Mark Landsberger

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Mark Landsberger

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 215

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|05|21}}

| birth_place = Minot, North Dakota, U.S.

| high_school = Mounds View
(Arden Hills, Minnesota)

| college =

{{nowrap|Allan Hancock College (1973–1974)}}
Minnesota (1974–1975)
Arizona State (1976–1977)

| draft_year = 1977

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 35

| draft_team = Chicago Bulls

| career_start = 1977

| career_end = 1993

| career_number = 54

| career_position = Power forward / center

| years1 = {{nbay|1977|start}}–{{nbay|1979|end}}

| team1 = Chicago Bulls

| years2 = {{nbay|1979|end}}–{{nbay|1982|end}}

| team2 = Los Angeles Lakers

| years3 = {{nbay|1983|full=y}}

| team3 = Atlanta Hawks

| years4 = 1987–1989

| team4 = Panionios

| years5 = 1989–1991

| team5 = Montecatini Sporting Club

| years6 = 1991–1992

| team6 = CB Collado Villalba

| years7 = 1992–1993

| team7 = Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)

| highlights =

2× NBA champion (1980, 1982)
First-team All-WAC (1977)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 2,468 (5.6 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 2,681 (6.1 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 236 (0.5 apg)

}}

Mark Walter Landsberger (born May 21, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. At 6'8" and 215 pounds, he played power forward and center for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1980 to 1983.

Career

Landsberger attended Mounds View High School, in Arden Hills, Minnesota, where he graduated in 1973 after leading the Mustangs to the 1972 AA State Championship as a junior.David La Vaque. "Mustangs man 38 years in the making ; Mounds View boys' basketball coach Ziggy Kauls will enter his 39th season of coaching as a Hall of Fame member". Star Tribune. October 26, 2005. 1N. In his senior campaign, he averaged 26.1 points per game,[http://issuu.com/mkauls/docs/mounds_view_mustangs_2010-2011 Mounds View High School Basketball Program]. 2010. Retrieved on October 16, 2011. and led the Mustangs back to the state tournament and the consolation championship. Over his high school varsity career, he scored 1,290 points and grabbed 910 rebounds.

Landsberger then attended Allan Hancock College, where he was the California junior college player of the year,[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19750121&id=sdwjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DCkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7070,106402 "Landsberger stars as Minnesota wins]". The Milwaukee Journal. January 21, 1975. 8. the University of Minnesota, and Arizona State University.

At ASU, he set school records for most rebounds in a game (27) and highest rebounds-per game average in a season (14.4) for the Sun Devils.[http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/asu/graphics/media-guides/06-m-baskbl/part-9-records.pdf Arizona State men's basketball media guide]. 2006. pages 147-148.

After college, he was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the 1977 NBA draft.Jan Hubbard, et al. The Official NBA Encyclopedia. New York: Doubleday, 2000 He appeared in 196 games for the Bulls from 1977 to 1980, averaging 7.4 points per game and 7.6 rebounds per game.Alex Sachare. The Chicago Bulls Encyclopedia. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1999. On January 28, 1979, Landsberger grabbed 29 rebounds in a game against the Denver Nuggets. At the time, this was the third-highest single-game rebounding total in Chicago Bulls history.K.C. Johnson. "Performance a grabber". Chicago Tribune. December 16, 2006. That season, Landsberger ranked seventh in the league in total offensive rebounds, with 292.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/landsma01.html|title=Mark Landsberger NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=4 June 2025}}

On February 13, 1980, the Bulls traded Landsberger to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Oliver Mack and two second round draft choices.[http://www.nba.com/bulls/history/alltime_transactions.html Chicago Bulls All-Time Transactions]. NBA.com. Retrieved on December 27, 2006. Landsberger remained in Los Angeles until 1983. Playing behind future hall-of-famers like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, and Magic Johnson, he averaged 4.7 points per game and 5.2 rebounds per game with the Lakers. He won NBA Championship rings as a reserve in 1980 and 1982.

Landsberger started the 1983-84 NBA season with the Lakers but was waived later that year before being given any playing time. He signed with the Atlanta Hawks on December 29, 1983,[https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1984_transactions.html 1983-84 NBA Transactions] basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on August 18, 2022. where he averaged 1.5 points and 3.4 rebounds in 35 games to finish the season. This was his last season in the NBA, and he ended his NBA career with 2,468 total points and 2,681 total rebounds.

