Mark Madsen

Full Name: Mark Ellsworth Madsen	Current Team:
Height/Weight: 6'9"/255	Number:
Birthdate: January 28, 1976	Entry Draft: 1st round (29th) in 2000
Birthplace: Walnut Creek, California	Drafted By: Los Angeles Lakers
Position: PF	College: Stanford University

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1 Biography
2 Transactions
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Totals
- 3.2 Per Game
4 Awards and Accomplishments
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
- 7.1 Web Directory
- 7.2 Recent Mark Madsen ArmchairGM Stories
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Mark Ellsworth Madsen (born January 28, 1976 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. Listed at 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) tall, Madsen, who played forward with the Los Angeles Lakers, is a Latter-day Saint and he served a two year mission in Spain on a mission for his church. Because of this, he speaks Spanish fluently. His nickname is "Mad Dog".

After attending San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, California, Madsen played NCAA basketball at Stanford, and he finished his career ranked in the school's career top 10 in blocks and rebounds. In addition, he 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 them into the Final Four. He was a two-time All-American and a two-time All-Pac-10.

Madsen was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round (29th pick overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft. He contributed to the Lakers' world championships in 2001 and 2002. He became an international celebrity for the way he danced at the victory parades for those championships. Pictures of his flamboyant dancing style have been heavily circulated on the internet and has gained a cult-phenomenon status.

Madsen signed with the Timberwolves as a free agent before the start of the 2003-04 NBA season.

As a player, Madsen has become notorious for his practically nonexistent offensive game, which is however balanced by his honest, blue-collar working man's attitude. Madsen has carved out a lasting career in the NBA based on his defense, rebounding, infectious hustle, and locker room presence and regularly gets his playtime.

His lifetime averages are 2.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 0.5 assists and 13.7 minutes played per game.

[edit] Transactions

June 28, 2000: Drafted by Los Angeles Lakers in 1st round (29th overall) in 2000.
July 28, 2003: Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
July 20, 2009: Minnesota Timberwolves traded Sebastian Telfair, Craig Smith, and Mark Madsen to the Los Angeles Clippers for Quentin Richardson.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Totals

Season	Team	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2001	LAL	70	3	641	55	113	.487	1	1	1.000	26	37	.703	74	78	152	24	8	8	27	111	137
2002	LAL	59	5	650	66	146	.452	0	2	.000	35	54	.648	89	73	162	44	16	13	22	104	167
2003	LAL	54	22	781	69	163	.423	0	0	.000	36	61	.590	86	73	159	38	15	19	27	116	174
2004	MIN	72	12	1246	101	204	.495	0	6	.000	57	118	.483	134	138	272	28	33	18	47	175	259
2005	MIN	41	14	601	34	66	.515	0	0	.000	20	40	.500	63	65	128	18	7	14	24	103	88
2006	MIN	62	7	676	27	66	.409	0	7	.000	20	47	.426	50	91	141	11	23	17	26	114	74
2007	MIN	56	0	473	23	43	.535	0	0	.000	15	29	.517	35	52	87	10	10	10	21	100	61
2008	MIN	20	6	151	3	19	.158	0	0	.000	3	12	.250	18	20	38	4	3	2	9	25	9
2009	MIN	19	1	116	3	14	.214	0	0	.000	0	4	.000	10	8	18	4	1	1	3	18	6
Career		453	70	5335	381	834	.457	1	16	.063	212	402	.527	559	598	1157	181	116	102	206	866	975

[edit] Per Game

Season	Team	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2001	LAL	70	3	9.2	0.8	1.6	.487	0.0	1.000	0.4	0.5	.703	1.1	1.1	2.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	2.0
2002	LAL	59	5	11.0	1.1	2.5	.452	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.648	1.5	1.2	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.8	2.8
2003	LAL	54	22	14.5	1.3	3.0	.423	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.590	1.6	1.4	2.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.1	3.2
2004	MIN	72	12	17.3	1.4	2.8	.495	0.1	.000	0.8	1.6	.483	1.9	1.9	3.8	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.4	3.6
2005	MIN	41	14	14.7	0.8	1.6	.515	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500	1.5	1.6	3.1	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.6	2.5	2.1
2006	MIN	62	7	10.9	0.4	1.1	.409	0.1	.000	0.3	0.8	.426	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.8	1.2
2007	MIN	56	0	8.4	0.4	0.8	.535	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.517	0.6	0.9	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.8	1.1
2008	MIN	20	6	7.6	0.2	1.0	.158	0.0	.000	0.2	0.6	.250	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.3	0.5
2009	MIN	19	1	6.1	0.2	0.7	.214	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.3
Career		453	70	11.8	0.8	1.8	.457	0.0	.063	0.5	0.9	.527	1.2	1.3	2.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.9	2.2