Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman was born Dennis Keith Rodman on May 13, 1961 in Trenton, New Jersey. He is best known for his career in the National Basketball Association, where he played from 1986 until 2000 for five teams: the Detroit Pistons, the San Antonio Spurs, the Chicago Bulls, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks.http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rodmade01.html

Rodman broke into the NBA as a second round draft choice by the Pistons in the 1986 NBA Draft. He would go on to spend seven seasons with the Pistons, and even led the league in field goal percentage in 1988-89 when he hit on 59.5 percent of his shots from the field. Beginning with the 1991-92 season in Detroit, he would go on to lead the NBA in rebounds per game for the next seven seasons, while playing for three different franchises.http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rodmade01.html

Rodman was known as a fierce rebounder and tough defender. He was named to the All NBA First Team for defense seven times, and made the second team on one occasion. He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in back to back seasons, 1989-90 and 1990-91. He also played in two All Star Games and was a member of five championship teams: two in Detroit, and three in Chicago, playing with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and with coach Phil Jackson.http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dennis_rodman/

Rodman was volatile and eccentric however. He would dye his hair a multitude of colors for no apparent reason, and was seen dressed in drag on more than one occasion. He posed in a wedding dress to promote his autobiography, entitled Bad As I Wanna Be and among other fiasco type moments, married Carmen Electra in an intoxicated state in a marriage that was annulled ten days later.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article786188.ece

Rodman would go on to play for the Los Angeles Lakers briefly in the 1998-99 season after being released by the Bulls following the start of their rebuilding project. Following his release by Los Angeles, Rodman ended up in Dallas, where he lasted just a dozen games, gathering a pair of ejections and alienating himself from his teammates and fan base before the Mavericks cut him loose. It would be his last stint in the NBA.http://lubbockonline.com/stories/031000/pro_031000037.shtml

Rodman has had moderate success appearing in movies, such as Double Team with Jean-Claude Van Damme. He also wrestled for a brief time in World Championship Wrestling as a member of the New World Order with Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. Rodman was also the winner of Hogan's venture Celebrity Championship Wrestling when he was declared the winner over Todd Bridges in the finale of that show.

Rodman appeared on Celebrity Rehab on VH1, a show involving Dr. Drew Pinsky. Rodman was his usual standoffish self and on May 17, 2010 his agent had to come to his defense regarding his drinking. Reports were that Rodman had relapsed, but statements from his agent were that his recovery from alcoholism was a "gradual process".http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/w0003019.html

While Rodman cleaned up rebounds at a rate that hadn't been seen since the days of Wilt Chamberlain, he may have saved his best performance for the NBA Finals. In the 1996 NBA Finals as a member of the Chicago Bulls, Rodman twice grabbed eleven offensive rebounds in a game, equaling a NBA record.

In that Finals series against the Seattle Supersonics, Rodman grabbed no fewer than ten rebounds in any of the six games in the series. He grabbed 20 in Game 2, and 19 in the series and championship clinching Game 6. In both of those games, eleven of those were on the offensive glass, leading to second chance opportunities for the Bulls offense.

Rodman was held to single digits in points five of the six games and had no fewer than four fouls in any of the contests, but it was his work on the boards that helped carry the Bulls to the first of three consecutive championships.http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rodmade01/gamelog/1996/