Gained new respect for Rodman.

[MVP]

Isiah Thomas wrote:"We were standing in the lay-up line, warming up and shooting, and Rodman was standing back and watching everybody shoot. I said, ‘Hey, come on, you have to participate; everybody’s shooting lay-ups, you have to shoot lay-ups, too.’ And he said, ‘I’m just watching the rotations on the basketball.’ I said, ‘Excuse me?’ He said, ‘Like, when you shoot, your ball spins three times in the air. Joe’s sometimes has 3 1/2 or four times.’

"That’s how far Rodman had taken rebounding, to a totally different level, like off the charts. He knew the rotation of every person that shot on our team — if it spins sideways, where it would bounce, how often it would bounce left or right. He had rebounding down to a science, and I never heard anyone think or talk about rebounding and defense the way he could break it down.

"When you talk about basketball IQ, I’d put Rodman at a genius level."


Discuss.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

Rodman was that dude. He'd get ****faced and still give you 15 rebounds or more the next night.

 

[♪alt13]

Without Rodman I have a hard time believing that the Jazz don't beat the bulls. Dude has 5 rings from 2 teams.

 

[Harambe]

Isiah Thomas wrote:"We were standing in the lay-up line, warming up and shooting, and Rodman was standing back and watching everybody shoot. I said, ‘Hey, come on, you have to participate; everybody’s shooting lay-ups, you have to shoot lay-ups, too.’ And he said, ‘I’m just watching the rotations on the basketball.’ I said, ‘Excuse me?’ He said, ‘Like, when you shoot, your ball spins three times in the air. Joe’s sometimes has 3 1/2 or four times.’

Although he was unquestionably a great rebounder and solid defender, this sounds more like he was high as a kite than bbiq genius.

 

[Gameface]

I have a ton of respect for Rodman. He's the kind of guy that had he played on the S&M Jazz we would all love the hell out of him and talk about how much of a Jazz type/Sloan type player he was. MFer fought hard and did everything he knew how to do to win. He was willing to go toe to toe against Malone as far as physical play was concerned.

Total respect.

 

[fishonjazz]

Total respect.

This

Although he was unquestionably a great rebounder and solid defender, this sounds more like he was high as a kite than bbiq genius.

But also this

 

[addictionary]

Thanks for the thread. Great stuff. I had a Dennis Rodman thread, can you put a link of that to there too?

 

[Stoked]

He had some serious skills on the court. Scumbag person off the court. Sounds familiar...

 

[The Fresh Prince]

He really wasn't much of a scumbag was he? Just a troubled Alkie that liked to do crazy, off the wall ****. His personal appearance also factors into being labeled.

 

[Stoked]

He really wasn't much of a scumbag was he? Just a troubled Alkie that liked to do crazy, off the wall ****. His personal appearance also factors into being labeled.

No, the fact that he is a giant douche is what labels him. I don't give a crap how he dresses or styles his hair.