okur Ruptures Achilles - Out 6-9 Months

The reports are starting to trickle out now from Denver that Mehmet Okur has ruptured his achilles tendon and will be out 6-9 months. Such a devastating injury both personally for Okur, and for the Jazz as a team. 

This is the same injury that soccer player David Beckham suffered last year which many were calling a career threatening injury. 

According to reports that I read Memo had a numbing injection in his achilles before Game 1 last night. As much as we as fans love to see players try to tough it out and play through injuries, this does go to show that it always isn't the smartest move.

Memo is headed back to SLC today and will undergo surgery in the next day or so. 

What does this do for Fesenko, and the Koof? Not only will they probably need to step up their games against Denver, but one of them potentially will be the starting center for the first few months of next season. Hopefully a silver lining out of all this will be how hard they work this summer to come back as a difference maker next year.

Here's to the team rallying around Memo's injury and stepping up their game in the playoffs!