He played professionally in Europe until the 1990s.Sam Smith. "Johnson leads rookie race". Austin-American Statesman. April 12, 1992. Among the highlights of his European career was a 34 rebound game while playing for Lotus Montecatini Terme in Lucca, Italy on November 11, 1990.[http://web.legabasket.it/game/54209 against Banco Sardegna Sassari 93-73, Landsberger 24 pts]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}. That performance set a record for most rebounds in an Italian league game.{{cite web |url=http://basketnet.net/it/2011/01/22/basket-story-intervista-mark-landsberger-21544 |title=BASKET STORY intervista: Mark Landsberger | publisher=BasketNet | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405073251/http://www.basketnet.net/it/2011/01/22/basket-story-intervista-mark-landsberger-21544 |archive-date=2012-04-05 |date=22 January 2011 |access-date=17 October 2011 |language=Italian |trans-title=BASKET STORY interview: Mark Landsberger}} Landsberger also set Greek league records for most rebounds in a game (31) and highest rebounds per game average for a season (17.9).{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}

On June 21, 2021, it was announced by Deadline that Landsberger would be portrayed by actor Austin Aaron in the upcoming HBO series Winning Time. The series premiered in March 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/mike-epps-richard-pryor-cast-hbos-l-a-lakers-drama-series-1234778110/|title = Mike Epps Set as Richard Pryor, Three Others Cast in HBO's L.A. Lakers Drama Series|date = 21 June 2021}}

Career statistics

=NBA=

Source{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/walkewa01.html|title=Wally Walker NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=1 May 2025}}

==Regular season==

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1977}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago

| 62 || || 14.9 || .506 || || .580 || 4.9 || .7 || .3 || .1 || 5.6

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1978}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago

| 80 || || 24.5 || .475 || || .469 || 9.3 || .9 || .3 || .3 || 8.1

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1979}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago

| 54 || || 21.0 || .529 || – || .524 || 8.3 || .6 || .4 || .3 || 8.4

| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|1979|nolink=y}}†

| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers

| 23 || || 16.3 || .482 || || .518 || 7.1 || .6 || .4 || .2 || 7.0

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1980}}

| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers

| 69 || || 15.7 || .502 || .000 || .534 || 5.5 || .4 || .3 || .1 || 5.7

| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|1981}}†

| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers

| 75 || 1 || 15.1 || .438 || .000 || .508 || 5.3 || .4 || .1 || .1 || 4.3

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1982}}

| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers

| 39 || 4 || 9.1 || .422 || – || .480 || 3.3 || .3 || .2 || .1 || 2.5

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1983}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta

| 35 || 0 || 9.6 || .373 || – || .577 || 3.4 || .3 || .2 || .1 || 1.5

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 437 || 5 || 16.7 || .481 || .000 || .522 || 6.1 || .5 || .3 || .2 || 5.6

==Playoffs==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!MPG

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1980†

| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers

| 16 || 12.2 || .362 || .000 || .833 || 4.3 || .1 || .2 || .1 || 3.4

| style="text-align:left;"|1981

| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers

| 3 || 10.7 || .286 || – || 1.000 || 5.0 || .0 || .3 || .0 || 1.7

| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1982†

| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers

| 9 || 6.7 || .333 || – || .444 || 2.4 || .2 || .0 || .0 || 1.1

| style="text-align:left;"|1983

| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers

| 11 || 12.8 || .429 || .000 || .500 || 4.0 || .3 || .0 || .2 || 2.4

| style="text-align:left;"|1984

| style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta

| 2 || 2.5 || .000 || – || – || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 41 || 10.6 || .368 || .000 || .600 || 3.7 || .2 || .1 || .1 || 2.3

References

External links

[http://195.56.77.208/player/LAN-MAR/landsberger_mark Lega Basket Serie A profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220008/http://195.56.77.208/player/LAN-MAR/landsberger_mark |date=March 3, 2016 }} Retrieved 15 June 2015 {{in lang|it}}
{{citation |last=Crowe |first=Jerry |title=Mark Landsberger, immortalized by Dr. J, played in 'Showtime' Lakers' background | newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=May 7, 2011 |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-crowe-20110508,0,910776,full.column|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127114615/http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-crowe-20110508,0,910776,full.column|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2013}}

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