D-Fenders turn over control to new coach Mark Madsen
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. When Mark Madsen played for the Lakers from 2000-03, there was no D-League. A minor league in basketball was essentially nonexistent, at least in an official sense, and for a player like the 6-foot-9 role player, reps could be hard to come by.
Some days, as a bench player on a championship team, hed get them in 3-on-3. Other days, hed be lucky enough to get in...
D-Fenders turn over control to new coach Mark Madsen
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. When Mark Madsen played for the Lakers from 2000-03, there was no D-League. A minor league in basketball was essentially nonexistent, at least in an official sense, and for a player like the 6-foot-9 role player, reps could be hard to come by.
Some days, as a bench player on a championship team, hed get them in 3-on-3. Other days, hed be lucky enough to get in...
Mark Madsen to coach LA D-Fenders
Former pro player Mark Madsen is moving into the coaching ranks with the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA's D-League.
He will be the team's head coach, replacing Reggie Theus, who left to become coach at Cal State Northridge. The hiring was announced Monday.
Madsen was an assistant for Stanford's men's team last season. He helped the Cardinal to four straight NCAA...
Mark Madsen to become Lakers’ D-league affiliate coach
Mark Madsen will be back in Laker land to coach their D-League affiliate team
Mark Madsen, is finalizing a contract that would bring the corny, yet popular bench warmer, back to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Mad Dog, as he was nicknamed, brought a ton of energy via the bench during the Lakers glory years in the early 2000s.
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, has reported that Madsen...
Mark Madsen named head coach of D-Fenders
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. The Los Angeles D-Fenders have named Mark Madsen, a member of the 2001 and 2002 Lakers championship teams, as their new coach.
Madsen, a 6-foot-9 power forward, spent nine years in the NBA, three with the Lakers and six with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He retired in 2009 and has since served as an assistant with the D-Leagues Utah Flash (now relocated to Delaware...
Mark Madsen To Become Head Coach Of D-Fenders
Mark Madsen is finalizing a deal to become the next head coach of the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA D-League, according to sources.
Madsen recently completed his first season as an assistant coach at Stanford.
Madsen was previously an assistant coach for the Utah Flash for the D-League for two seasons.
Reggie Theus coached the D-Fenders last season and left for Cal State Northridge.
Larry Bird Dunking Mix
The Boston Celtics are now down 2-0 to the Knicks so I thought that I’d help lift the spirits of Celtics fans. Located in between the era of Dr. J and Air Jordan dunks is the Hick from French Lick throwing down the rock. Larry Bird dunking is kind of like the unicorn of the sports world because it was so rare that it happened. Thanks to modern technology, we’re just a YouTube...
NBA Playoff Memories: The Good, The Bad and Mark Madsen Dancing
Ah yes, the NBA playoffs are here. Nothing accentuates a title run quite like weeks upon weeks of the most elongated playoff structure in all of sport.
Pessimism aside, I reminisce fondly on the playoffs of yesteryear. A young Michael Jordan dropping 63 on the mighty Boston Celtics. It was a performance so majestic that it left Larry Legend speechless in the post-game presser. The...
Two players, three assistant coaches ejected during Stanford-Cal scuffle
Continuing our week of both players and coaches losing their cool during college basketball games, we now have a scuffle between Stanford and Cal that resulted in five ejections.
With five minutes left in the game, a battle for a loose ball quickly turned bad when players from both teams began pushing and shoving. Eventually, both benches cleared as referees and coaches tried to...
ICYMI: Basketball Fight--Stanford vs. Cal
Uh...the fact that players from Stanford and California got into a brawl during their basketball game Wednesday night may or may not surprise some.
The fact that some assistant coaches got involved too, makes it worse.
Multiple players, 1 Cal assistant coach and 2 Stanford assistants were tossed after the brawl and the Cardinal ended up winning the game 83-70.
Both schools...
