Desmond Mason a fit?

by darkhelmit54 on Aug 24, 2009 5:51 PM PDT

While there are rumors out that he wants a lot of minutes and a multi-year deal, who's gonna give it to him?

Des has had terrible stats and injury plagued last couple of seasons, but he's always been a role player and recently has played on teams that played rat-ball and all isolation where role players look terrible. He's supposedly an incredible character guy, a very hard worker, a lockerroom leader, and a very good team and individual defender.

I know his agent is asking for much more than he is worth (money and playing time wise) but I doubt he can get it anywhere else, and we might make a lot of sense for him.

I know we currently have 3 SF's as it stands, but if we were to say find some trade for Outlaw/Bayless or Outlaw/Blake (not sure for what) would you guys be interested in bringing in Des (who lives in Portland) as a mentor/vet at the 3rd SG/SF? I know his shooting is bad and stats are terrible, but as spot minute role player his stats might look a lot better, and he's not a chucker.

I think role players are always undervalued and look way worse when on bad young teams, because their skill is finding seams and being in the right positions, he could help anchor our defense in spot minutes and teach Batum and Martell a thing or two, plus he has experience with Nate.

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i believe that hes pretty bad

Trade for Luis Amundson!!Do it KP!!

by CroRupt on Aug 24, 2009 6:25 PM PDT reply actions

Desmond Mason should hang up his jersey and put away his sneakers.

Stupid people have stupid ideas.

by AK1984 on Aug 24, 2009 6:40 PM PDT reply actions

"I know his shooting is bad and stats are terrible"

hahahahah, awesome…. I’d rather sign Perry Mason

by In Walks Rudy on Aug 24, 2009 7:09 PM PDT reply actions

I believe Perry Mason is dead

but could prolly get Matlock

"I'm tired" -Me

by 92wastheyear on Aug 24, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Dead guys come cheap, don't they?

He wouldn’t be asking for a lot of money or a lot of PT.

"if Nate has Roy or Miller in the game at all times, that stagnation will turn into conflagration" -- two4larue

by jscot on Aug 25, 2009 3:00 AM PDT up reply actions

We want Matlock!!!!

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour--Ovid

by bow4meow on Aug 25, 2009 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions

Paul Drake

Pauuuuuuul Drake.
Going to investigate your love.

dinasour type of guys choir boys

by mittsabishy on Aug 24, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Della Street ftw

Without you out there, we're nowhere here

by 22baylor on Aug 25, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Della Street was the Greatest American Hero's.....

……mother

"I'm tired" -Me

by 92wastheyear on Aug 25, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions

His girl's from Portland and he owns a place in the South Waterfront

but we seem fine at SF.

"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy

by Honka Playboy on Aug 24, 2009 10:15 PM PDT reply actions

Desmond Mason was 10 kinds of awful last season

by jksnake99 on Aug 24, 2009 11:55 PM PDT reply actions

I like Desmond Mason

But not as a Blazer, we have no need or desire to sign him. Bring on Outlaw for Turiaf!!

by blaze1 on Aug 25, 2009 12:19 AM PDT reply actions

that's what I'm saying though...

after a move similiar to Outlaw for Turiaf, perhaps Mason fits as a third option at 2/3 who can play defense at bare minimum and be a good locker room presence.

I wouldn’t mind even bringing in a vet 4 like Kurt Thomas to help teach the tricks to Greg and Lamarcus while hitting his rotations right.

If we could somehow figure out Outlaw/Bayless for an asset (picks, Rubio perhaps/etc) I would like this roster:

Miller/Blake/Koponen
Roy/Fernandez
Webster/Batum/Mason
Aldridge/Thomas
Oden/Pryzbilla

by darkhelmit54 on Aug 25, 2009 2:24 AM PDT up reply actions

I dont think he is the right fit

Reference the front page article in whick there is a piece that says: Neil Paine looks at exactly how much Desmond Mason sucks.

