Last Updated on July 25, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

Mason Plumlee has enjoyed a long NBA career by doing the little things that help teams win, from setting solid screens to rebounding and facilitating offense from the frontcourt. His combination of size, experience, and unselfish play has made him a dependable presence wherever he has played.

Here’s a detailed profile of Mason Plumlee:

Player Profile

  • Full Name: Mason Alexander Plumlee
  • Nationality: American
  • Age: Born March 5, 1990
  • Hometown: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
  • Height: 6 feet 11 inches (211 cm)
  • Weight: 254 pounds (115 kg)
  • Wingspan: 7 feet 1 inch (216 cm)
  • Shoe Size: 17 (US)
  • Number:
    • Most commonly worn: #24
  • Position: Center / Power Forward
  • High School:
    • Christ School (Arden, North Carolina)
  • College:
  • NBA Draft:
    • Selected in the 1st round, 22nd overall in the 2013 NBA Draft by the Brooklyn Nets.
  • Teams Played For:
    1. Brooklyn Nets (2013–2015)
    2. Portland Trail Blazers (2015–2017)
    3. Denver Nuggets (2017–2020)
    4. Detroit Pistons (2020–2021)
    5. Charlotte Hornets (2021–2023)
    6. Los Angeles Clippers (2023–present)
  • Championship Rings: None (as of 2025)
  • Kids: None (as of 2025)
  • Siblings:
    • Miles Plumlee (former NBA player)
    • Marshall Plumlee (former NBA player)
    • Madeleine Plumlee

Player Archetype / Play Style

Mason Plumlee’s player archetype is that of a traditional screen-and-roll center with connective passing ability, a veteran big whose value comes from interior finishing, rebounding, and doing the unspectacular work that keeps a frontcourt organized. Defensively, he fits as a positional paint defender and rebounder who uses size and experience to protect space around the rim, hold up against opposing centers, and support a team scheme rather than switch everywhere or erase shots at an elite level. Offensively, his role is built around setting solid screens, diving to the basket, finishing inside, cleaning up misses, and making simple reads as a passer when the ball finds him in short-roll or handoff actions. Physically, Plumlee brings classic center dimensions at 7-foot-0 and 254 pounds, and that size underpins the contact-heavy, interior style he has played throughout his career. Altogether, his play style is functional, rugged, and team-oriented, centered on rim running, rebounding, interior toughness, and steady veteran execution rather than perimeter skill or self-created scoring. (NBA)

Scouting Report

The first thing you notice with Mason Plumlee isn’t scoring, it’s how often possessions settle down once the ball finds him around the elbows or above the break. He’s comfortable acting as a release valve, quickly flipping into dribble handoffs, making the extra pass, or hitting cutters the moment weak-side defenders lose vision. That willingness to keep the ball moving is a bigger part of his value than any individual offensive move. Around the rim he finishes best as a dive man rather than someone creating his own offence, using well-timed rolls and sharp angles instead of explosive vertical pop, although teams can live with sending him to the foul line if they need to break rhythm. Defensively, he’s at his best anchoring conservative coverages where he can absorb contact, protect the paint with positioning and communicate early, but the trade-off appears whenever quicker guards force him into repeated changes of direction. He’ll retreat in drop coverage to discourage layups, yet crafty pull-up shooters and spread pick-and-roll attacks can make him cover more ground than he’s comfortable with, and switching onto dynamic perimeter scorers is rarely the answer. What stands out, though, is that he usually understands where the next action is coming from before it arrives, which helps compensate for physical limitations and keeps the defence organised. On a roster built around creators who thrive with screeners making fast decisions, Plumlee fits naturally as a low-usage connective centre whose touches come through the flow of the offence rather than being designed for him. I’ve always thought his offensive approach resembles a lighter version of Boris Diaw’s connective passing from the frontcourt, while his overall role is closer to Jakob Poeltl: a big whose influence comes less from statistics than from quietly helping five-man units function with better spacing, timing and decision-making.

Sources:

NBA.com — Mason Plumlee | Forward-Center | San Antonio Spurs
Basketball-Reference — 2023-24 Los Angeles Clippers Roster and Stats
NBA.com — Mason Plumlee | Forward-Center | San Antonio Spurs