Melee breaks out during Cal-Stanford basketball game
Stanford was well on its way to a blowout win over Cal in both teams’ regular season finale Wednesday night when tempers flared in a sizable altercation involving members of both teams late in the second half that resulted in five ejections.
We’ll update with video as soon as we can find it. But for now this GIF will have to suffice. The scuffle began after Cal’s Allen Crabbe...
Scuffle breaks out during Cal-Stanford basketball game (Video)
Stanford was well on its way to a blowout win over Cal in both teams’ regular season finale Wednesday night when tempers flared in a sizable altercation involving members of both teams late in the second half that resulted in five ejections.
The scrap began after Cal’s Allen Crabbe, no stranger to controversy, dramatically flopped and hit the deck after being bumped by Stanford...
Lakers success hinges on the mustache of Mike D’Antoni
Now that Los Angeles Lakers fans have had a few days to adjust to the news that the Zen Master won’t be napping courtside during their December games, they are slowly talking themselves into the Mike D’Antoni era. “Remember how fun he and Nash were” , “The Knicks had a lot of potential till Carmelo showed up” , “He was Kobe’s childhood idol”. Yes, with D’Antoni...
The rest of the T-Wolves Off-season...
The off-season has gone swimmingly so far. I mean, we have subtracted more black players than anyone could have ever imagined, and our team is almost 100% white. In 1950, Kahn gets an infinity A+ for this off-season.
Lesley Johnson is rumored to be gone in a 3-way trade, although with a future 1st round pick from us (learning from McHale, NICE!) For.......... nothing...
Ex-Stanford captain Sauer, 35, dies
Peter Sauer, a former captain at Stanford who helped lead the Cardinal to the 1998 Final Four, has died. He was 35.
The school said Monday that Sauer died Sunday night in White Plains, N.Y., while playing in a recreational basketball game. The 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward from Pittsburgh was part of a Stanford team that reached four straight NCAA tournaments under former coach Mike...
Madsen Returning To Stanford As Coach
Mark Madsen has joined the Stanford staff as an assistant basketball coach.
Stanford hires ex-player Madsen as assistant coach
Former Stanford star Mark Madsen is coming back to the school as an assistant basketball coach.
Coach Johnny Dawkins said Tuesday that Madsen will replace the retired Dick Davey on his staff. Madsen will primarily work with post players.
Madsen helped lead the Cardinal to four NCAA tournament appearances and the 1998 Final Four during his collegiate career. He averaged 10.9 points...
Brian Scalabrine stars in random commercial as The White Mamba
Brian Scalabrine seems to have taken the mantle from such greats as Mark Madsen and Brian Cardinal as the prototypical goofy, lovable benchwarmer. As a member of the championship Celtics team of a few years ago, Scalabrine remarkably became one of the most popular players on the team without seeing much action off the pine. That popularity then followed Scal to the Bulls, where...
POTD 4/24/12: Derrick Favors on Robin Lopez
Finally, a poster worth posting! It’s actually been a fine year in slam dunking, but things seem to have slowed down lately. Maybe the condensed schedule has worn on the legs of the league’s high flyers, or maybe guys are saving it for the playoffs. Who knows. Anyway, Derrick Favors has been coming off the bench all year, so he remains fresh. The man was an absolute...
While We’re Waiting… Tanking, Mock Drafts, and Walk-Ons
While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com.
Leading off, be sure to enter WFNY’s contest on Facebook. Win a “Cr4fty” shirt from Fresh Brewed Tees by being the first to correctly guess the final score of the Ohio...
Random Athlete Of The Day- George “Buster” Rhymes
I always wonder how rappers get there names, and then I immediately think to myself if I was rapper what would mine be? Of course I’d be named after great athletes like Slava Medvedenko, Mark Madsen, or Mike Penberthy. Which is kind of how Busta Rhymes got his name…from Oklahoma Sooner George “Buster” Rhymes.
Buster grew up in Liberty City, which is a real city in Miami...
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