The Adventures of Dennis Rodman

Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network Show Name:  Interesting World of SportsEpisode 3:  The Adventures of Dennis Rodman

You are listening to The Interesting World of Sports podcast with your host(s) Dylan Yasher, and Connor Batcha.

Today we will be discussing Dennis Rodman’s his early life, playing career,& “retirement.”

Dennis Keith Rodman

Nicknames: (The Worm, Dennis the Menace, Country, Psycho, Rodzilla, Demolition Man, El Loco)

Position: Power Forward and Small Forward

Shoots: Right

6-7, 210lbs

Segment 1:Upbringing

• He Grew up in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas in An area of poverty.
• He was a tag along to his two sisters who were both all star basketball Players who played division 1 in college. He would watch them play all the time.
• While attending South Oak Cliff highschool he was cut from the basketball and football team which devastated the lonely freshman.
• Coming out of highschool, Dennis was 5-9 tall and was kicked out of his mothers house. He started working as a janitor at Dallas-Fort worth airport.
• He stole around 50 watches. He was arrested and almost faced criminal charges. But his friends gave back the watches in the knick of time. 
• That summer he shot up from 5,9-6,7
• He decided to give basketball one more shot.His local community college coach took note of his skill during tryouts and saw something special in him.
• He then transferred to SouthWestern Oklahoma State University. He did amazing there averaging 27.3 points per game and NBA teams started taking note.

Segment 2: NBA Playing Career

• In the second round of the 1986 draft, the detroit pistons selected 25 year old Dennis Rodman, 27th overall
• The pistons went on to win back-to-back championships in 1989 and 1990
• On October 1, 1993, the Pistons traded Rodman along with second year small forward Isaiah Morris and a future first and second round draft pick to San Antonio for a package of forwards Sean Elliot, David Wood and a future first round pick. 
• With the Spurs, Rodman established himself as a rebounding machine on a par with some of the greatest giants to play the game. 
• SOme would even say that at 6’7” and 215 pounds, he was simply too short and small to do what he was doing.
• He earned NBA All-Defensive First Team honors seven times and won the NBA Defensive...