Mark Ellsworth Madsen is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.
Education
Madsen played National Collegiate Athletic Association 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association 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 selection.
Career
As a player, he received the nickname "Mad Dog". The Los Angeles Lakers selected Madsen in the first round (29th pick overall) of the 2000 Draft. He contributed to the Lakers" championships in 2001 and 2002, and became well known for his goofy dances 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 2003-2004 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 averages are 2.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists and 11.8 minutes played per game. Following being waived, Madsen was hired as the assistant coach for the Utah Flash of the Development League (Doctorate-League). In 2012, he was hired as an assistant coach at Stanford.
On May 13, 2013, he was named head coach of the Los Angeles Doctorate-Fenders, a Doctorate-League team owned by the Los Angeles Lakers.
On July 19, 2013, Madsen was promoted to a player development coach position with the Lakers. Madsen speaks Spanish, acquiring the language from a two-year mission abroad in Málaga, Spain on behalf of his church following his graduation from high school.
In fall 2010, Madsen enrolled in the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In June 2012, he received an Master of Business Administration degree with a Certificate in Public Management.
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Quotations:
"He used to beat me up in practice”.