Bulls Legend Dennis Rodman is considered to be one of the best defenders of all time. The Worm may not have been a great offensive talent, but there are hardly a handful of players who are better than him on the other side of the court. And the same tenacity once led him to want an NBA star to spit on him.

Rodman came into the league as a defensive-minded player. In his first years with the Detroit Pistons, he was the defensive enforcer on the team. He was tenacious, gritty, hungry, and sometimes dirty as well. Rodman got after it on the defensive end and that was his signature style.

Rodman would often get under his opponent’s skin and he was not afraid to take on anyone. His job was to be the defensive stopper for his team and he would stop at nothing to achieve that goal. Because of this, several NBA players hated to play against Rodman. And they would be livid at his actions.

Dennis Rodman was upset that his opponent spit missed him

Rodman’s tenacious play would drive opponents crazy and many of them went to blows with him. But Washington Bullets guard Darrell Walker had enough of it and he went a step further than coming to blows with him.

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Walker was so fed up with The Worm that he tried to kick Dennis Rodman and he later spat on him. The spit missed, but Rodman actually wanted it to fall on him. He wanted the spit to hit him so he could have rubbed it on his jersey and gotten himself ‘pumped up’.

There might be no one in the NBA who would have thought like this. Rodman actually wanted to get spat to hype himself up. Maybe that’s why he is considered to be one of the greatest ever to play the sport. His ability made him such a good player. But it was his attitude and tenacity that made him the legend that he is today.

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In 76 years, the NBA has never seen a player like Rodman. And it may never will even in the future.