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Desmond Mason

Desmond Tremaine Mason ▪ Twitter: @desmondtmason

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 224 lbs.
Born: October 11, 1977 in Waxahachie, Texas
High School: Waxahachie in Waxahachie, Texas
College: Oklahoma State University
Draft: Seattle SuperSonics, 1st round (17th pick, 17th overall), 2000 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 31, 2000

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2000-01 23 SEA NBA SF 78 14 1522 189 439 .431 18 67 .269 67 91 .736 72 177 249 63 39 20 53 146 463
2001-02 24 SEA NBA SF 75 20 2420 357 769 .464 16 59 .271 201 237 .848 92 259 351 104 67 27 104 170 931
2002-03 25 TOT NBA SF 80 40 2763 457 1017 .449 21 72 .292 212 283 .749 154 369 523 163 67 32 115 210 1147
2002-03 25 SEA NBA SF 52 15 1811 291 667 .436 16 55 .291 134 181 .740 88 247 335 95 47 21 74 136 732
2002-03 25 MIL NBA SF 28 25 952 166 350 .474 5 17 .294 78 102 .765 66 122 188 68 20 11 41 74 415
2003-04 26 MIL NBA SF 82 31 2534 409 867 .472 9 39 .231 356 463 .769 93 266 359 152 60 24 148 191 1183
2004-05 27 MIL NBA SF 80 71 2893 478 1079 .443 1 8 .125 420 524 .802 85 227 312 217 58 27 164 198 1377
2005-06 28 NOK NBA SF 70 55 2102 275 690 .399 1 6 .167 206 302 .682 64 234 298 66 42 17 113 136 757
2006-07 29 NOK NBA SF 75 75 2575 407 900 .452 0 0 214 323 .663 124 221 345 115 52 22 192 174 1028
2007-08 30 MIL NBA SF 59 56 1702 230 477 .482 0 0 114 173 .659 75 181 256 121 40 30 83 106 574
2008-09 31 OKC NBA SG 39 19 1064 124 285 .435 0 3 .000 46 85 .541 41 116 157 46 15 30 56 96 294
2009-10 32 SAC NBA SF 5 4 66 5 12 .417 0 0 3 4 .750 4 9 13 2 1 1 4 5 13
Career NBA 643 385 19641 2931 6535 .449 66 254 .260 1839 2485 .740 804 2059 2863 1049 441 230 1032 1432 7767

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2000-01 23 SEA NBA SF 78 14 19.5 2.4 5.6 .431 0.2 0.9 .269 0.9 1.2 .736 0.9 2.3 3.2 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.7 1.9 5.9
2001-02 24 SEA NBA SF 75 20 32.3 4.8 10.3 .464 0.2 0.8 .271 2.7 3.2 .848 1.2 3.5 4.7 1.4 0.9 0.4 1.4 2.3 12.4
2002-03 25 TOT NBA SF 80 40 34.5 5.7 12.7 .449 0.3 0.9 .292 2.7 3.5 .749 1.9 4.6 6.5 2.0 0.8 0.4 1.4 2.6 14.3
2002-03 25 SEA NBA SF 52 15 34.8 5.6 12.8 .436 0.3 1.1 .291 2.6 3.5 .740 1.7 4.8 6.4 1.8 0.9 0.4 1.4 2.6 14.1
2002-03 25 MIL NBA SF 28 25 34.0 5.9 12.5 .474 0.2 0.6 .294 2.8 3.6 .765 2.4 4.4 6.7 2.4 0.7 0.4 1.5 2.6 14.8
2003-04 26 MIL NBA SF 82 31 30.9 5.0 10.6 .472 0.1 0.5 .231 4.3 5.6 .769 1.1 3.2 4.4 1.9 0.7 0.3 1.8 2.3 14.4
2004-05 27 MIL NBA SF 80 71 36.2 6.0 13.5 .443 0.0 0.1 .125 5.3 6.6 .802 1.1 2.8 3.9 2.7 0.7 0.3 2.1 2.5 17.2
2005-06 28 NOK NBA SF 70 55 30.0 3.9 9.9 .399 0.0 0.1 .167 2.9 4.3 .682 0.9 3.3 4.3 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.6 1.9 10.8
2006-07 29 NOK NBA SF 75 75 34.3 5.4 12.0 .452 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.3 .663 1.7 2.9 4.6 1.5 0.7 0.3 2.6 2.3 13.7
2007-08 30 MIL NBA SF 59 56 28.8 3.9 8.1 .482 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.9 .659 1.3 3.1 4.3 2.1 0.7 0.5 1.4 1.8 9.7
2008-09 31 OKC NBA SG 39 19 27.3 3.2 7.3 .435 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 2.2 .541 1.1 3.0 4.0 1.2 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.5 7.5
2009-10 32 SAC NBA SF 5 4 13.2 1.0 2.4 .417 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .750 0.8 1.8 2.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.0 2.6
Career NBA 643 385 30.5 4.6 10.2 .449 0.1 0.4 .260 2.9 3.9 .740 1.3 3.2 4.5 1.6 0.7 0.4 1.6 2.2 12.1

