Home/NBA

via Getty

via Getty

There were very few players to none who could come close to Dennis Rodman in rebounding. With his rebounding, he even got compared with Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell. But above all, he was a team player. He gave everything on the court to welcome victory for his team. Incidentally, he also got the lowest usage rate in the NBA’s history in the last two seasons of his career, which many consider was due to his ‘team play’. However, lately, PJ Tucker matched his record this season, which created a lot of noise on social media.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

PJ Tucker came back to the league in 2012 after leaving it in 2006. From that time, he hopped into various teams and now playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. The 6’5 who got recruited by the Sixers to solidify their defense did a pretty solid job in his position. Incidentally, Tucker is also famous for his team play like Rodman, and the Sixers’ recent performance could well prove it.

Fans reflect on Tucker matching the record of Dennis Rodman

In addition to his team play, he has a few other resemblances with Dennis Rodman that caught the viewers’ attention. A couple of weeks back, a fan compared him with Rodman after he scored zero points in his last three games. Surprisingly, Tucker matched another stat of Rodman lately. He matched Rodman’s lowest usage rate of 6.4% in the NBA’s history.

Read more- Distraught After Michael Jordan-Scottie Pippen Drama, Dennis Rodman Opened Up on Past Trauma Repeating Itself in 1998

Meanwhile, Tucker matching Rodman’s record created a lot of noise on social media. The fans used Twitter to voice out their opinions.

Here are some of the reactions of the NBA fans:

https://twitter.com/mahnkyle/status/1598065020977704960?s=20&t=SolAXwbMsJYC8ZVHiHwm6w

https://twitter.com/MaxeyFloater/status/1598188676592578560?s=20&t=36BDqScgX3xb7BrOS3rkLg

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

The fans expressed mixed opinions in their comments. Some of them thought that the reason behind his low usage rate was because of his sacrifices for the team. Even one of the fans commented that he was the most unselfish player of the Sixers. The aforementioned comment of the fan probably depicted that, for being unselfish and a team player, his usage rate was the lowest. However, others commented that Rodman’s lowest usage rate came in the twilight seasons of his career. They probably wanted to say that Rodman didn’t perform like Tucker at his prime, so the comparison between Tucker and Rodman was useless.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Watch this story- Dennis Rodman Kobe Bryant Michael Jordan and other NBA stars who have featured in TV shows

What are your thoughts on these stats of PJ Tucker? Did you find any other resemblance between PJ Tucker and Dennis Rodman? Please let us know in the comments below.