Editing Mark Madsen (basketball) (section)

==Professional career==

=== Los Angeles Lakers (2000–2003) ===
The [[Los Angeles Lakers]] selected Madsen in the first round (29th pick overall) of the [[2000 NBA draft]]. He contributed to the Lakers' [[NBA Finals|NBA 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2011/11/shaq-shaquille-oneal-kobe-bryant-.html|title=Shaquille O'neal Kobe Bryant|website=lakersblog.latimes.com|access-date=2023-02-21|date=November 2011}}</ref>

=== Minnesota Timberwolves (2003–2009) ===
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-07-28 |title=Monday roundup: Madsen leaves, Grant arrives |url=https://www.espn.ph/nba/story?id=1586603 |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Madsen Career Stats - NBA |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/496 |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>

On July 20, 2009, Madsen was traded to the [[Los Angeles Clippers]] along with [[Craig Smith (basketball, born 1983)|Craig Smith]] and [[Sebastian Telfair]] in exchange for [[Quentin Richardson]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/breakingnews090720.html | title=Clippers Acquire Telfair, Smith and Madsen from Minnesota for Richardson | work=[[NBA.com]] | date=July 20, 2009 | access-date=July 21, 2009}}</ref> On August 21, 2009, he was waived by the Clippers.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/breakingnews090821.html | title=Clippers Waive Mark Madsen | work=[[NBA.com]] | date=August 21, 2009 | access-date=August 22, 2009}}</ref>

Madsen's final NBA game was played on April 15, 2009, in a 90–97 loss to the Sacramento Kings. In his final game, Madsen was the team's starting power forward, but he played for only {{frac|9|1|2}} minutes and recorded no stats. His career averages were 2.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 0.4 assists in 11.8 minutes played per game.