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2000-01 23 SEA NBA SF 78 14 1522 4.5 10.4 .431 0.4 1.6 .269 1.6 2.2 .736 1.7 4.2 5.9 1.5 0.9 0.5 1.3 3.5 11.0
2001-02 24 SEA NBA SF 75 20 2420 5.3 11.4 .464 0.2 0.9 .271 3.0 3.5 .848 1.4 3.9 5.2 1.5 1.0 0.4 1.5 2.5 13.8
2002-03 25 TOT NBA SF 80 40 2763 6.0 13.3 .449 0.3 0.9 .292 2.8 3.7 .749 2.0 4.8 6.8 2.1 0.9 0.4 1.5 2.7 14.9
2002-03 25 SEA NBA SF 52 15 1811 5.8 13.3 .436 0.3 1.1 .291 2.7 3.6 .740 1.7 4.9 6.7 1.9 0.9 0.4 1.5 2.7 14.6
2002-03 25 MIL NBA SF 28 25 952 6.3 13.2 .474 0.2 0.6 .294 2.9 3.9 .765 2.5 4.6 7.1 2.6 0.8 0.4 1.6 2.8 15.7
2003-04 26 MIL NBA SF 82 31 2534 5.8 12.3 .472 0.1 0.6 .231 5.1 6.6 .769 1.3 3.8 5.1 2.2 0.9 0.3 2.1 2.7 16.8
2004-05 27 MIL NBA SF 80 71 2893 5.9 13.4 .443 0.0 0.1 .125 5.2 6.5 .802 1.1 2.8 3.9 2.7 0.7 0.3 2.0 2.5 17.1
2005-06 28 NOK NBA SF 70 55 2102 4.7 11.8 .399 0.0 0.1 .167 3.5 5.2 .682 1.1 4.0 5.1 1.1 0.7 0.3 1.9 2.3 13.0
2006-07 29 NOK NBA SF 75 75 2575 5.7 12.6 .452 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.5 .663 1.7 3.1 4.8 1.6 0.7 0.3 2.7 2.4 14.4
2007-08 30 MIL NBA SF 59 56 1702 4.9 10.1 .482 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.7 .659 1.6 3.8 5.4 2.6 0.8 0.6 1.8 2.2 12.1
2008-09 31 OKC NBA SG 39 19 1064 4.2 9.6 .435 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.9 .541 1.4 3.9 5.3 1.6 0.5 1.0 1.9 3.2 9.9
2009-10 32 SAC NBA SF 5 4 66 2.7 6.5 .417 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.2 .750 2.2 4.9 7.1 1.1 0.5 0.5 2.2 2.7 7.1
Career NBA 643 385 19641 5.4 12.0 .449 0.1 0.5 .260 3.4 4.6 .740 1.5 3.8 5.2 1.9 0.8 0.4 1.9 2.6 14.2

