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Anthony George Douglas Mason (born December 14, 1966 in Miami, Florida) is a former NBA basketball player. He attended Tennessee State University and was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the third round of the 1988 NBA Draft, but was cut shortly afterwards. He then played for Efes Pilsen basketball club Turkey and in the CBA. After brief stints with the New Jersey Nets and the Denver Nuggets, he signed with the New York Knicks in the summer of 1991.

Under legendary coach Pat Riley, Mason truly blossomed in New York, where he made up an intimidating frontcourt alongside the likes of Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley and Charles Smith. In 1994, the Knicks got back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1973 but fell in seven games to the Hakeem Olajuwon-led Houston Rockets. He was traded to the Charlotte Hornets in 1996 for Larry Johnson. In 2000, he was sent to the Miami Heat, earning his first and only All-Star Game appearance, and finished his career with the Milwaukee Bucks. He retired in 2003.

Mason played the power forward position, despite his relatively diminutive stature (he stood at 6' 7" or 201 cm). However, he compensated his lack of size by his impressive musculature, which made him one of the most feared defensive players in the league. In addition to his physical strength, he could rely on a very good court vision and was a precise and effective passer. In 1997, he was selected to the All-NBA Third Team.

Mason's son, Anthony Mason Jr., is currently a freshman on the St. Johns Red Storm.

Mason was regarded as a flamboyant character (and was notorious for shaving logos and words into his head). Perhaps it was for that reason that he made a cameo in Woody Allen's movie Celebrity.

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