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Mark Madsen
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Free agent  – No. 45
Power forward
Born January 28, 1976 (1976-01-28) (age 33)
Walnut Creek, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 245 lb (111 kg)
League NBA
Salary $2,840,000 [1]
High school San Ramon Valley
College Stanford
Draft 29th overall, 2000
Los Angeles Lakers
Pro career 2000–2009
Former teams Los Angeles Lakers (2000–2003)
Minnesota Timberwolves (2003–2009)
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Mark Ellsworth "Mad Dog" Madsen (born January 28, 1976 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American 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 Cardinals 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.

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.[2] On August 21, 2009, he was waived by the Clippers.[3]

His lifetime NBA averages are 2.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists and 11:54 minutes played per game.

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Personal

Madsen is a Mormon, or member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Madsen is a speaker of Spanish, having acquired the language from a two-year mission abroad in Malaga, 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. Passing on what he learned in Scouting, he started the Mark Madsen Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball Camp to teach basketball and character to today's youth.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000–01 L.A. Lakers 70 3 9.2 .487 1.000 .703 2.2 .3 .1 .1 2.0
2001–02 L.A. Lakers 59 5 11.0 .452 .000 .648 2.7 .7 .3 .2 2.8
2002–03 L.A. Lakers 54 22 14.5 .423 .000 .590 2.9 .7 .3 .3 3.2
2003–04 Minnesota 72 12 17.3 .495 .000 .483 3.8 .4 .5 .2 3.6
2004–05 Minnesota 41 14 14.7 .515 .000 .500 3.1 .4 .2 .3 2.1
2005–06 Minnesota 62 7 10.9 .409 .000 .426 2.3 .2 .4 .3 1.2
2006–07 Minnesota 56 0 8.4 .535 .000 .517 1.6 .2 .2 .2 1.1
2007–08 Minnesota 20 6 7.6 .158 .000 .250 1.9 .2 .2 .1 .5
2008–09 Minnesota 19 1 6.1 .214 .000 .000 .9 .2 .1 .1 .3
Career 453 70 11.8 .457 .063 .527 2.6 .4 .3 .2 2.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000–01 L.A. Lakers 13 0 3.7 .077 .000 .600 .8 .3 .0 .2 .4
2001–02 L.A. Lakers 7 0 1.4 .000 .000 .000 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0
2002–03 L.A. Lakers 12 2 14.1 .419 .000 .438 2.3 1.0 .2 .2 2.8
2003–04 Minnesota 17 0 13.1 .531 .000 .448 3.4 .1 .3 .2 2.8
Career 49 2 9.2 .403 .000 .460 2.0 .4 .2 .2 1.7

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Clippers Acquire Telfair, Smith and Madsen from Minnesota for Richardson". NBA.com. 2009-07-20. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/breakingnews090720.html. Retrieved 2009-07-21.  
  3. ^ "Clippers Waive Mark Madsen". NBA.com. 2009-08-21. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/breakingnews090821.html. Retrieved 2009-08-22.  

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2000 NBA Draft
First Round
Second Round
Los Angeles Lakers 2000–01 NBA Champions

2 Fisher | 3 George | 4 Harper | 5 Horry | 8 Bryant | 10 Lue | 12 Penberthy | 14 Medvedenko | 17 Fox | 20 Shaw | 34 O'Neal (Finals MVP) | 35 Madsen | 40 Foster | 54 Grant | Coach Jackson
Assistant Coaches Winter | Hamblen | Cleamons
Los Angeles Lakers 2001–02 NBA Champions

2 Fisher | 3 George | 5 Horry | 8 Bryant | 10 Hunter | 14 Medvedenko | 17 Fox | 20 Shaw | 23 Richmond | 34 O'Neal (Finals MVP) | 35 Madsen | 52 Walker |
Head Coach Jackson
Assistant Coaches Winter | Hamblen | Cleamons | Rambis







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