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2000-01 23 SEA NBA SF 78 1522 10.5 .483 .451 5.5 13.3 9.4 6.5 1.3 1.0 10.0 15.8 101 107 1.0 0.8 1.7 .055
2001-02 24 SEA NBA SF 75 2420 13.4 .533 .475 4.6 12.4 8.6 6.7 1.5 0.8 10.6 18.8 108 107 3.0 1.6 4.7 .093
2002-03 25 TOT NBA SF 80 2763 15.2 .502 .460 6.5 15.9 11.1 10.2 1.3 0.9 9.2 21.3 105 106 3.3 1.9 5.2 .090
2002-03 25 SEA NBA SF 52 1811 14.2 .490 .448 5.6 16.3 10.9 9.3 1.4 0.9 9.0 21.3 102 105 1.5 1.7 3.1 .083
2002-03 25 MIL NBA SF 28 952 16.9 .525 .481 8.1 15.1 11.6 12.1 1.1 0.9 9.4 21.3 110 110 1.8 0.3 2.0 .103
2003-04 26 MIL NBA SF 82 2534 15.7 .552 .477 4.2 11.9 8.0 10.2 1.2 0.7 12.1 21.8 108 107 4.4 1.2 5.7 .107
2004-05 27 MIL NBA SF 80 2893 14.8 .526 .443 3.4 9.3 6.3 12.8 1.1 0.7 11.1 23.2 107 113 3.6 0.7 4.3 .071
2005-06 28 NOK NBA SF 70 2102 9.2 .460 .399 3.5 13.6 8.4 5.4 1.1 0.7 12.1 20.8 91 109 -1.7 1.4 -0.2 -0.005
2006-07 29 NOK NBA SF 75 2575 10.8 .493 .452 5.4 10.1 7.7 7.6 1.1 0.7 15.6 21.9 95 109 -1.2 1.8 0.6 .011
2007-08 30 MIL NBA SF 59 1702 12.3 .519 .482 5.0 13.1 8.8 11.3 1.2 1.4 13.0 16.8 105 114 1.0 0.5 1.5 .041
2008-09 31 OKC NBA SG 39 1064 7.1 .456 .435 4.4 12.8 8.5 6.7 0.7 2.1 14.8 15.7 90 111 -1.0 0.7 -0.3 -0.012
2009-10 32 SAC NBA SF 5 66 6.2 .472 .417 6.9 15.8 11.3 4.2 0.8 1.1 22.5 11.9 89 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.007
Career NBA 643 19641 12.7 .509 .454 4.7 12.4 8.5 8.9 1.2 0.9 11.9 20.2 102 109 12.4 10.6 23.1 .056

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2001-02 24 SEA NBA SF 5 5 205 24 57 .421 1 3 .333 10 17 .588 5 26 31 9 4 2 5 11 59
2002-03 25 MIL NBA SF 6 6 204 28 55 .509 0 4 .000 22 31 .710 6 36 42 5 6 4 7 19 78
2003-04 26 MIL NBA SF 5 5 198 25 74 .338 0 2 .000 22 26 .846 4 20 24 12 4 2 12 16 72
Career NBA 16 16 607 77 186 .414 1 9 .111 54 74 .730 15 82 97 26 14 8 24 46 209

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2001-02 24 SEA NBA SF 5 5 41.0 4.8 11.4 .421 0.2 0.6 .333 2.0 3.4 .588 1.0 5.2 6.2 1.8 0.8 0.4 1.0 2.2 11.8
2002-03 25 MIL NBA SF 6 6 34.0 4.7 9.2 .509 0.0 0.7 .000 3.7 5.2 .710 1.0 6.0 7.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.2 3.2 13.0
2003-04 26 MIL NBA SF 5 5 39.6 5.0 14.8 .338 0.0 0.4 .000 4.4 5.2 .846 0.8 4.0 4.8 2.4 0.8 0.4 2.4 3.2 14.4
Career NBA 16 16 37.9 4.8 11.6 .414 0.1 0.6 .111 3.4 4.6 .730 0.9 5.1 6.1 1.6 0.9 0.5 1.5 2.9 13.1

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2001-02 24 SEA NBA SF 5 5 205 4.2 10.0 .421 0.2 0.5 .333 1.8 3.0 .588 0.9 4.6 5.4 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.9 1.9 10.4
2002-03 25 MIL NBA SF 6 6 204 4.9 9.7 .509 0.0 0.7 .000 3.9 5.5 .710 1.1 6.4 7.4 0.9 1.1 0.7 1.2 3.4 13.8
2003-04 26 MIL NBA SF 5 5 198 4.5 13.5 .338 0.0 0.4 .000 4.0 4.7 .846 0.7 3.6 4.4 2.2 0.7 0.4 2.2 2.9 13.1
Career NBA 16 16 607 4.6 11.0 .414 0.1 0.5 .111 3.2 4.4 .730 0.9 4.9 5.8 1.5 0.8 0.5 1.4 2.7 12.4

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2001-02 24 SEA NBA SF 5 205 11.0 .458 .430 2.7 15.4 8.8 7.4 1.1 0.8 7.2 16.5 97 114 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.003
2002-03 25 MIL NBA SF 6 204 15.3 .568 .509 3.6 20.8 12.4 4.0 1.6 1.5 9.3 17.5 111 108 0.3 0.1 0.4 .103
2003-04 26 MIL NBA SF 5 198 8.7 .421 .338 2.2 11.8 6.9 11.0 1.1 0.8 12.3 22.8 86 112 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.070
Career NBA 16 607 11.7 .478 .417 2.9 16.1 9.4 7.4 1.2 1.0 9.9 18.9 97 111 0.2 -0.1 0.1 .010

