After attending Cardinal Hayes High School in The Bronx, Mashburn had a very successful basketball career in college, playing for the University of Kentucky. He was the fourth-leading career scorer for the Wildcats and a consensus First Team All-American by his junior year, in which the Wildcats made it to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. Following the tournament he declared for the 1993 NBA draft, with Mashburn being selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the fourth pick.\n', '

The Mavericks were a lottery team led by veteran point guard Derek Harper and second year guard Jim Jackson, and Mashburn quickly shared the reins of the offense, averaging 19.2 points a game in 73 starts and earning a selection to the first NBA All-Rookie Team. Despite this the Mavericks could only manage 13 wins for the 1993–94 season. In the offseason, the team drafted star point guard Jason Kidd, teaming up with Jackson and Mashburn to become known collectively as "The Three J\'s." The Mavericks would improve to 36 wins in the 1994–95 season, as Mashburn averaged 24.1 points a game (6th in the league), while placing 5th in the league in free throw makes (447), 7th in made field goals (683), and 5th in total points (1,926). The season also featured a 50-point performance for Mashburn on November 12 against the Chicago Bulls in Chicago. This made him the fourth-youngest player to score 50 points in an NBA game (Brandon Jennings is the youngest). He also broke many franchise records and blossomed into one of the best scoring forwards in the league. Despite the team\'s improvement they were unable to make the playoffs, and injuries would force Mashburn to only play 18 games in the 1995–96 season.\n', '

Mashburn started in just 21 games of the Mavericks\' first 37 games of the 1996–97 season, and on February 14, 1997 he was traded to the Miami Heat for three players.\n', '

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