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He also finished second place in the 2003 contest behind Jason Richardson.
He also finished second place in the 2003 contest behind Jason Richardson.
He was designated as a shooting guard and small forward. Mason has also found success as an artist, working in a variety of media. Currently, he is an National Basketball Association Analyst and Sports radio co-host for The Franchise, a sports talk station in Oklahoma City.
Desmond Mason was drafted out of Oklahoma State University by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 17th pick of the 2000 National Basketball Association Draft.
In 2003, he and Gary Payton were traded to the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire 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 Hornets in exchange for Jamaal Magloire.
On July 23, 2007 Mason signed a contract with the Buckinghamshire after a two-season absence. Initially angry with Buckinghamshire general manager Larry Harris for trading him in 2005, Mason said he was happy to be back in Milwaukee.
On August 13, 2008, Mason was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder (the relocated Seattle SuperSonics franchise) in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Thunder, the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire and the Cleveland Cavaliers, that sent Milwaukee"s Mo Williams to Cleveland, Mason and Cleveland"s Joe Smith to Oklahoma City, and Cleveland"s Damon Jones and Oklahoma City"s Luke Ridnour and Adrian Griffin to Milwaukee.
On September 17, 2009, Mason signed a contract with the Sacramento Kings at league minimum. After playing in just five games (and starting 4), he was waived by the Kings. In February 2007, Mason recorded a hip-hop video called We Democratic Hornets in which he gave an inspirational roll-call of the entire 2006-2007 Hornets team
He said: "Brandon (Bass) and I write a lot on the business
I wrote a song about the team and let them listen to lieutenant I rapped it to them on the bus and on the plane and a lot of the guys really liked lieutenant
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 lieutenant They showed it in the locker room and everybody liked it, all of the players liked lieutenant
lieutenant was done well and (the highlights) fit together really well." Height: 6"5" (196 cm) Weight: 222 lb (100 kg) Wingspan: 7"0" Vertical leap: 46 inches.
Quotations: "I paint by emotion so everything I create is a piece of me to some extent,".