I just took a new job!

Mark Madsen took new job

I just signed a one year contract to be an assistant coach with the Utah Flash, located in Orem Utah…..and I’m excited to start coaching! One week ago I went to a Timberwolves game and it was surreal to be up in the stands watching my old teammates and friends, Al Jefferson, Kevin Love, Gomes, … Read more

catching up…

Win Streak, Kevin McHale, Target Center, Al Jefferson, Phil Jackson

A four game win streak is not too bad at all. Since Kevin McHale took over, it has taken time for us to get his system and philosophy but I think that we are all finally starting to click. We are also building on the defensive principles and system that Randy Wittman put into place … Read more

Ron Artest

Ron Artest, Best Defender, Freindship, NBA, Madison Square Garden, Minnesota

Ron Artest is known around the NBA as one of the best, if not the very best defender in the entire NBA. He recently emerged as one of the Houston Rockets go to guys (along with Yao Ming) and is helping them to a great record in the past few weeks. We’ve played them at … Read more

Dusting off the Keyboard

Timberwolves, Kevin Love, UCLA, stitches , tooth popped, Shaq, Shaq

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 … Read more

One Win, and many more to come….

Minnesota, Win, Rashad McCants, Al Jefferson, Turkey , training camp

We finally won our first game and it happened to come in front of our home fans in Minnesota. We had a lot of guys step up in the win. Rashad McCants had 30 points, Al Jefferson had his normal dominant performance and Antoine Walker had a huge game in crunch time to put us … Read more

Dinner at Gerald Green’s house

Gerald Green, near Mall of America, Antoine Walker, Vescio's Cucina, Italian restaurants, Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, abdominal muscle injury

It’s always nice to have a team bonding event during the middle of a long season. The most recent one took place at Gerald Green’s apartment near the Mall of America. Gerald hosted the team, and Antoine Walker had some great food catered in from one of the best Italian restaurants in the twin cities, … Read more