- Roger Mason (basketball)
Infobox NBA Player
caption = Mason guardingTracy McGrady
name = Roger Mason, Jr.
position =Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 5
weight_lbs = 212
league =NBA
team =San Antonio Spurs
number = 8
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|9|10
birth_place =Washington, D.C.
highschool =Sidwell Friends School
Good Counsel
college = Virginia
draft = 2nd round, 31st overall
draft_year = 2002
draft_team =Chicago Bulls
career_start = 2002
career_end =
former_teams = Chicago Bulls (2002-2003)
Toronto Raptors (2003-2004)
Olympiacos (2004-2005)
Hapoel Jerusalem (2005-2006)
Washington Wizards (2006-2008)
awards =
profile = roger_masonRoger Philip Mason, Jr. (born
September 10 1980 inWashington, D.C. ) is an American professionalbasketball player. He currently plays for theSan Antonio Spurs .Early career
He lived in
Silver Spring, Maryland and started his primary school career at Grace Day School inKensington, Maryland , and launched his high school career atSidwell Friends School where he was named MVP 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 ", All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC), and all-county by the "Montgomery Journal " newspaper. He was also named 1999Powerade "Mr. Basketball", awarded to the best player in the Washington, D.C. area. [http://www.usabasketball.com/biosmen/roger_mason_bio.html Roger Mason Jr.] at USA Basketball]College career
Mason played collegiately at the
University of Virginia (UVA). In 2001, he was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Third Team. Mason set a free throw percentage record in UVA history with 86.0 percent made and is currently third on the ACC's all-time list for free throw percentage.Professional career
NBA
Mason was selected by the
Chicago Bulls in the2002 NBA Draft after his junior year with the 31st overall pick. He played for the Bulls from the2002-03 NBA season until the 2003-04 season (3 games only) and was traded to theToronto Raptors who released him a few months later. Before the 2007-08 season, Mason signed a one-year contract with theWashington Wizards , and received only limited minutes early in the year. However, his role significantly expanded during the season when superstarGilbert Arenas andAntonio Daniels were injured. He responded by putting up the best numbers in his NBA career. On July 9, 2008, Roger Mason Jr. was signed to the San Antonio Spurs for a two-year $7.3 million contract. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070902297.html/ Wizards Lose Mason to Spurs] - accessed9 July 2008 ]Europe
He went to play in Europe and was signed by the Olympiacos team from
Greece in the 2004-2005 season, in the 2005-2006 season he went to play inIsrael and was signed by Hapoel Jerusalem.In July 2006 he signed with the
Japan ese OSG Phoenix team, but after a few days from signing he was signed by theWashington Wizards on a trial contract. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/09/13/wizards.sign.ap/ Wizards sign Mason] - accessed30 September 2006 ]NBA career statistics
Regular season
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align="left" | 2002–03
align="left" | Chicago
17 || 0 || 6.6 || .355 || .333 || 1.000 || .7 || .7 || .2 || .0 || 1.8
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align="left" | 2003–04
align="left" | Chicago
3 || 0 || 14.3 || .091 || .167 || .000 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .3 || .0 || 1.0
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align="left" | 2003–04
align="left" | Toronto
23 || 3 || 12.4 || .356 || .364 || .864 || 1.2 || 1.0 || .4 || .3 || 4.0
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align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | Washington
62 || 0 || 7.9 || .330 || .324 || .875 || .7 || .6 || .2 || .1 || 2.7
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align="left" | 2007–08
align="left" | Washington
80 || 9 || 21.4 || .443 || .398 || .873 || 1.6 || 1.7 || .5 || .2 || 9.1
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align="left" | Career
align="left" |
185 || 12 || 14.3 || .405 || .374 || .874 || 1.2 || 1.1 || .4 || .1 || 5.5
###@@@KEYEND@@@###Playoffs
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align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | Washington
4 || 0 || 14.0 || .438 || .500 || .833 || .5 || .3 || .2 || .0 || 6.0
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align="left" | 2007–08
align="left" | Washington
6 || 0 || 21.5 || .404 || .235 || .750 || .8 || 1.0 || .5 || .2 || 8.0
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align="left" | Career
align="left" |
10 || 0 || 18.5 || .413 || .333 || .786 || .7 || .7 || .4 || .1 || 7.2
###@@@KEYEND@@@###References
External links
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/roger_mason/index.html Player file] @ NBA.com
* [http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MASONRO01 NBA stats] @ databaseBasketball.com
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/09/13/wizards.sign.ap/ USA Basketball Bio] @ USABasketball.com
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