| 01 September 2009
Allow me to clear up some Desmond Mason talk real quick, since I just wrote about him in a blurb for HOOPSWORLD. Yes, he’s in Portland. And no, he’s not a member of the Blazers.
Mason - who missed the second half of last season in Oklahoma City with knee trouble - has been working out at the practice facility lately as he waits for a free agent call to see where the brawny 6’5 small forward will play this coming season. While Mason resides in Portland during the offseason, sources have told me the Blazers and Mason’s camp are not in discussions, nor have they been.
Mason’s “PF” workouts are in the same light as they have been the past few summers. Local guys like Freddy Jones, Luke Jackson and Ime Udoka – and including some of the Blazers who live around Portland – sprinkled about the NBA flock to the open gym policy instituted by Kevin Pritchard.
This isn’t new news here folks.
Let’s put it another way: Mason is working out….but he’s not being worked out.
Desmond simply happens to be a regular; a regular who also happens to be a veteran free agent who is known as one of the tougher guys in the league.
Tempting.
Mason Update:
I received an email this morning from Chris Tomasson - formerly of the now defunct Rocky Mountain News and who is writing these days for FanHouse - about Mason and his destination. According to Tomasson, the Nuggets met with Mason recently and the two appear to be nearing a free agent deal. Just what Portland doesn't need - a division foe adding a tough veteran. His knees are said to be iffy, but if they are not....Mason could prove a wise investment.
pic via: the good point
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