Mark Madsen
Encyclopedia
Mark Ellsworth "Mad Dog" Madsen (born January 28, 1976) is an American
assistant coach and former professional basketball player.
Madsen played NCAA
basketball at Stanford, where he finished his career ranked in the school's career top 10 in blocks and rebounds. In addition, Madsen helped the Cardinal to four NCAA tournament appearances, including a Final Four berth in 1998. Perhaps his signature moment at Stanford was his dunk and free throw that gave Stanford a lead over Rhode Island
, propelling the team into the Final Four, where it lost to eventual champion Kentucky. Madsen was a two-time All-American and a two-time All-Pac-10.
The Los Angeles Lakers
selected Madsen in the first round (29th pick overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft
. He contributed to the Lakers' NBA championships
in 2001 and 2002, and became well known for the way he danced at the victory parades for those championships.
Talking about his prime with the Lakers, Shaquille O’Neal said that the only player who could thwart him from his dominant play was Madsen. "He used to beat me up in practice”, O’Neal said.
Madsen signed with the Timberwolves as a free agent before the start of the 2003–04 NBA season. He played six seasons for the Wolves.
On July 20, 2009, Madsen was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers
along with Craig Smith
and Sebastian Telfair
in exchange for Quentin Richardson
. On August 21, 2009, he was waived by the Clippers.
His lifetime NBA averages are 2.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists and 11.8 minutes played per game.
Following being waived, Madsen received an offer from a Greek basketball team and an offer to try out for an Eastern Conference NBA team. Ultimately he took an offer to do assistant coaching for the Utah Flash
of the NBA's D-League.
abroad in Málaga, Spain on behalf of his church following his graduation from high school.
As a youth, Madsen attained the rank of Eagle Scout
and credits Scouting with teaching him about leadership, character and mentoring.
In fall 2010, Madsen enrolled in the Stanford Graduate School of Business
. He is expected to earn his MBA in June 2012.
| align="left" | 2000–01
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
| 70 || 3 || 9.2 || .487 || 1.000 || .703 || 2.2 || .3 || .1 || .1 || 2.0
|-
| align="left" | 2001–02
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
| 59 || 5 || 11.0 || .452 || .000 || .648 || 2.7 || .7 || .3 || .2 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
| 54 || 22 || 14.5 || .423 || .000 || .590 || 2.9 || .7 || .3 || .3 || 3.2
|-
| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 72 || 12 || 17.3 || .495 || .000 || .483 || 3.8 || .4 || .5 || .2 || 3.6
|-
| align="left" | 2004–05
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 41 || 14 || 14.7 || .515 || .000 || .500 || 3.1 || .4 || .2 || .3 || 2.1
|-
| align="left" | 2005–06
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 62 || 7 || 10.9 || .409 || .000 || .426 || 2.3 || .2 || .4 || .3 || 1.2
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 56 || 0 || 8.4 || .535 || .000 || .517 || 1.6 || .2 || .2 || .2 || 1.1
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 20 || 6 || 7.6 || .158 || .000 || .250 || 1.9 || .2 || .2 || .1 || .5
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 19 || 1 || 6.1 || .214 || .000 || .000 || .9 || .2 || .1 || .1 || .3
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 453 || 70 || 11.8 || .457 || .063 || .527 || 2.6 || .4 || .3 || .2 || 2.2
| align="left" | 2000–01
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
| 13 || 0 || 3.7 || .077 || .000 || .600 || .8 || .3 || .0 || .2 || .4
|-
| align="left" | 2001–02
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
| 7 || 0 || 1.4 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
| 12 || 2 || 14.1 || .419 || .000 || .438 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .2 || .2 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 17 || 0 || 13.1 || .531 || .000 || .448 || 3.4 || .1 || .3 || .2 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 49 || 2 || 9.2 || .403 || .000 || .460 || 2.0 || .4 || .2 || .2 || 1.7
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
assistant coach and former professional basketball player.
Madsen played NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
basketball at Stanford, where he finished his career ranked in the school's career top 10 in blocks and rebounds. In addition, Madsen helped the Cardinal to four NCAA tournament appearances, including a Final Four berth in 1998. Perhaps his signature moment at Stanford was his dunk and free throw that gave Stanford a lead over Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...
, propelling the team into the Final Four, where it lost to eventual champion Kentucky. Madsen was a two-time All-American and a two-time All-Pac-10.
The Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
selected Madsen in the first round (29th pick overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft
2000 NBA Draft
The 2000 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2000 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Until 2011, it was the last draft held at the home arena of an NBA team; the following and subsequent drafts have all taken place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. This draft is...
. He contributed to the Lakers' NBA championships
NBA Finals
The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association . The series was named the NBA World Championship Series until 1986....
in 2001 and 2002, and became well known for the way he danced at the victory parades for those championships.
Talking about his prime with the Lakers, Shaquille O’Neal said that the only player who could thwart him from his dominant play was Madsen. "He used to beat me up in practice”, O’Neal said.
Madsen signed with the Timberwolves as a free agent before the start of the 2003–04 NBA season. He played six seasons for the Wolves.
