D-Mase to retire?

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Desmond Mason was traded twice by your Milwaukee Bucks. That is incredible when you consider the fact that he was essentially the cornerstone, long-term piece that they acquired for Ray Allen, unless of course you want to include Gary Payton. But honestly, who wants to do that. Desmond was productive during his time in the Brew City, but I think was always intuitively compared to Ray Allen, a comparison that is neither fair nor valid. Mason will always be remembered for his "snake in the grass" comment about former GM Larry Harris, who after signing Bobby Simmons to an agonizingly over priced deal, promised that both could play together. But instead he traded the swing-man to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets for Jamaal "Big (fat) Cat" Magloire. Mason was truly one of the nice guys to play basketball, most notably using his relative fame as an NBA player to promote his personal artwork. As a former slam dunk champion, he was neither Minor nor Jordan, but solidly somewhere in the middle.