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Current Quotes
"Veteran Mark Madsen needs a root canal when he returns from Mankato to repair damage done when Kevin Love accidentally hit him in the mouth the first day the two worked out together at Target Center last month. Madsen needed 13 stitches and had a tooth loosened when Love's other arm struck him as Love attempted a dunk. When told Madsen should be introducing him to the NBA rather than the other way around, Love said: 'I didn't mean to, especially not on the first day. I felt bad. I called him up and apologized. He's probably one of the greatest guys in the league.'"
Jerry Zgoda of the Minneapolis Star Tribune (10/2/08)
"Chris Paul is someone who has totally changed the face and the style of the NBA game. It is amazing the way that a player who is about 6 feet tall can totally dominate the NBA game the way he does. "
Mark Madsen (9/24/2008)
"Mad Dog got Duncan a little frustrated. Mad Dog is not going to back down from anything. He goes out and plays hard."
Coach Randy Whitman on Mark Madsen's defense on the Spurs Tim Duncan (11/30/07)
"Ever since he started dating Adriana Lima, he's a new man. He's flying all over the court. He dunked! I've never seen him dunk."
Mark Madsen on Marco Jaric's new found zeal (11/27/07)
"I can see sometimes during play that he has limited range with it (shoulder). I’d like to see him get more range before we go forward."
Randy Whitman on Mark Madsen's prgress since injury (11/9/07)
"The coolest one to me was the Hagia Sophia Mosque. For one thousand years, it was actually the largest Christian Cathedral in the World. Then, it was taken over by the Ottoman Empire (I learned all of this from our guide today!) and converted into a Mosque. Today it is a museum! So it's been a Christian church three times (Replaced once then burned down a second time, finally rebuilt a third time), a mosque, and now it's museum! How cool is that!"
Mark Madsen in his blog from Turkey
"Mark is such a hard worker. When he didn't have to listen to a teaching point, he was running sprints on the sideline, doing defensive slides and a host of other things to make sure that he is in shape when his shoulder is ready to go. Even from the sidelines, he is a team leader."
Rob Babcock, Wolves Assistant GM, from Istanbul, Turkey
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At Denver...
Nuggets down Timberwolves 118-95 on road
Ahearn 17, Foye 16
• Box Score |
(Denver 10/10/08) Rookie Kevin Love turned in a nine-point, 11-rebound game, while reserve Blake Ahearn finished with 17 points and Randy Foye chipped in 16 as the Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Denver Nuggest 118-95 in Denver. Al Jefferson grabbed 11 rebounds and scored 10 points for Minnesota (2-1), while Corey Brewer had 13 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter.
Brewer said he spent the majority of the summer working on getting his shooting touch back. This was a step in the right direction.
"I should get a lot of open shots this year and I have got to knock them down," he said.
"They were a little fatigued," Timberwolves coach Randy Wittman said of his team. "We played a little bit more their style than our style. We got caught up in their game." |
Thunder debut in Billings...
Timberwolves over Thunder 88-82 in low scoring tilt
McCants scores 13 in 4th quarter
• Box Score |
(Billings MT 10/8/2008) Rashad McCants scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and Rodney Carney and Ryan Gomes hit consecutive 3s to help Minnesota spoil the Oklahoma City Thunder's preseason debut with an 88-82 victory Wednesday night.
The game was the Thunder's first since the team moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City during the offseason.
The Thunder led 71-62 with 9:54 remaining, but McCants scored 11 of Minnesota's next 14 points, tying the score at 76 with a dunk with 4:45 remaining.
"I had a pretty rough first half," McCants said. "I really couldn't get it going. I got in foul trouble. My teammates carried me. I needed to get to the line a little bit more."
Two free throws by McCants and the consecutive 3s by Carney and Gomes gave the Wolves an 84-78 lead with 2:23 remaining. |
At Milwaukee...
