Makai Mason

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Makai Mason
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Makai Mason in 2014
Free Agent
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1995-05-04) May 4, 1995 (age 28)
Greenfield, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican / German
Listed height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight84 kg (185 lb)
Career information
High school Hotchkiss School
(Lakeville, Connecticut)
College
NBA draft 2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2020 Alba Berlin
2020–2021 Manresa
Career highlights and awards

Makai Mason (born May 4, 1995) is an American-German professional basketball player who last played for Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Yale Bulldogs and Baylor Bears. [1]

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Early life

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Mason in 2009

A Greenfield, Massachusetts, native, Mason attended The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. He garnered NEPSAC Class A Player of the Year honors as a senior and enrolled at Yale University in 2014. [2]

College career

In his first year in college, Mason appeared in 31 games for the Bulldogs with per-game averages of 6.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists, earning him the John C. Cobb Outstanding Freshman Award.

His sophomore campaign in 2015-16 was his breakout year. Mason took home All-Ivy League First Team honors, [3] along with a NABC District 13 Second Team selection. [4] He was also recognized with the Bill Madden Toughness Award and was the co-recipient of the Dutch Arnold Most Valuable Player Award (alongside his teammate Justin Sears). [5] Mason emerged as Yale's leading scorer (16.0 points per game) and assist man (3.8 per game), [6] while guiding the Bulldogs to their first ever NCAA Tournament victory, hitting on 9-of-18 from the field and netting a career-high 31 points in Yale's 79-75 upset win over heavily favored Baylor. [7] Yale fell short to Duke in the second round. [8] Mason declared for the 2016 NBA draft, but later withdrew his name. [9]

On November 8, 2016, it was announced that Mason would miss the entire 2016–17 College Basketball season with a broken right foot. [10] He suffered a stress fracture in his left foot in November 2017. [11]

In 2018, Mason transferred to Baylor University to complete his basketball eligibility as a graduate student for the 2018–19 season. [12] Despite dealing with injuries, Mason averaged 14.9 points and 3.4 assists per game in his only season at Baylor. [13]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, Mason signed his first professional contract with Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga. [14] He averaged 3.9 points and 0.8 assists per game. On July 3, 2020, Mason left the German team in order to join Liga ACB club Manresa. [15]

International career

Mason has dual citizenship in the United States and Germany, his mother was born in Mainz, Germany. [16] In 2016, Mason was selected for the German national basketball team, to play in the qualification rounds for the EuroBasket 2017. [17] [18] He played his first official game for Team Germany on July 30 against Ukraine. [19]

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