Going “Against” Michael Jordan’s Wishes, Dennis Rodman Made a Bold Claim in 1997 on His Last Game: “It’ll Happen. You’ll See It”

Dennis Rodman was a person who everybody wanted to be, but nobody dared to be. The five-time NBA champion was a force to deal with on-court and a face to reckon with off-court. He and Michael Jordan, along with Scottie Pippen used to tear the courts apart on their way to three consecutive NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. 

The five-time NBA Champion once revealed that he’d play the last game of the season without clothes, even if ‘His Airness’ didn’t like it. He had a sassy reply which would later turn out to be a bold claim.

Dennis Rodman didn’t hesitate to go against the wishes of Michael Jordan

Dennis Rodman has the craziest stories in the NBA. The player was as popular off-court as he was on-court. But most of his changes came after he was traded from the San Antonio Spurs to the Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan. Incidentally, Jordan just came back from retirement when Rodman made his way to the streets of Chicago.

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The Bulls no. 91 was interviewed by Playboy magazine back in 1997., He claimed in the interview that he would play his last game nude, despite of His Airness’ wishes.

“My life is a circus. My year is 365 days of fucking confusion. But I’m still leading in rebounding, 600-plus rebounds in only 30-some games. Nothing is planned. My life is more addictive. But I love it. I keep Lucifer wondering, What will he do next? Will he really play his last game in the nude?” the Bulls legend said. The reporter chimed in that Michael Jordan would not approve of such a thing. To which Rodman said “It’ll happen. You’ll see it.” 

Although it never happened, his expressive nature might have led him to say this. His ‘playing in the nude’ might just be a metaphor for breaking the shackles that he felt were keeping him in the NBA.

Rodman’s perspective on life

The rebound king has mentioned before that after moving to the Spurs, he didn’t know what to do and got bored easily. This led to his decision to explore himself as he deemed fit. From him wearing a wedding dress to promote his memoir to appearing in the WCW, we’ve seen a lot of shades of Rodman.

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The Chicago legend was free of material desires and would rather leave everything than be held hostage to follow societal policies. His way of expressing himself was way ahead of his time, making people question him.