<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> Chet Mason will often find himself in front of the locker-room mirror admiring his image wearing a Cavaliers practice jersey. Mason just completed his fourth day of training camp on Thursday and he's still impressed.</p> "Whenever I dreamed about the NBA, I dreamed about playing for the Cavaliers," said Mason, who grew up in Cleveland's Kinsman area. "The night the organization told me I was coming to camp brought on an unbelievable feeling. I can't even imagine how I would feel if I made this roster."</p> The odds are stacked against Mason. He was, along with a handful of others, invited as a camp free agent, which essentially means a practice player. But there have been exceptions and Mason does not have to look far for a prime example. Cavs guard Devin Brown was a long shot when he made the San Antonio Spurs roster during the 2004-05 season.</p> Mason's audition began as one of the best players in Cleveland high school history with South High School. Mason, known as "The Jet," averaged a triple double his senior year and was voted Ohio co-Mr. Basketball in 2000. He moved on and played at Miami of Ohio and ended his career in 2004-05. In his senior season, he was the Mid-American Conference defensive player of the year and a first team All-MAC selection after averaging 13.4 points and 7.6 rebounds.</p> After leaving Miami, Mason played a year in Europe and spent last season in the CBA and the NBDL.</p> For the past few summers, Mason has been involved in pick-up games in town that have included Cavs players. Coach Mike Brown became familiar with Mason during those summer sessions.</p> "Chet was coming around and playing with our guys every day," Brown said. "After these pick-up games, I'd come into the office and the assistant coaches started to throw Chet's name out as being a pretty good player. When Eric Snow got hurt, I said to Danny [Ferry] that we needed a guard and Chet was here. It was a last-minute deal but Chet was ready to go."</div></p> Source: Cleveland Plains Dealer</p> I loved this guy in college and was hoping he would make the Lakers when he came out actually. He's a lockdown perimeter defender and also savvy with the basketball. He's not much of a playmaker, has a bad jumpshot, and isn't very creative around the basket, but does the intagibles to help a team win games. He's had a couple of offseasons to work on his offense, so hopefully he has improved enough in that area to make it with Cleveland.</p>
