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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1961)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Dennis Rodman
| image = Dennis Rodman 02 (34649289162) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Rodman in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|5|13}}
| birth_place = [[Trenton, New Jersey]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7
| weight_lbs = 210
| weight_footnote = <ref>{{cite web|title=NBA.com: Dennis Rodman Career Stats|work=[[NBA.com]]|url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/rodman_stats.html|date=March 3, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303222750/http://www.nba.com/history/players/rodman_stats.html|archive-date=March 3, 2011}}</ref>
| high_school = [[South Oak Cliff High School|South Oak Cliff]] ([[Dallas, Texas]])
| college = 
* [[North Central Texas College|North Central Texas]] (1983)
* [[Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm men's basketball|Southeastern Oklahoma State]] (1983–1986)
| draft_year = 1986
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 27
| draft_team = [[Detroit Pistons]]
| career_start = 1986
| career_end = 2006
| career_position = [[Power forward]] / [[small forward]]
| career_number = 10, 91, 73, 70
| years1 = {{nbay|1986|start}}–{{nbay|1992|end}}
| team1 = [[Detroit Pistons]]
| years2 = {{nbay|1993|start}}–{{nbay|1994|end}}
| team2 = [[San Antonio Spurs]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1995|start}}–{{nbay|1997|end}}
| team3 = [[Chicago Bulls]]
| years4 = {{nbay|1998|end}}
| team4 = [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
| years5 = {{nbay|1999|end}}
| team5 = [[Dallas Mavericks]]
| years6 = [[2003–04 ABA season|2003–2004]]
| team6 = [[Northern Arizona Suns|Long Beach Jam]]
| years7 = [[2004 LNBP season|2004]]
| team7 = [[Fuerza Regia]]
| years8 = [[2004–05 ABA season|2004–2005]]
| team8 = [[Orange County Crush]]
| years9 = 2005
| team9 = [[Torpan Pojat]]
| years10 = [[2005–06 ABA season|2005–2006]]
| team10 = [[Tijuana Dragons]]
| years11 = [[2005–06 British Basketball League season|2006]]
| team11 = [[Brighton Bears]]
| highlights = 
* 5× [[List of NBA champions|NBA champion]] ({{nbafy|1989}}, {{nbafy|1990}}, {{nbafy|1996}}–{{nbafy|1998}})
* 2× [[NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|1990}}, {{nasg|1992}})
* 2× [[All-NBA Third Team]] ({{nbay|1991|end}}, {{nbay|1994|end}})
* 2× [[NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award|NBA Defensive Player of the Year]] ({{nbay|1989|end}}, {{nbay|1990|end}})
* 7× [[NBA All-Defensive First Team]] ({{nbay|1988|end}}–{{nbay|1992|end}}, {{nbay|1994|end}}, {{nbay|1995|end}})
* [[NBA All-Defensive Second Team]] ({{nbay|1993|end}})
* 7× [[List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders|NBA rebounding champion]] ({{nbay|1991|end}}–{{nbay|1997|end}})
* [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team]]
* No. 10 [[Detroit Pistons#Retired numbers|retired by Detroit Pistons]]
* 3× [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] All-American (1984–1986)
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 6,683 (7.3 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 11,954 (13.1 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 1,600 (1.8 apg)
| HOF_player = dennis-rodman
}}
'''Dennis Keith Rodman''' (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. Renowned for his defensive and [[rebound (basketball)|rebounding]] abilities, his biography on the official NBA website states that he is "arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://clutchpoints.com/25-greatest-defenders-nba-history-ranked | title=25 Greatest Defenders in NBA History, Ranked | website=ClutchPoints | date=August 7, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=20 greatest defensive power forwards ever: The HoopsHype list |url=https://www.hoopshype.com/story/sports/nba/rankings/2025/03/06/20-greatest-defensive-power-forwards-ever-the-hoopshype-list/79228621007/ |website=HoopsHype |date=2025-03-06 |publisher=HoopsHype |access-date=2025-06-25}}</ref> Nicknamed "'''the Worm'''",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Levy |first1=Dan |title=The Greatest Nicknames in NBA History |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1667613-the-greatest-nicknames-in-nba-history |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |access-date=October 13, 2020 |date=June 10, 2013 |archive-date=October 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014091012/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1667613-the-greatest-nicknames-in-nba-history |url-status=live }}</ref> he played for the [[Detroit Pistons]], [[San Antonio Spurs]], [[Chicago Bulls]], [[Los Angeles Lakers]], and [[Dallas Mavericks]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). Rodman played at the [[small forward]] position in his early years before becoming a [[Power forward (basketball)|power forward]].

