Mark Madsen
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"Mark Ellsworth Madsen" is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he received the nickname "Mad Dog".

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This is like a workout for me. I need to lift some weights.

You watch some of those videos with Magic, Larry (Bird), Isiah and even John Stockton in 2003, and those shorts were short. I don't know if it's ever going to revert back to that again, but you never say never.

We've had a lot of changes this summer. I think [this trip] is only going to pay dividends down the road.

I think as time passes, everything is going to settle. The best rotation is going to settle. Coach Casey talks about having seven or eight guys in that rotation. Who knows who those guys are going to be, but there's no question, it is going to settle.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Fred Hoiberg and his family and his children, because there's not a finer human being around than Fred Hoiberg. But hey, we've got to make adjustments, and we've got some good players who will hopefully come in and fill the void.

I'm excited just to get all the new guys together and get to work. Work on the pick 'n' roll defense, baby.

I know it's going to be emotional for everyone, because Fred is such a great friend and such a great teammate. Aside from the emotion, it's going to be happiness. Because circumstances were such that, hey, the organization made a decision and that's just the way it goes. There's no hard feelings, either way.

Anytime you get the whole team together, good things happen.