Timberwolves blast Bucks 117-79 in preseason opener
McCants 22, Jefferson 18
• Game Details
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(Milwaukee 10/6/2008) Rookie Kevin Love scored 13 points and Mike Miller added 12, lifting the Timberwolves to a 117-79 preseason victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night that made Minnesota's draft day trade look promising. Al Jefferson chipped in 18 points and eight rebounds in 19 minutes, and the new-look Timberwolves may have acquired enough offensive threats to improve on last season's 22-60 mark.
"I got my first airball (and) my first blocked dunk out of the way," Love joked. "The biggest thing for me was on defense -- knowing the different positions -- that was probably the biggest thing I've got to work on." |
Training Camp...
Mad Dog the mentor
by Derek Wehrwein, The Reporter
• View entire article at The Reporter
• Pic: Mark in training camp
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(Mankato 10/2/08) When Mark Madsen entered the NBA in 2000, he was able to learn from one of the best: Shaquille O'Neal.
Madsen is no Shaquille O'Neal, but he's no pushover, either. The 6-9 forward-center, nicknamed "Mad Dog," has since earned a reputation as one of the hardest working, most intense hustle players in his eight years in the league.
Now, he hopes to instill those same attributes in a young Minnesota Timberwolves squad that includes rookie center Kevin Love.
"We've got so many great players and great leaders on this team and I'm really just going to try to be a consistent influence by playing hard and take some of the younger guys under my wing," said Madsen, who won three championships with the Los Angeles Lakers before coming to Minnesota five years ago. "When I was a rookie I had Shaquille really mentor me and put me under his tutelage, and he taught me a lot, so I'm hoping I can share some of that same experience that I had coming into this league."
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2008 Season...
Timberwolves training camp opens
18 players on the list
• Final Intrasquad Boxscore
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(MN 10/1/08) The Minnesota Timberwolves began their training camp yesterday. Those listed were Blake Ahearn, G, Rafael Araujo, C, Calvin Booth, C, Corey Brewer, F/G, Brian Cardinal, F, Rodney Carney, G/F, Jason Collins, C, Randy Foye, G, Ryan Gomes, F, Al Jefferson, C/F, Kevin Love, F/C, Mark Madsen, F/C, Rashad McCants, SG, Mike Miller, G/F, Kevin Ollie, PG, Chris Richard, F/C, Craig Smith, PF, and Sebastian Telfair, PG.
The Timberwolves' 20th NBA season tipped off Monday with the team's annual Media Day. The first practice of training camp was Tuesday, Sept. 30 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Bresnan Arena on the Minnesota State University-Mankato campus.
A 6-11 center from BYU, Rafael Araujo joins the Wolves after spending the 2007-08 season with Spartak in the Russian Super League. Originally selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 8th overall pick of the 2004 NBA Draft, Araujo has appeared in 139 career NBA games with Toronto and Utah, averaging 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. |
Timberwolves trade...
Mayo heads to Memphis, Love to Minnesota in blockbuster trade
O.J. Mayo selected in draft |
(MN 6/27/08) The Wolves have reached an agreement in principle with the Memphis Grizzlies that sends the draft rights to O.J. Mayo, Marko Jaric, Antoine Walker and Greg Buckner to the Grizzlies in return for the draft rights to Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Brian Cardinal and Jason Collins. The blockbuster deal for both teams wasn't completed until past 2 a.m. ET, some two hours after Boston made the 60th and final pick of the draft, according to The Associated Press.
ESPN.com reported on Tuesday that Wolves GM Kevin McHale was infatuated with Love, but felt that the team had to select Mayo and use him to acquire more assets. Love, a fundamentally-sound post player, should mesh well with the Timberwolves' budding star Al Jefferson. |
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From Mad Dog Blog...
Best YouTube Video Ever
Chris Paul's missed free throw
• Chris Paul's 61 for Granddad |
(See Mad Dog Blog) This YouTube video about Chris Paul and his grandfather is one of the best features I have ever seen in my life. I watched this on ESPN a few months ago when Chris Paul's team was in the NBA playoffs. This story transcends the game of basketball.
