Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

[BigTigLSU]

With all this talk about ranking PFs and legacies I started wondering where would the worm be ranked. As good as any rebounder ever Moses included, one of the better post defenders I would say up there in top 5 in defense.

If the worm acted mormal and used his underated offensive ability would you rank him in the top 5 or do you already do?

[Taur3asi3]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

Definitley not top 5 but maybe top 10. Top 5 is pushing it too much for him since he only rebounded and played defense and was virtually non-existant offensively.

[Kashanova]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

Definitley not top 5 but maybe top 10. Top 5 is pushing it too much for him since he only rebounded and played defense and was virtually non-existant offensively.

he's like number 6 to me his defense what top notch and his rebounding to me he was the best rebounder of all time being 6'7 and grabin 18 rebs wow that just incredible, plus he had this ablity to get into peoples head draw techs and **** he was definetly one of a kind

[hotadef]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

i would make him number 5. he could acutally shoot when he wanted to he has done it at times in his career. he said he took no pride in scoring anybody can put the ball through the hoop 10 times in a game and score 20. less than 3 baskets a quarter. he had great form on his shots. and has a career 53%fg percentage. But he played the best d on shaq in the league great leaper has like a 38 inch verticle the best rebounder ever student of the game. people didnt know that he watch his teamates and film of other teams players to learn the tendencies. if they go short on there jump shot where they like to shoot from so he would already have an idea of where the ball would go if the didnt make the shot. Realy he diserves to be a top 5 he was under size under weight played great d. and defence when champion ships the last 2 championship teams r spurs and piston the 2 best defensive teams in the league. Give rodman his credit. great team player and passer as well he did the little things that dont go in the stats

[SPTO]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

He's in my top 10, a lot of ppl forget that Rodman was more then just a really good defenisve guy and rebounder. He was also a great pest as well. He had this knack of completely throwing off whoever he was defending. The series against Utah is a prime example.

[X*Cell]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

Might make top 10, but doubt it... the guy was traded for Sean Elliott and Bill Curley for God sakes... nothing against my boy Elliott... but that doesn't put the Worm in the league's elite.

[Kashanova]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

Might make top 10, but doubt it... the guy was traded for Sean Elliott and Bill Curley for God sakes... nothing against my boy Elliott... but that doesn't put the Worm in the league's elite.

thats a horrible reason to bring someone down a top ten just cause of who they were traded for.

Orioles send Curt Schilling, Pete Harnisch and Steve Finley to Astros for Glenn Davis. Does that make schiling any less the great pitcher he is.

Charlie Scott for the Lakers #1 pick, which became Larry Bird.
Does that make larry bird any less the player he is?

Joe Barry Carroll and Ricky Brown for Robert Parish and Kevin McHale.
thats bring down robert parish and mchale down?

[BigTigLSU]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

Might make top 10, but doubt it... the guy was traded for Sean Elliott and Bill Curley for God sakes... nothing against my boy Elliott... but that doesn't put the Worm in the league's elite.

Thats bad logic...trade value many times has nothing to do with actual ability

[Taur3asi3]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

Charlie Scott for the Lakers #1 pick, which became Larry Bird.
Does that make larry bird any less the player he is?

Charlie Scott was a pretty good player. He is the career scoring average leader for the Suns franchise

[glucklich]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

Easily top 5. He was the best rebounder ever plus he did a lot of other dirty work including playing lockdown defense, getting lose balls and mentally taking the opponent out of their game. In fact, Id say top 3.

[X*Cell]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

thats a horrible reason to bring someone down a top ten just cause of who they were traded for.

Orioles send Curt Schilling, Pete Harnisch and Steve Finley to Astros for Glenn Davis. Does that make schiling any less the great pitcher he is.

Charlie Scott for the Lakers #1 pick, which became Larry Bird.
Does that make larry bird any less the player he is?

Joe Barry Carroll and Ricky Brown for Robert Parish and Kevin McHale.
thats bring down robert parish and mchale down?

When the Spurs had Sean Elliott (Before he was traded) 89-93:

AVG Record: 52-30

When the Spurs had Dennis Rodman 93-95:

AVG Record: 59-23


So not a huge difference... only 7 wins... but I see what you're saying.

[X*Cell]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

When the Celtics had Bird (Not counting 88-89 when he only played 6 games):

(AVG Record) 59-23

When the Celtics had Scott:

(AVG Record) 43-39

That is 16 games... Quite a big difference

[Kashanova]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

Rodman was with the pistons they won 40 games he gets traded and 20 games won thats a big difference

[koolbubbaice]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

With all this talk about ranking PFs and legacies I started wondering where would the worm be ranked. As good as any rebounder ever Moses included, one of the better post defenders I would say up there in top 5 in defense.

If the worm acted mormal and used his underated offensive ability would you rank him in the top 5 or do you already do?

I still remember when he averaged 19 boards a game in 91.. Thats crazy.. He could get under the skin of any player.. Even players who were cool headed.. & had the knack for being in the right spot & the right time.. Always knew where the ball was.. Very underrated, & unappreciated..

[Shaver]

Re: Dennis Rodman where would you rank him

Rodman is the greatest instinctive rebounder in NBA history. It was like he studied the physics of how balls came off the rim. He was an all-time great hustler. Dove, jumped, stretched, scratched and clawed for all loose balls. Fantatic man-u D, decent shot-blocker, took more charges in his career than anyone I have seen since, and an underrated finisher on the offensive end.

If Dennis Rodman didn't go crazy...he'd be a no-brainer Hall of Famer...