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Desmond Mason 5.7 5.2 4.7 4.3 1.7 1.5 0.6 0.0 -0.2 -0.3
Mitch Kupchak 85.2 5.9 5.9 5.2 4.9 2.4 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.0
Luke Jackson 85.0 5.1 4.8 4.2 3.6 1.7 1.4 0.8 0.8
Goo Kennedy 84.5 5.7 5.0 4.5 4.0 0.8 0.3
Jared Dudley 83.8 5.6 5.3 5.1 4.8 2.9 2.7
Tracy Murray 82.7 6.5 4.9 4.4 3.8 2.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3
Brandon Bass 81.9 6.3 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.1 2.0 0.1 0.0
Chris Andersen 81.7 5.9 5.4 4.5 3.2 2.4 1.9 1.3 1.1 0.3 0.0
Aaron Williams 81.6 5.2 5.0 4.8 3.7 3.4 1.7 1.1 1.1 -0.1 -0.1
George Carter 80.7 6.4 4.4 4.2 4.1 2.9 2.2 0.2 0.0
Paul Griffin 80.1 4.9 4.4 4.1 2.9 1.6 1.4 0.4
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Desmond Mason 5.7 5.2 4.7 4.3 1.7 1.5 0.6 0.0 -0.2 -0.3
Mitch Kupchak 85.2 5.9 5.9 5.2 4.9 2.4 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.0
Luke Jackson 85.0 5.1 4.8 4.2 3.6 1.7 1.4 0.8 0.8
Goo Kennedy 84.5 5.7 5.0 4.5 4.0 0.8 0.3
Jared Dudley 83.8 5.6 5.3 5.1 4.8 2.9 2.7
Tracy Murray 82.0 6.5 4.9 4.4 3.8 2.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 -0.1 -0.2
Brandon Bass 81.9 6.3 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.1 2.0 0.1 0.0
George Carter 80.7 6.4 4.4 4.2 4.1 2.9 2.2 0.2 0.0
Paul Griffin 80.1 4.9 4.4 4.1 2.9 1.6 1.4 0.4
Greg Smith 79.8 6.8 5.5 4.5 2.7 1.9 0.6 0.4 0.0
Walter Simon 79.7 6.1 4.8 4.5 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.0

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant
Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1996-97 19 OKSTATE 32 539 52 138 17 52 23 37 80 22 13 10 42 45 144 .377 .327 .622 16.8 4.5 2.5 0.7
1997-98 20 OKSTATE 29 947 157 299 22 69 86 126 223 45 51 19 47 75 422 .525 .319 .683 32.7 14.6 7.7 1.6
1998-99 21 OKSTATE 34 1180 196 408 27 79 106 142 267 28 53 30 73 82 525 .480 .342 .746 34.7 15.4 7.9 0.8
1999-00 22 OKSTATE 34 1202 211 423 64 149 125 163 225 52 41 33 60 69 611 .499 .430 .767 35.4 18.0 6.6 1.5
Career 129 3868 616 1268 130 349 340 468 795 147 158 92 222 271 1702 .486 .372 .726 30.0 13.2 6.2 1.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
2000-01 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)
Games
2003-04 NBA 82 (3)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.001 (602)

Transactions

June 28, 2000: Drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 2000 NBA Draft.

February 20, 2003: Traded by the Seattle SuperSonics with Gary Payton to the Milwaukee Bucks for Ray Allen, Ronald Murray, Kevin Ollie and a 2003 1st round draft pick (Luke Ridnour).

October 26, 2005: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks with a 2006 1st round draft pick (Cedric Simmons) to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets for Jamaal Magloire.

July 23, 2007: Signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks.

August 13, 2008: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to the Oklahoma City Thunder; the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Damon Jones to the Milwaukee Bucks; the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Joe Smith to the Oklahoma City Thunder; the Milwaukee Bucks traded Mo Williams to the Cleveland Cavaliers; and the Oklahoma City Thunder traded Adrian Griffin and Luke Ridnour to the Milwaukee Bucks.

August 17, 2009: Signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2000-01 Seattle SuperSonics NBA $1,074,720
2001-02 Seattle SuperSonics NBA $1,155,240
2002-03 Seattle SuperSonics NBA $1,235,880
2003-04 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $1,898,312
2004-05 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $6,529,630
2005-06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets NBA $7,333,333
2006-07 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets NBA $8,037,037
2007-08 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $5,000,000
2008-09 Oklahoma City Thunder NBA $5,300,000
2009-10 Sacramento Kings NBA $76,850
Career (may be incomplete) $37,641,002

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