He earned [[NBA All-Defensive First Team]] honors seven times and won the [[NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award]] twice. He also led the NBA in rebounds per game for a record seven consecutive years and won five NBA championships. On April 1, 2011, the Pistons retired Rodman's No. 10 jersey,<ref name="autogenerated34">{{cite web |last1=Lidz |first1=Franz |title=Dennis Rodman - As the Worm Turns |url=https://www.si.com/vault/2015/07/09/106342554/dennis-rodman |website=Vault |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=July 8, 2013 |archive-date=December 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226033541/https://www.si.com/vault/2015/07/09/106342554/dennis-rodman |url-status=live }}</ref> and he was inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] later that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/basketball-hall-of-fame-enshrines-chris-mullin-dennis-rodman-arvydas-sabonis-tex-winter-081211|title=Rodman, Mullin enshrined in Hall of Fame|access-date=August 12, 2011|work=Fox Sports|date=August 12, 2011|archive-date=January 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112001159/http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/basketball-hall-of-fame-enshrines-chris-mullin-dennis-rodman-arvydas-sabonis-tex-winter-081211|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2021, Rodman was honored as one of the&nbsp;league's greatest players of all-time by being named to the&nbsp;[[NBA 75th Anniversary Team]].<ref>nba.com/75</ref>

Rodman experienced an unhappy childhood and was often described as shy and [[introverted]] in his early years. After attempting to take his own life in 1993, he reinvented himself as a "bad boy" and became notorious for numerous controversial antics. He repeatedly dyed his hair in artificial colors, had many [[Body piercing|piercing]]s and [[tattoo]]s, and regularly disrupted games by clashing with opposing players and officials. He famously wore a [[wedding dress]] to promote his 1996 autobiography ''[[Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story|Bad as I Wanna Be]]''. Rodman also attracted international attention for his visits to [[North Korea]] and his subsequent befriending of the North Korean supreme leader [[Kim Jong Un]] in 2013.

In addition to being a former professional basketball player, Rodman has appeared in [[professional wrestling]]. He was a member of the [[New World Order (professional wrestling)|nWo]] and fought alongside [[Hulk Hogan]] in the [[main event]] of two [[Bash at the Beach]] pay-per-views. In professional wrestling, Rodman was the first-ever winner of the [[Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling|Celebrity Championship Wrestling]] tournament. He had his own TV show, ''[[The Rodman World Tour]]'', and had starring roles in the action films ''[[Double Team (film)|Double Team]]'' (1997) and ''[[Simon Sez]]'' (1999). He appeared in several reality TV series and was the winner of the $222,000 main prize of the 2004 edition of ''[[The Mole (American season 4)|Celebrity Mole]]''.

==Early life==
Rodman was born in [[Trenton, New Jersey]], the son of Shirley and Philander Rodman, Jr., an [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] enlisted member, who later fought in the [[Vietnam War]]. When he was young, his father left his family, eventually settling in the [[Philippines]].<ref name="philander">{{cite news|date=September 23, 1996|title=Dennis Rodman's dad has 27 kids and runs a bar in the Philippines|work=Jet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzkDAAAAMBAJ&q=dennis+rodman+jet&pg=PA50|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231112229/https://books.google.com/books?id=YzkDAAAAMBAJ&q=dennis+rodman+jet&pg=PA50|url-status=live}}</ref> Rodman has many brothers and sisters: according to his father, he has either 26 or 28 siblings on his father's side. However, Rodman has stated that he is the oldest of a total of 47 children.<ref name="philander" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQu-JWzBug |title=Dennis Rodman Emotional Hall of Fame Speech |access-date=March 28, 2012 |publisher=YouTube |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214081057/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQu-JWzBug |archive-date=February 14, 2012}} at 5:30 mins.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/15/just-for-the-record-rodman-only-has-28-siblings/|title=Just for the record, Rodman only has 28 siblings|access-date=March 28, 2012|publisher=NBC Sports|date=August 15, 2011|archive-date=September 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917044835/http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/15/just-for-the-record-rodman-only-has-28-siblings/|url-status=live}}</ref>