On July 20, 2009, Madsen was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
along with Craig Smith
Craig Smith
Craig Smith is an American professional basketball player who was most recently member of the Los Angeles Clippers...
and Sebastian Telfair
Sebastian Telfair
Sebastian Telfair is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Telfair was the 13th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers out of Abraham Lincoln High School...
in exchange for Quentin Richardson
Quentin Richardson
Quentin Richardson is an American professional basketball player who plays for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic...
. On August 21, 2009, he was waived by the Clippers.
His lifetime NBA averages are 2.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists and 11.8 minutes played per game.
Following being waived, Madsen received an offer from a Greek basketball team and an offer to try out for an Eastern Conference NBA team. Ultimately he took an offer to do assistant coaching for the Utah Flash
Utah Flash
The Utah Flash was a team of the NBA Development League that began playing in 2007 and folded in 2011. They played their home games at the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah...
of the NBA's D-League.
Personal
Madsen is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Madsen speaks Spanish, acquiring the language from a two-year missionMissionary (LDS Church)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most active modern practitioners of missionary work, with over 52,000 full-time missionaries worldwide, as of the end of 2010...
abroad in Málaga, Spain on behalf of his church following his graduation from high school.
As a youth, Madsen attained the rank of Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)
Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America . A Scout who attains this rank is called an Eagle Scout or Eagle. Since its introduction in 1911, the Eagle Scout rank has been earned by more than 2 million young men...
and credits Scouting with teaching him about leadership, character and mentoring.
In fall 2010, Madsen enrolled in the Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford Graduate School of Business
The Stanford Graduate School of Business is one of the professional schools of Stanford University, in Stanford, California and is broadly regarded as one of the best business schools in the world.The Stanford GSB offers a general management Master of Business Administration degree, the Sloan...
. He is expected to earn his MBA in June 2012.
Regular season
|-| align="left" | 2000–01
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
| 70 || 3 || 9.2 || .487 || 1.000 || .703 || 2.2 || .3 || .1 || .1 || 2.0
|-
| align="left" | 2001–02
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
| 59 || 5 || 11.0 || .452 || .000 || .648 || 2.7 || .7 || .3 || .2 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
| 54 || 22 || 14.5 || .423 || .000 || .590 || 2.9 || .7 || .3 || .3 || 3.2
|-
| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="left" | Minnesota
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...
| 72 || 12 || 17.3 || .495 || .000 || .483 || 3.8 || .4 || .5 || .2 || 3.6
|-
| align="left" | 2004–05
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 41 || 14 || 14.7 || .515 || .000 || .500 || 3.1 || .4 || .2 || .3 || 2.1
|-
| align="left" | 2005–06
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 62 || 7 || 10.9 || .409 || .000 || .426 || 2.3 || .2 || .4 || .3 || 1.2
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 56 || 0 || 8.4 || .535 || .000 || .517 || 1.6 || .2 || .2 || .2 || 1.1
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 20 || 6 || 7.6 || .158 || .000 || .250 || 1.9 || .2 || .2 || .1 || .5
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
2008–09 NBA season
The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 19 || 1 || 6.1 || .214 || .000 || .000 || .9 || .2 || .1 || .1 || .3
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 453 || 70 || 11.8 || .457 || .063 || .527 || 2.6 || .4 || .3 || .2 || 2.2
Playoffs
|-| align="left" | 2000–01
2001 NBA Playoffs
The 2001 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2000–01 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers winning their second consecutive championship by defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers...
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
| 13 || 0 || 3.7 || .077 || .000 || .600 || .8 || .3 || .0 || .2 || .4
|-
| align="left" | 2001–02
2002 NBA Playoffs
The 2002 NBA Playoffs were the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2001–02 season. This would be the final postseason that held a best-of-5 first-round series; next year's postseason would see those series expanded to a best-of-7 format...
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
| 7 || 0 || 1.4 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03
2003 NBA Playoffs
The 2003 NBA playoffs was the postseason of the National Basketball Association's 2002-03 NBA season. This postseason was notable for being the first time all series were conducted in a best-of-7 format. It was also the only time in playoff history that no team was swept in a first-round series....
| align="left" | L.A. Lakers
| 12 || 2 || 14.1 || .419 || .000 || .438 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .2 || .2 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" | 2003–04
2004 NBA Playoffs
The 2004 NBA Playoffs were the postseason of the National Basketball Association's 2003–04 season. Consisting of 16 teams in two conferences, the playoffs involved about two months of play. The playoffs were conducted in seven-game series, with the team with the better record holding home court...
| align="left" | Minnesota
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...
| 17 || 0 || 13.1 || .531 || .000 || .448 || 3.4 || .1 || .3 || .2 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 49 || 2 || 9.2 || .403 || .000 || .460 || 2.0 || .4 || .2 || .2 || 1.7
External links
- Mad Dog Blog – Mark Madsen's personal weblog
- YouTube video containing Mark Madsen's victory dance
- Mark Madsen's company, Woodside Technology Group inc.