Austin FrankelFounder & CEO, Study Share · Student at Bucknell University | Founder of Study Share & Seat Maker

His mentality is different

12 Oct 2022 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube commentary, the speaker highlights a basketball player—Dennis Rodman—who defied conventional expectations. Rodman began playing organized basketball only in his early twenties, lacked scoring ability, and was initially resisted by teammate Scottie Pippen when Michael Jordan tried to bring him onto the Chicago Bulls. Despite these obstacles, Rodman’s extraordinary rebounding talent made him the most valuable rebounder in NBA history, providing the Bulls with the crucial 20‑rebounds per game they needed. His defensive contributions were instrumental in helping Michael Jordan secure three of his six NBA championships.

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This dude can't score no points and he won 5 championships. And Michael Jordan recruited him and Scottie Pippen didn't want him. Scottie Pippen was like, do not bring that crazy dude here. Michael Jordan told Phil Johnson, can you manage him? He said, I can. Good, we need the 20 rebounds. This dude didn't start playing basketball till he was 21, 22 years old. This dude couldn't score a basket from 12 feet, 18 feet if his life counted on it. But guess what he could do? He could rebound like nobody. He goes down as the most valuable rebounder ever to the game. And guess what he did for Michael He helped Michael Jordan win 3 championships.