I hate to rehash, but it bears mentioning that

[MaNu4Tres]

What I would do for Pop to activate Hairston at the expense of Mason.

[ChumpDumper]

What I would do for Pop to activate Hairston at the expense of Mason.

I might pick Gee at this point to draw some fouls, but I'll take anything but Mason.

[Spurs Brazil]

Mason is a terrible player. It has nothing to do with Pop.

mason will be luck to be in the NBA next season

[Blackjack]

What I would do for Pop to activate Hairston at the expense of Mason.

Just THC membership doing what THC membership is supposed to do.

I might pick Gee at this point to draw some fouls, but I'll take anything but Mason.

I may have found a new acronym: ABM

[TD 21]

Not that I'm not in agreement with the general consensus about Mason, because I am, but people continuously fail to mention that he has a torn ligament in the pinky of his shooting hand. You don't think that greatly affects his shooting? He hasn't done it for years, but he just came off back to back seasons where he was just under and then over 40% from 3. Even this season, after the slow start, he was slowly but surely trending towards that threshold until the injury. I'm not giving Mason a mulligan, but he deserves to have more rope than Bonner, who has no excuse whatsoever.

[Big P]

Mason is in it for himself..not the team.. em.

[MaNu4Tres]

Not that I'm not in agreement with the general consensus about Mason, because I am, but people continuously fail to mention that he has a torn ligament in the pinky of his shooting hand. You don't think that greatly affects his shooting? He hasn't done it for years, but he just came off back to back seasons where he was just under and then over 40% from 3. Even this season, after the slow start, he was slowly but surely trending towards that threshold until the injury. I'm not giving Mason a mulligan, but he deserves to have more rope than Bonner, who has no excuse whatsoever.

Mason is 29 for 123 from the distance since January 31, 2010. That my friend is 23.5 percent. The game where he supposedly injured his ligament was February 21, 2010 in Detroit.

Still you would think if it really hindered his shooting ability Pop wouldn't play him. It obviously doesn't effect it for Pop continuing on calling his number even in must win games (the playoffs). IMO

I for one can't wait for him to be gone.

He demanded to be traded so he can get more playing time, which tells me his ligament is nothing more than excuse for his performances due to the fact that he thought he could contribute and raise his stock going into the off-season with more opportunity.

FFF Mason and his selfish at ude. I'm amazed Pop has had the amount of patience in such a player.

[TD 21]

Mason is 29 for 123 from the distance since January 31, 2010. That my friend is 23.5 percent. The game where he supposedly injured his ligament was February 21, 2010 in Detroit.

Still you would think if it really hindered his shooting ability Pop wouldn't play him. It obviously doesn't effect it for Pop continuing on calling his number even in must win games (the playoffs). IMO

I for one can't wait for him to be gone.

He demanded to be traded so he can get more playing time, which tells me his ligament is nothing more than excuse for his performances due to the fact that he thought he could contribute and raise his stock going into the off-season with more opportunity.

FFF Mason and his selfish at ude. I'm amazed Pop has had the amount of patience in such a player.

Chalk it up to an inevitable bad shooting stretch, which only got worse when the injury occurred. I don't want to make it sound like I'm defending Mason, but I do think the injury should at least be factored in when mentioning his struggles.

I don't know if it's patience, I think Pop just assumes he's too good a shooter to continue to shoot this poorly, even with the injury. He probably hopes/thinks every time he calls on him, "Is this the night he catches fire?" Law of averages type thing.

I was for this mentality for a while, but it's obvious at this point that he's not going to get his stroke back for the rest of the season. And with the season on the line this weekend, Pop can't be stupid enough to chance months and months of hard work and preparation by playing Mason even a second of meaningful action. The same goes for Bonner (even though I know he'll play).