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.
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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.
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:
Most unselfish player in NBA history
— Dick Richards Jr (@DickRichardsJr1) November 30, 2022
pj tucker known player with a high usage rate
— Prez💊 ‘ (@PresidentEmbiid) November 30, 2022
those were rodman's final (and forgettable) seasons 👀
— august (@3isthenew1) December 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/mahnkyle/status/1598065020977704960?s=20&t=SolAXwbMsJYC8ZVHiHwm6w
https://twitter.com/MaxeyFloater/status/1598188676592578560?s=20&t=36BDqScgX3xb7BrOS3rkLg
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I know dude is old but thought he’d do more than THIS https://t.co/peEpSfH4tr
— Josh Hilger (@jhawkjosh) November 30, 2022
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.
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