?He Was the Quiet, Sane..Little Kid?: Dennis Rodman Was Totally Different from His Public Image in the Pistons, Once Claimed 4x NBA Champion

Former NBA star John Salley once revealed a little secret about NBA legend Dennis Rodman. In the Detroit Pistons documentary, the four-time NBA champion said that Rodman was the quiet one compared to him. Given that fans are used to seeing Rodman being this ‘wild and reckless’ NBA star making headlines every day, it would be hard to believe that. However, that’s one thing about Rodman that almost everyone knows, it’s that The Rebound King is unpredictable.

’30 for 30: Bad Boys’ is a documentary that chronicled the early years of the Detroit Pistons. The documentary showed what the team was like in the late 1980s and early 90s. In a segment, Rodman’s former teammate John Salley revealed that back in the day, Rodman was nothing like the person he later on came to be known in the public.

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“Imagine this, I was the crazy one with Dennis Rodman. And he was the quiet, sane, demure, great little kid that everyone loved,” said Salley.

If what Salley said is to be believed then Rodman really went through a major change during his years with the Pistons.

What was Dennis Rodman like during his early years in the NBA?

Dennis Rodman is known to be wild, whimsical and a hardcore partygoer. There are hardly any Rodman stories that fans were not interested in. Back in the 90s, NBA fans wanted to know everything Rodman did or had to say. However, before that, he was a shy and quite kid who only wanted some personal space and guidance of a true mentor. Rodman joined the Detroit Pistons through the 1986 NBA Draft. Fortunately for him, hen found a father figure in former Pistons head coach Chuck Daly. The duo formed a special bond that Rodman had craved throughout his childhood. With the pistons, he had found a family of his own.

In the late 80s, the Pistons had become the team that cracked the code to breaking down Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan. With their newfound technique, the Pistons won two back-to-back championships in 1989, and 1990. All was good in Rodman’s world. However, it did not last long. Rodman took a major hit when Daly resigned from the team. Furthermore, his teammates had also begun to leave one by one. That’s when he gradually became Dennis the Menace.

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