In other words, if there’s a statistical category out there (at least in terms of the box score), odds are that it showed Desmond Mason to be a really bad player last season. Not just mediocre, not just below-average, but legitimately terrible.

by blazerbeliever97504 on Aug 25, 2009 12:50 PM PDT reply actions

hmmm... who is statisticaly speaking the worst player in the league?

by In Walks Rudy on Aug 25, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, you'd have to have a minimum number of minutes played, obviously.

Otherwise you’re overwhelmed with scrubs. Largely due to the number of minutes played vs production, Des was at least in the top (bottom?) 3

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Aug 29, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Link for the whole article....

i hoped it would be in my copy and paste above.

Link: http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3220

To those who said he would make a good mentor/ 3rd SF option check out the first line:

Apparently Desmond Mason can’t come to terms with the Thunder on a contract, because the two parties can’t agree on a role for him:

"Desmond is not ready to be relegated to a cheerleader and relegated to a mentor for the younger players," [Mason’s agent] said. "Desmond’s got a lot left in the tank."

by blazerbeliever97504 on Aug 25, 2009 12:59 PM PDT reply actions

true

but I’m under the assumption it might be more appealing to be a mentor on a 50-60 win young team than a 20-30 win young team.

by darkhelmit54 on Aug 25, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions

what exactly does he bring that shows he can mentor someone?

Like hey Brandon + entire rest of the team you guys are all much better right now than i ever was, but let me tell you how this game of basketball works…

"The faster you begin an opponent’s blow-out, the more shots everyone will get." - El Blog Ilusorio de Rudy

"The cake was a lie..." -blazeraddict

by TheOdenator on Aug 25, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Thats some funny stuff right there.

by blazerbeliever97504 on Aug 25, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Why are you guys practicing a jumper and learning to play basketball?

Just marry a girl from Portland and be athletic on dunks and you’ll always have Portland fans bring you up as an option at SF, no matter how bad you play.

He never learned how to play basketball. All athlete. That doesn’t teach, or age well.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Aug 26, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Desmond Mason was all athleticism and no skill, so my guess is he'd be a horrible "mentor" for ...

younger guys like Nicolas Batum. If anything, Mason’s craptacular play and complaining about playing time would be a detriment on a team like the Portland Trail Blazers. Honestly, it’s time to stick a fork in Mason; he’s toast.

Stupid people have stupid ideas.

by AK1984 on Aug 26, 2009 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Desmond Mason was amazing on NBA Live a few years ago

/shrug

Blazer Fan

by leeroyjenkins on Aug 25, 2009 2:20 PM PDT reply actions

I'm down for Matlock

I mean offer him the veteran minimum good experience. I could see him doing nothing but help us

by SonyaBlazer on Aug 25, 2009 3:59 PM PDT reply actions

At least we'd be guaranteed that no team members will ever go to prison.

Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.

by pualo on Aug 25, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions

He'd be good with the refs

I get the paper, so I don't care!

by Name's Ash on Aug 26, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions

desmond mason

is an above average defender, however hes not worth the money hes asking for

by Yawnie on Aug 26, 2009 2:52 AM PDT reply actions

wait...fo' serious?

"There are a few teams you have to watch out for in the fourth quarter."
"Yeah, but Portland definitely is not one of them."

-New Orleans Hornets broadcasters at the end of the third quarter with the Hornets leading 74-59. Portland later ends up winning 97-89.

"They don't mind him shooting that shot at all. Rudy Fernandez is not that great of a 3pt shooter."

-New Orleans Hornets broadcasters right after a Rudy Fernandez missed 3pter. Rudy Fernandez finished the game with three 3pters on six attempts.

by Tofu Anonymous on Aug 26, 2009 6:32 AM PDT reply actions

I've liked Desmond Mason ....

… but I don’t really see a spot for him on the Blazers.

If Nate was thinking in terms on bringing on a role player who might also act as a mentor, then I want Ime Udoka, not Mason. But as the team stands now, there is no place for another SF / swingman in Portland.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Aug 26, 2009 8:20 AM PDT reply actions