In the SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, Phil Miller writes “see, this is why the Utah Legislature has debated banning cell phones while driving. The safety of Salt Lake's citizenry is obviously at risk when, say, Mehmet Okur learns during his drive home from practice that he has made the All-Star team. ‘I couldn't feel anything,’ when Kevin O'Connor called with the news, Okur said. ‘This is more [exciting] than anything in my basketball career.’ Okur and Seattle guard Ray Allen were selected Tuesday to replace Suns guard Steve Nash and Denver guard Allen Iverson in Sunday's glamor game in Las Vegas.”

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