Desmond Mason

Desmond Mason
Position	Shooting guard-Small forward
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	222 lb (101 kg)
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Nationality	United States
Born	October 11, 1977 (age 29) Waxahachie, Texas
College	Oklahoma State
Draft	17th^th overall, 2000 Seattle SuperSonics
Pro career	2000–present
Former teams	Seattle SuperSonics (2000–2003) Milwaukee Bucks (2003–2005)
Awards	2001 NBA Slam Dunk Contest Winner

Desmond Tremaine Mason (born October 11, 1977 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. He is designated as a swingman, meaning he plays both shooting guard and small forward.

He was drafted out of Oklahoma State University by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 17th pick of the 2000 NBA Draft. In 2003, he and Gary Payton were traded to the Milwaukee Bucks 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 Hornets in exchange for Jamaal Magloire.

In 2001, he became the first Sonics player in franchise history to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.

In addition to his skills on the court, he is an accomplished painter and artist.^{[citation needed]}

2000 NBA Draft
First Round Kenyon Martin \| Stromile Swift \| Darius Miles \| Marcus Fizer \| Mike Miller \| DerMarr Johnson \| Chris Mihm \| Jamal Crawford \| Joel Przybilla \| Keyon Dooling \| Jérome Moïso \| Etan Thomas \| Courtney Alexander \| Mateen Cleaves \| Jason Collier \| Hidayet Türkoğlu \| Desmond Mason \| Quentin Richardson \| Jamaal Magloire \| Speedy Claxton \| Morris Peterson \| Donnell Harvey \| DeShawn Stevenson \| Dalibor Bagarić \| Jake Tsakalidis \| Mamadou N'diaye \| Primož Brezec \| Erick Barkley \| Mark Madsen
Second Round Marko Jarić \| Dan Langhi \| A. J. Guyton \| Jake Voskuhl \| Khalid El-Amin \| Mike Smith \| Soumaila Samake \| Eddie House \| Eduardo Nájera \| Lavor Postell \| Hanno Möttölä \| Chris Carrawell \| Olumide Oyedeji \| Michael Redd \| Brian Cardinal \| Jabari Smith \| DeeAndre Hulett \| Josip Sesar \| Mark Karcher \| Jason Hart \| Kaniel Dickens \| Igor Rakočević \| Ernest Brown \| Dan McClintock \| Cory Hightower \| Chris Porter \| Jaquay Walls \| Scoonie Penn \| Pete Mickeal