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Dennis Rodman
More than just a basketball player, The Worm never went unnoticed. He built a career as a Hollywood actor, dressed as a women, married Baywatch's Carmen Electra and painted his hair with all the colors of the rainbow and more. But after all he established as a ferocious defender, grabbed every rebound available and won 5 championships in 14 NBA seasons. |
Full Name: Dennis Keith Rodman
Nicknames: The Worm
Position: Power Forward
Jersey Number: 10 (Pistons and Spurs), 91 (Bulls) and 73 (Lakers)
Birth date: May 13, 1961
Place of Birth: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Plays: Right-handed
Teams: Detroit Pistons (1986-87 to 1992-93), San Antonio Spurs (1993-94 to 1994-95), Chicago Bulls (1995-96 to 1997-98), Los Angeles Lakers (1998-99), Dallas Mavericks (1999-00)
NBA Seasons: 14
Team Titles won:
NBA Championships: 5 - 1988-89 and 1989-90 (with Pistons), 1995-96,
1996-97 and 1997-98 (Bulls)
Personal Titles and Awards:
NBA All-Star Game: 2 - 1990 and 1992
NBA Defensive Players of the Year: 2 - 1989-90 and 1990-91
All NBA Third Team: 2 - 1991-92 and 1994-95
NBA All-Defense First Team: 7 - 1988-89 to 1992-93, 1994-95 and 1995-96
NBA All-Defense First Team: 1 - 1993-94
NBA Rebounding Leader: 7 - 1991-92 to 1997-98
NBA leader in field goal percentage: 1 - 1988-89.
Career Statistics:
Year |
Team |
G |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3P% |
FT% |
OFF |
DEF |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
TO |
PF |
PPG |
1986-87 |
Detroit |
77 |
1 |
15.0 |
.545 |
.000 |
.587 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
4.3 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.21 |
2.20 |
6.5 |
1987-88 |
Detroit |
82 |
32 |
26.2 |
.561 |
.294 |
.535 |
3.9 |
4.8 |
8.7 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
1.90 |
3.30 |
11.6 |
1988-89 |
Detroit |
82 |
8 |
26.9 |
.595 |
.231 |
.626 |
4.0 |
5.4 |
9.4 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.54 |
3.60 |
9.0 |
1989-90 |
Detroit |
82 |
43 |
29.0 |
.581 |
.111 |
.654 |
4.1 |
5.6 |
9.7 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
1.10 |
3.40 |
8.8 |
1990-91 |
Detroit |
82 |
77 |
33.5 |
.493 |
.200 |
.631 |
4.4 |
8.1 |
12.5 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
1.15 |
3.40 |
8.2 |
1991-92 |
Detroit |
82 |
80 |
40.3 |
.539 |
.317 |
.600 |
6.4 |
12.3 |
18.7 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.71 |
3.00 |
9.8 |
1992-93 |
Detroit |
62 |
55 |
38.9 |
.427 |
.205 |
.534 |
5.9 |
12.3 |
18.3 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
1.66 |
3.20 |
7.5 |
1993-94 |
S.A. |
79 |
51 |
37.8 |
.534 |
.208 |
.520 |
5.7 |
11.6 |
17.3 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.75 |
2.90 |
4.7 |
1994-95 |
S.A. |
49 |
26 |
32.0 |
.571 |
.000 |
.676 |
5.6 |
11.2 |
16.8 |
2.0 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
2.00 |
3.20 |
7.1 |
1995-96 |
Chicago |
64 |
57 |
32.6 |
.480 |
.111 |
.528 |
5.6 |
9.3 |
14.9 |
2.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
2.16 |
3.10 |
5.5 |
1996-97 |
Chicago |
55 |
54 |
35.4 |
.448 |
.263 |
.568 |
5.8 |
10.2 |
16.1 |
3.1 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
2.02 |
3.10 |
5.7 |
1997-98 |
Chicago |
80 |
66 |
35.7 |
.431 |
.174 |
.550 |
5.3 |
9.8 |
15.0 |
2.9 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.84 |
3.00 |
4.7 |
1998-99 |
L.A. Lakers |
23 |
11 |
28.6 |
.348 |
.000 |
.436 |
2.7 |
8.5 |
11.2 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
1.35 |
3.10 |
2.1 |
1999-00 |
Dallas |
12 |
12 |
32.4 |
.387 |
.000 |
.714 |
4.0 |
10.3 |
14.3 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
1.58 |
3.40 |
2.8 |
Career |
|
911 |
573 |
31.7 |
.521 |
.231 |
.584 |
4.8 |
8.4 |
13.1 |
1.8 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
1.63 |
3.10 |
7.3 |
All-Star |
|
2 |
0 |
18.0 |
.364 |
.000 |
.000 |
5.0 |
3.5 |
8.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
4.0 |
Career highlights:
- Having already won two titles with the "Bad Boys" of Detroit, Rodman joined Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen to be a key piece of the 1995-96 team that won a record 72 regular season games and then went for the Bulls second Three-peat.
Best Websites: Dennis Rodman at Lakers players, Dennis Rodman Profile and his official website is www.dennisrodman.com
Other interesting information:
- Never going unnoticed, Dennis Rodman joined the Lakers in 1998-99 but was released after 23 games because of conduct problems. Then in 1999-2000 played only 12 games for Dallas.