After his father left, Shirley took many odd jobs to support the family, up to four at the same time.<ref name="rebound" /> In his 1996 biography ''[[Bad As I Wanna Be]]'', he expresses his feelings for his father: "I haven't seen my father in more than 30 years, so what's there to miss ... I just look at it like this: Some man brought me into this world. That doesn't mean I have a father".<ref name="philander" /> He would not meet his father again until 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-hall-of-famer-dennis-rodman-finally-meets-his-father-after-42-years/ |title=NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman finally meets his father after 42 years |website=[[CBS News]] |date=July 19, 2012 |access-date=February 24, 2017 |archive-date=February 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224133056/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-hall-of-famer-dennis-rodman-finally-meets-his-father-after-42-years/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rodman and his two sisters, Debra and Kim,<ref name="aggies">{{cite web|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/031507aaa.html|title=Big Hopes In Big Dance For Big 12 Champion and No. 4 Seeded Aggies|date=March 15, 2007|publisher=Texas A&M Athletic Department|access-date=August 31, 2008 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707093607/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/031507aaa.html}}</ref> grew up in the [[Oak Cliff]] section of [[Dallas]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Rodman, Dennis|accessdate=December 13, 2021|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960609&slug=2333674|title=After A Difficult Childhood In Projects Near Dallas, Dennis Rodman Reached A Turning Point As A Basketball Player At Southeastern Oklahoma. He Discovered A Surrogate Family That Taught Him Discipline, A Best Friend Who Taught Him Restraint, And A Game That Taught Him The Power Of Success.|work=Seattle Times|date=June 9, 1996|archive-date=April 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424153938/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960609&slug=2333674|url-status=live}}</ref> at the time one of the most impoverished areas of the city.<ref name="rifle" /> Rodman's mother gave him the nickname "The Worm" for how he wiggles while playing [[pinball]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Poisuo |first1=Pauli |title=The Truth About Dennis Rodman's Famous Nickname |url=https://www.grunge.com/206830/the-truth-about-dennis-rodmans-famous-nickname/ |website=Grunge |access-date=October 13, 2020 |date=May 4, 2020 |archive-date=October 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014111909/https://www.grunge.com/206830/the-truth-about-dennis-rodmans-famous-nickname/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rodman was so attached to his mother that he refused to move when she sent him to a nursery when he was four years old. According to Rodman, his mother was more interested in his two sisters, who were both considered more talented than he was in basketball and made him a laughingstock whenever he tagged along with them. He felt generally "overwhelmed" by the all-female household.<ref name="bwg" /> Debra and Kim would go on to become [[All-America]]ns at [[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana Tech]] and [[Stephen F. Austin State University|Stephen F. Austin]], respectively. Debra won two national titles with the [[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Lady Techsters]].<ref name="aggies" />

While attending [[South Oak Cliff High School]], Rodman was a gym class student of future [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]] basketball coach [[Gary Blair]].<ref name="gym">{{cite web|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=632734&SPID=93247&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=205232700|title=Big Hopes In Big Dance For Big 12 Champion and No. 4 Seeded Aggies|website=www.aggieathletics.com|access-date=January 24, 2013|archive-date=June 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624222344/http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=632734&SPID=93247&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=205232700|url-status=live}}</ref> Blair coached Rodman's sisters Debra and Kim, winning three state championships.<ref name="hoops">{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Jeff |title=Gary Blair engineers women's hoops revival at Texas A&M |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/womensbasketball/2011-03-30-gary-blair-texas-am_N.htm |website=USA Today |access-date=January 24, 2013 |date=March 30, 2011 |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107184615/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/womensbasketball/2011-03-30-gary-blair-texas-am_N.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Rodman was not considered an athletic standout. According to Rodman, he was "unable to hit a [[layup]]" and was listed in the high school basketball teams but was either benched or cut from the squads. Measuring only {{height|ft=5|in=6}} as a freshman in high school,<ref name="rebound">{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Rodman_Dennis |title=Rodman, King or Queen of Rebounds? |last=Puma |first=Mike |date=February 21, 2006 |work=ESPN |access-date=August 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723015314/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Rodman_Dennis |archive-date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> he also failed to make the football teams and was "totally devastated".<ref name="bwg">{{cite magazine|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067269/index.htm |title=Black, White – and Gray: Piston Dennis Rodman's life was complicated by racial matters long before his inflammatory words about Larry Bird |last=Bruce |first=Newman |date=May 2, 1988 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=August 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617184025/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067269/index.htm |archive-date=June 17, 2008}}</ref>

==College career==
After finishing high school, Rodman worked as an overnight janitor at [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas Fort Worth International Airport]]. He then experienced a sudden growth spurt from {{height|ft=5|in=11}} to {{height|ft=6|in=7}} and decided to try basketball again,<ref name="nbacom">{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dennis_rodman/bio.html |title=Dennis Rodman bio |publisher=NBA |access-date=August 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420020818/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dennis_rodman/bio.html |archive-date=April 20, 2010}}</ref> despite becoming even more withdrawn because he felt odd in his own body.<ref name="bwg" />

