Mehmet Okur News: Okur has officially announced his retirement from the NBA, FIBA.com reports.

Okur has officially announced his retirement from the NBA, FIBA.com reports.

Okur had been dealing with injuries in the back end of his career, which led to his decision to call it quits. "A player of certain level should say goodbye to the sport he loves when his body doesn't let him to be as he used to be," Okur said. The Turkey native won an NBA championship with the Pistons in 2004 and was a fairly productive big man throughout his career.