Dennis Rodman Biography

Dennis Keith Rodman was born on May 13th, 1961 in Trenton, New Jersey. He was a professional basketball player mostly known for his controversial antics on and off the court and as a top defender and rebounder.When he entered the NBA in 1986, he was listed as 6' 8'' (2.03 m), although he was actually 6' 6'' (1.98 m). Rodman played one of the most physical positions in basketball at power forward, and despite giving up as much as a half foot in some matchups, was considered perhaps the top power defender of his generation, and one of the top five defenders of his generation at all positions along with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Gary Payton and Dikembe Mutombo. They grabbed on three championship Chicago Bulls teams in the 1990s. Yet he was better known for his eccentric and attention-hunting behavior, especially his habit of changing hair colors weekly or daily. The same traits made him a media darling: Rodman was paired with Jean Claude van Damme in the movie Double Team (1997) and wrote the best-selling book Bad As I Wanna Be. In 1998 he married actress Carmen Electra, a union which ended the next year. Rodman played with the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks before finally dropping out of the league in 2000.