Last night I came across an awesome story about ex-NBA player Dennis Rodman.
For those who weren’t glued to the TV during his days with Detroit in the 1980’s and with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990’s, here are a few reasons why you should pay attention to his rebounding advice…
He led the league in rebounding 7 times:
| 1992 |
18.7 per game |
| 1993 |
18.3 per game |
| 1994 |
17.3 per game |
| 1995 |
16.8 per game |
| 1996 |
14.9 per game |
| 1997 |
16.1 per game |
| 1998 |
15.0 per game |
Crazy stats!
Anyway, here’s a quick story that about Dennis told by his former teammate, Isiah Thomas:
“We were standing in the lay-up line, warming up and shooting, and Rodman was standing back and watching everybody shoot.”
Isiah – “Hey, come on, you have to participate; everybody’s shooting lay-ups, you have to shoot lay-ups, too.”
Rodman – “I’m just watching the rotations on the basketball.”
Isiah – “Excuse me?”
Rodman – “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 defence the way he could break it down.”
“When you talk about basketball IQ, I’d put Rodman at a genius level.”- Isiah Thomas
