NBA legend Dennis Rodman is one of the best defensive players the league has ever seen. During his career, Rodman won 5 NBA championships. Two straight with the Detroit Pistons and a three-peat with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.?

During his ?Bad Boys? Piston days, Dennis gave a lot of trouble to Jordan and the Bulls. In 1989 and 1990, the Pistons won the Eastern Conference Finals against the Bulls and then won the title on both occasions. But the manner in which they beat the Bulls was peculiar, to say the least.?

During the physical era of the NBA, the ?Bad Boys? were the most physical team in the NBA. And it was a physical punishment for everyone that played against them. Especially in the playoffs.?

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At the time, Dennis Rodman was still developing, and Isiah Thomas was the superstar of the team. And Rodman once revealed that Isiah saved his NBA career.

Dennis Rodman shows love for Isiah Thomas

The Detroit Pistons drafted Dennis Rodman as the 3rd pick in the second round of the 1986 NBA draft. And he fit right in with the ?Bad Boys? Pistons. And as one of the leaders of the team, Isiah Thomas took him under his wing. But it turns out that Thomas helped him off the court as well.

During an interview about Dennis Rodman?s documentary, ?For Better Or Worse?, he revealed that Isiah saved his career. The interviewer asked about Thomas crying in the documentary while talking about some of the issues Rodman was going through.

Dennis said that he was like a big brother to him. He said that Isiah would leave everything to take care of Rodman in the middle of the night. Dennis said that Thomas knew Rodman wasn?t very bright in making decisions and helped him.

Rodman revealed, ?He?s been on my side from day one. The things I said about Larry Bird in the ?87 playoff series, he took all the heat for me, which I didn?t know then, and he pretty much saved my career at that time.?

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He also said that Thomas knows his ups and downs and loves him like a family. Dennis Rodman said that Isiah and his family believed in him. He said that Isiah has been the same person ever since and he respects him for that.?