The Dennis Rodman-Gregg Popovich beef was so nasty it could have ruined both their careers

[EricB]

It's perverse how Rodman gets such benefit of the doubt because he was on that Bulls team. He pulled the same kind of team cancer and stat padding crap again on the Lakers and Mavericks but people want to blame the Spurs for this he pulled here. I remember Shaq begging Jerry West to get him Rodman in 99 and Rodman all over O'Neal just like he did David. Only person in the basketball media who seems to call Rodman out on his selfishness and statpadding is Bill Simmons.

dude literally quit on the bulls mid season and ran off to Vegas. Lol the white washing of his time from 96-98 is unreal

[EricB]

I blame Hill and Pop for his failures on the Lakers and Mavericks too

man why did pop and hill have to be such drags and just let Rodman be a cancer!?!?

[The Truth #6]

He was a different player on the Pistons. Too bad he saw Demolition Man and overly embraced Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs right before he arrived in San Antonio.

[exstatic]

He was a different player on the Pistons. Too bad he saw Demolition Man and overly embraced Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs right before he arrived in San Antonio.

He showed some nasty downside even in Detroit with the whole "sitting in his pickup in the parking lot with a loaded rifle barrel in his mouth" episode. When people ask "why do we pass on talent when they just don't fit our culture?"...this is why.

[The Truth #6]

Pretty sure that episode in truck was after the season before he came to SA. Regardless, his personality and outlook changed when he arrived here.

[ambchang]

He fell off the deep end without chuck daly. Phil Jackson let him do whatever he wanted because bulls can afford it.

Say what you want about KFC but he is an expert ego massager. He’s the best millionaire babysitter the league has ever seen.

[lefty]

He fell off the deep end without chuck daly. Phil Jackson let him do whatever he wanted because bulls can afford it.

Say what you want about KFC but he is an expert ego massager. He’s the best millionaire babysitter the league has ever seen.

GOAT ego manager tbh

[Thomas82]

Rodman was never the same after the Pistons fired Chuck Daly.

[Barfunk]

He fell off the deep end without chuck daly. Phil Jackson let him do whatever he wanted because bulls can afford it.

Say what you want about KFC but he is an expert ego massager. He’s the best millionaire babysitter the league has ever seen.

No argument there. It's definitely a skill and PJ was amazing at it.

[Barfunk]

Rodman's definitely been jumping on the "Hey guys!! Let's all hate on the Spurs!! HAHAHAHAHAHA" bandwagon the last several years or so. He needs to stick to doing things that he seems to have a knack for like sympathizing with genociders and tucking in his junk.