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Desmond Mason

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Milwaukee Bucks · F · 2000-01 2nd All-Rookie selection · 10 NBA seasons · 667 career appearances

Desmond Mason recorded 667 NBA appearances across 10 seasons with Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings.

▶Best highlights

12.1

career pts/gm

4.5

career reb/gm

1.6

career ast/gm

642

career games

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Desmond Mason's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1998-99–2003-04

Shooting reaches the 2001 conference finals

Milwaukee Bucks · The Big Three

Allen, Cassell and Robinson formed one of the league's best offenses and came within one game of the 2001 Finals.

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Franchise era

2004-05–2012-13

Brief playoff pushes before the pivotal draft

Milwaukee Bucks · The search for a centerpiece

Redd's scoring and several short-lived cores kept Milwaukee competitive without offering a championship path.

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Franchise era

2005-06–2006-07

A displaced team finds Chris Paul

New Orleans Pelicans · The Oklahoma City interlude

Hurricane Katrina forced the club to Oklahoma City just as Paul arrived and immediately gave it a new direction.

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Franchise era

2008-09–2015-16

Russell Westbrook

Durant and Westbrook grow up at once

Oklahoma City Thunder · The first Thunder superteam

An unprecedented collection of young talent reached the 2012 Finals and four conference finals before injuries and departures narrowed the window.

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Franchise era

2006-07–2021-22

DeMarcus Cousins

Stars pass through without a stable winner

Sacramento Kings · The sixteen-year drought

Coaching churn and inconsistent roster construction produced the longest playoff drought in NBA history.

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Career accomplishments

2000-01 2nd All-Rookie selection10 NBA seasons667 career appearances7,976 career points16 playoff appearancesCareer high: 36 pointsCareer high: 17 reboundsCareer high: 11 assists

Career honors stored from Basketball Reference

Team history

Five defining games

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A provisional five-game introduction to Desmond Mason's most significant indexed performances.

Athlore #1 · 88 relevance

MEMPHISGRIZZLIES

SEATTLESUPERSONICS

Memphis Grizzlies vs Seattle SuperSonics

33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST · 3 STL

Athlore #2 · 85.5 relevance

LOS ANGELESCLIPPERS

SEATTLESUPERSONICS

Los Angeles Clippers vs Seattle SuperSonics

36 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST · 1 STL

Athlore #3 · 84.1 relevance

Chicago Bulls vs Milwaukee Bucks

21 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST · 3 STL · 1 BLK

Athlore #4 · 80.6 relevance

CHARLOTTEHORNETS

Charlotte Hornets vs Milwaukee Bucks

31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST · 1 STL · 1 BLK

Athlore #5 · 75.4 relevance

Orlando Magic vs Milwaukee Bucks

19 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST · 2 STL

Single-game records

Career-high games

One verified indexed game for each major box-score category.

Career high · Points (36)

LOS ANGELESCLIPPERS

SEATTLESUPERSONICS

Los Angeles Clippers vs Seattle SuperSonics

36 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST · 1 STL

Career high · Assists (11)

Orlando Magic vs Milwaukee Bucks

19 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST · 2 STL

Career high · Rebounds (17)

SACRAMENTOKINGS

SEATTLESUPERSONICS

Sacramento Kings vs Seattle SuperSonics

20 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST · 1 BLK

Career high · Steals (4)

NEW ORLEANSPELICANS

New Orleans Pelicans vs Orlando Magic

14 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST · 4 STL

Career high · Blocks (3)

OKLAHOMA CITYTHUNDER

New York Knicks vs Oklahoma City Thunder

13 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST · 3 STL · 3 BLK