Chris Paul is someone who has totally changed the face and the style of the NBA game. It is amazing the way (Continued on Mad Dog Blog.) |
From Mad Dog Blog...
Dusting off the keyboard
Mad Dog "meets" Kevin Love |
(From Mad Dog Blog) This past monday we had a bunch of the Timberwolves players in town all together to finally play some pickup ball together with a lot of the new guys. Yes, this was the first time that I got to meet Kevin Love. The man who used to terrorize my Stanford Cardinal basketball team in his one year at UCLA. Well, on the last play of the day, Kevin Love went up for a dunk. I tried to block it and the next thing I knew I was making two unexpected trips after practice.
1) To team physician Sheldon Burns (he is also the USA Basketball head physician) to get 12 stitches in my chin,
2) To visit Matthew Alm of Brookside Dental (Minneapolis), to get my front tooth popped back into place.
Thanks Kev. :)
I've played with two big men in my career whose passing skill is off the charts: Continued on Mad Dog Blog... |
From Hoopsworld...
Madsen named one of top 10 coaching prospects in NBA
Ability to motivate cited |
(See Hoopsworld, by Bill Ingram) The recent coaching controversies got us here at HOOPSWORLD thinking about the future, and who we might be watching today that could be the part of the next class of former players who become coaches. So I polled our team, which has been courtside for more games than not this season, and here are the results.
Darrell Armstrong, who spent most of his early career with the Orlando Magic and then moved on to Dallas and now New Jersey got the most votes from our team.
Eric Snow was second in our voting, which was partially inspired by Larry Brown's expressed desire to have him as part of his coaching staff in Charlotte this season.
Sam Cassell was next, owing to his continuous discussion of how much he wants to coach now that his playing days are nearly at an end.
The Duke connection brought us Shane Battier and Grant Hill. Both are as intelligent as they come, and have a great understanding of the fundamentals of the game.
Often times point guards make the best coaches because they've already spent a career running a team from behind the ball. Armstrong has already been mentioned, but the Lakers' Derek Fisher and San Antonio' Jacque Vaughn made our list.
A couple of guys who always seem to be in demand are Malik Rose and Mark Madsen. It's not that they bring amazing things to the basketball court, though they are both hustle guys. It's more that they bring intangibles off the court. They push their teammates, cheer them on, and set a great example with their work ethic. Players like that often find they can do the same thing from the bench . . .because that's where they've been doing most of their in-game work anyway.
And finally . . .the last pick was somewhat of a surprise to me, but it does make a degree of sense. Detroit's Rasheed Wallace has had the kind of career that young players will respect, and he has an amazing knowledge of the game.
Honorable mention: PJ Brown, Adonal Foyle, Pat Garrity, and Coby Karl. |
This summer...
Mad Dog Summer Basketball Camps at Area High Schools
Mark Madsen to personally conduct |
(MN 5/27/2008)
The Timberwolves announced today they will host eight coed youth basketball camps and the Lynx will host an all-girls camp in the Twin Cities metro area this summer.
Two-time NBA champ and Timberwolves forward Mark Madsen, former first-round NBA draft pick and Timberwolves assistant coach Ed Pinckney and Timberwolves radio voice Billy McKinney will co-host camps in select communities. Participating communities in the summer 2008 Timberwolves and Lynx Basketball Camp schedule include: St. Louis Park, Champlin, St. Paul, Bloomington, Osseo, Farmington, and Mahtomedi.
Tuition for each Timberwolves camp is $210 and includes five days of skill development instruction with at least three competitive games per day. Also included in the tuition cost is a reversible Wolves or Lynx practice jersey, a basketball, a Jay Wolf shooting strap, as well as four tickets to the 2008 Timberwolves home opener and four tickets to a select 2008 Lynx game. |
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