Mark Madsen is a Mormon, or member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Madsen is a speaker of Spanish, having acquired the language from a two-year mission abroad in Malaga, Spain on behalf of his church following his graduation from high school. As a youth, Madsen attained the rank of Eagle Scout and credits Scouting with teaching him about leadership, character and mentoring. Passing on what he learned in Scouting, he started the Mark Madsen Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball Camp to teach basketball and character to today's youth. I am happy for him even though he is not a Rocket and I think it is a great story. I find it pretty laughable when people talk about his game as if it is a Derek Fisher or all defense. The guy has developed his skills and for you guys who say its all raw talent, I don't think you're paying close attention. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_1ciMXvSE8U&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_1ciMXvSE8U&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
This guy is the greatest. If only he was on another team during his "prime". He would be an all-star starting center and possibly HOFer.
