Desmond Mason

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Desmond Tremaine Mason (born October 11, 1977 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. He is designated as a shooting guard and small forward.

He was drafted out of Oklahoma State University by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 17th pick of the 2000 NBA Draft. In 2001, he became the first Sonics player in franchise history to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.^[1] In 2003, he and Gary Payton were traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Ray Allen and Ronald "Flip" Murray. On October 26, 2005, he was traded along with a 2006 first-round draft pick to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets in exchange for Jamaal Magloire.^[2] On July 23, 2007 Mason signed a contract with the Bucks after a 2-season absence. Initially angry with Bucks general manager Larry Harris for trading him in 2005, Mason said he was happy to be back in Milwaukee.^[2]

[edit] Media appearances

In February 2007, Mason recorded a hip-hop video called We Dem Hornets in which he gave an inspirational roll-call of the entire 2006-7 Hornets team. He said: "Brandon (Bass) and I write a lot on the bus... I wrote a song about the team and let them listen to it. I rapped it to them on the bus and on the plane and a lot of the guys really liked it. I tweaked it, cleaned it up, and went over to (videographer intern and son of head coach Byron Scott) Thomas Scott’s house and we put it down and then they wanted to put a video to it. It was just for fun."^[3] Commenting on the fact that the Hornets started to win after the video was shown, Mason commented: "I think it went over well. They showed it in the locker room and everybody liked it, all of the players liked it. It was done well and (the highlights) fit together really well."^[3]

[edit] Physical Stats

• Height: 6'6" 198 cm
• Weight: 222
• Wingspan: 7'0"
• Vertical Leap: 38 inches

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[edit] Notes

1. ^ NBA.com: Desmond Mason bio
2. ^ ^{a b} Mason says he's happy to be back in Milwaukee July 23, 2007
3. ^ ^{a b} Mason Delivers Unique Motivational ‘Speech’
4. ^ DraftExpress: Pre Draft Measurements
5. ^ Highest Vertical Leap World Records

[edit] External links

• NBA.com player profile
• [1] rap song by Mason about the Hornets' roster

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