Roger Philip Mason Jr. (born September 10, 1980) is an American former professional
basketball
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player. He is the former deputy executive director of the
NBA Players Association
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. He is the former president and commissioner of
Big3
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.
Early career
Mason lived in
Silver Spring, Maryland
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where he attended primary school at Calvary Lutheran School. He first attended high school at
Sidwell Friends School
Sidwell Friends School is a Quaker school located in Bethesda, Maryland and Washington, D.C., offering pre-kindergarten through high school classes. Founded in 1883 by Thomas W. Sidwell, its motto is ' ( en, Let the light shine out from all), al ...
where he was named
MVP
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at the school as a freshman. He then transferred to
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School for his sophomore, junior, and senior years. Mason led Good Counsel to their best basketball year ever, with 29 wins and a number 19 final ranking on the USA Today Super 25 list. At Good Counsel he scored a total of 1,426 points. He was named 1999 All-Metropolitan first team by ''
The Washington Post
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'', All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC), and all-county by the ''Montgomery Journal'' newspaper. He was also named 1999
Powerade
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History
In 1988, Powerade became the official sports drink of the Olympics, alongside Aquarius, anot ...
"Mr. Basketball", awarded to the best player in the Washington, D.C. area.
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College career
Mason played collegiately at the University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...
(UVA). In 2001, he was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
(ACC) third team. Mason set a free throw percentage record in UVA history with 86.89 percent made (since passed by Malcolm Brogdon
Malcolm Moses Adams Brogdon (born December 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers under Tony Bennett. A ...
) and is currently fourth on the ACC's all-time list for free throw percentage.
Professional career
NBA
Mason was selected with the 31st overall pick by the Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 1 ...
in the 2002 NBA draft after his junior year. On August 12, 2002, he signed a multi-year deal with the Bulls.
On December 15, 2003, he was traded to the Toronto Raptors
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for Rick Brunson
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. On December 16, 2004, he was waived by the Raptors.
In September 2006, he signed a one-year deal with the Washington Wizards. In September 2007, he re-signed with the Wizards on a one-year deal. His role significantly expanded during the season when Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. (; born January 6, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Arenas attended Grant High School in the Valley Glen district of Los Angeles, and accepted a scholarship offer to the University of Arizona lat ...
and Antonio Daniels
Antonio Robert Daniels (born March 19, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the television color analyst for the New Orleans Pelicans on B ...
were injured. He responded by putting up the best numbers in his NBA career.
On July 11, 2008, Mason was signed to the San Antonio Spurs for a two-year $7.3 million contract. On Christmas Day 2008, he made a buzzer-beating three-point shot to beat the Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Suns are the only team in t ...
. Mason would finish the season with career highs in points, rebounds, and assists per game and it was also his only time to play all 82 games of a season.
On August 10, 2010, Mason signed a contract with the New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Associat ...
.
On December 9, 2011, Mason signed a one-year veteran minimum contract with the Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast D ...
. On April 16, 2012, Mason was waived by the Wizards to create a roster spot for Morris Almond
Morris Almond (born February 2, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Almond is the founder of Almond Athletics. His last professional appearance would be for the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League (D-League) ...
.
On August 3, 2012, Mason signed a contract with the New Orleans Hornets
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.
On September 27, 2013, Mason signed with the Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Southe ...
.
On February 20, 2014, Mason was traded to the Sacramento Kings
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in exchange for a future conditional 2015 second-round pick. He was later waived the same day.Kings Waive Roger Mason Jr.
/ref> Thus, Mason Jr.'s final NBA game was when he was still a member of the Miami Heat. As his final game was on January 26, 2014 in a 113 - 101 win over the San Antonio Spurs
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in which he recorded 3 points in 4 and half minutes of playing time.
International
In January 2005, he signed with Olympiacos
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...
of Greece
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for the rest of the 2004–05 season. Later that year, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...
for the 2005–06 season who got sponsored by billionaire Arkadi Gaydamak
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shortly before, he quickly became major player of the team and led it to the Uleb Cup semi-finals and to the Israeli League Finals.
NBA career statistics
Regular season
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Playoffs
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References
External links
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Virginia bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mason, Roger Jr.
1980 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Canada
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Maryland
Basketball players from Washington, D.C.
Big3 people
Chicago Bulls draft picks
Chicago Bulls players
Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
Israeli Basketball Premier League players
Miami Heat players
New Orleans Hornets players
New York Knicks players
Olympiacos B.C. players
San Antonio Spurs players
Shooting guards
Toronto Raptors players
Universiade bronze medalists for the United States
Universiade medalists in basketball
Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball players
Washington Wizards players
Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American people