Dennis Rodman revealed the time he lived in Mark Cuban’s guest house during his brief stint with the Dallas Mavericks.
Speaking on VLAD TV, the former Chicago Bulls star outlined the Mavericks’ owner’s hospitality:
“Oh yeah, he wanted me to live with him. He said, ‘You ain’t going nowhere, you coming and living with me, and I’m like, I am?'”
“I have a big house back here, and it’s like oh, my god, it was seven acres,” Rodman said. “It had pools and tennis courts and he told me that I was gonna live right here. Then he told me to put some furniture in the house and said, ‘Here is $100,000, go and buy all the furniture you want’.”
However, Rodman’s stint with Dallas was utterly short-lived as he played for just 12 games 2.8 points, and 14.3 rebounds. He was signed by Dallas in the 1999-00 season and prior to his arrival, the team had won 10 of their 13 games, only to go four from their next nine after the forward took the floor.
During his time with the Mavericks, he had six technical fouls, was ejected twice, and was suspended for a game. This left Dallas in tatters as he was supposed to be the veteran providing the spark and experience the team needed. He was waived by the team soon after.
In His Heydays, Dennis Rodman Was A Force In The NBA
When he wasn’t courting controversy off the court, Dennis Rodman was a hurricane when he laced up to play.
And vouching for it was his former Pistons teammate, Isiah Thomas. “Best athlete I’ve ever seen, probably in the NBA,” he said on the All The Smoke podcast.
“Not the highest jumping but just the best athlete. I had never seen anybody who ran that fast and then quickly jump like that. So, my first time playing with him, literally, he gets the rebound, kick it to me on the outlet pass. Right? And, so, when I get on the outlet, now I’m dribbling to the middle of the floor to set the break. As I’m dribbling to the middle of the floor, now this dude just threw it to me, he was down there underneath the basket waving for it. I’m like, ‘How the hell did he get (there)’ So, of course, I kick it up. But adjusting to his speed was the first thing I had to do.”
Maybe if not for the wildness, Rodman may have been a more prolific, bonafide star in the league, but that’s also not to say he wasn’t one before calling time on his decorated career.
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