A family friend tipped off the head coach of Cooke County College (now [[North Central Texas College]]) in [[Gainesville, Texas]]. In his single semester there, he averaged 17.6 points and 13.3 rebounds, before flunking out due to poor academic performance.<ref name="rebound" /> After his short stint in Gainesville, he transferred to [[Southeastern Oklahoma State University]], an [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] school. There, Rodman was a three-time NAIA [[All-America]]n and led the NAIA in rebounding twice (1985, 1986). In three seasons there (1983–1986), he averaged 25.7 points and 15.7 rebounds,<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rodmade01.html|title=Dennis Rodman Statistics|publisher=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=August 31, 2008|archive-date=July 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704085153/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rodmade01.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and registered a .637 field goal percentage.<ref name="nbacom" /> In 1986 he led his team to the NAIA semifinals where he scored 46 points in a single game, while grabbing a tournament-tying record 32 rebounds, as they finished the season with the highest ranking in school history, at No. 3 in the nation. This helped get him invited to the [[Portsmouth Invitational Tournament]], a pre-draft camp for NBA hopefuls, where he won Most Valuable Player honors and caught the attention of the [[Detroit Pistons]].<ref name="rebound" />

During college, Rodman worked at a summer youth basketball camp, where he befriended camper Byrne Rich who was 13 years old at the time, who was shy and withdrawn due to a hunting accident in which he mistakenly shot and killed his best friend. The two became almost inseparable. Rich invited Rodman to his rural Oklahoma home; at first, Rodman was not well-received by the Riches due to the fact he was 22 years old and black, but the Riches were so grateful to him for bringing their son out of his shell that they were able to set aside their prejudices.<ref name="bwg2">{{cite magazine |last1=Newman |first1=Bruce |title=Black, White–and Gray (Part 2) |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067269/2/index.htm |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=August 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617184007/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067269/2/index.htm |archive-date=June 17, 2008 |date=May 2, 1988}}</ref> Although Rodman had severe family and personal issues himself, he "adopted" the Riches as his own in 1982 and went from the city life to "driving a tractor and messing with cows".<ref name="bwg2" /> Though Rodman credited the Riches as his "surrogate family" that helped him through college, as of 2013 he had stopped communicating with the Rich family after Byrne's mother allegedly referred to Rodman as a "[[nigger]]".<ref>{{cite web |author= Rohan Nadkarni |url= https://www.si.com/.amp/nba/2019/09/10/dennis-rodman-espn-30-30-bulls-pistons-spurs-donald-trump |title= Dennis Rodman Needs A Hug |publisher= Sports Illustrated |date= September 10, 2019 |access-date= September 18, 2022 |archive-date= September 20, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170330/https://www.si.com/.amp/nba/2019/09/10/dennis-rodman-espn-30-30-bulls-pistons-spurs-donald-trump |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Professional basketball career==

=== Detroit Pistons (1986–1993) ===

====Early years and first championship (1986–1989)====
[[File:Dennis Rodman Autographed Wilson Basketball.jpg|thumb|Dennis Rodman autographed Wilson basketball.]]
Rodman made himself eligible for the [[1986 NBA draft]]. He was drafted by the [[Detroit Pistons]] as the third pick in the second round (27th overall), joining the rugged team of coach [[Chuck Daly]] that was called "Bad Boys" for their hard-nosed approach to basketball. The squad featured [[Isiah Thomas]] and [[Joe Dumars]] at the [[Basketball position#Backcourt (guards)|guard]] positions, [[Adrian Dantley]] and [[Sidney Green (basketball)|Sidney Green]] at forward, and [[center (basketball)|center]] [[Bill Laimbeer]]. Bench players who played more than 15 minutes per game were [[sixth man]] [[Vinnie Johnson]] and the backup forwards [[Rick Mahorn]] and [[John Salley]].<ref name="pistons8687">{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1987.html|title=1986–87 Detroit Pistons|publisher=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=August 31, 2008|archive-date=September 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914202108/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1987.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Rodman fit well into this ensemble, providing 6.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and some tough defense in 15.0 minutes of playing time per game.<ref name="stats" />

Winning 52 games, the Pistons comfortably entered the [[1987 NBA playoffs|1987 playoffs]]. They swept the [[Washington Bullets]] and soundly beat the [[Atlanta Hawks]] in five games but bowed out in seven matches against the archrival [[Boston Celtics]] in what was called one of the physically and mentally toughest series ever. Rodman feuded with Celtics guard [[Dennis Johnson]] and taunted Johnson in the closing seconds when he waved his right hand over his own head. As the Celtics closed out Game Seven, Johnson went back to Rodman in the last moments of the game and mimicked his taunting gesture.<ref name="simmons">{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/070222 |title=Page 2 – DJ should have made Springfield while still alive |access-date=August 17, 2007 |work=ESPN |date=February 23, 2007 |last=Simmons |first=Bill |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018204850/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/070222 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After the loss, Rodman made headlines by saying Celtics star [[Larry Bird]] was overrated because he was white. "Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas....Why does he get so much publicity? Because he's white. You never hear about a black player being the greatest". Although teammate Thomas supported him, he endured harsh criticism, but avoided being called a racist because, according to him, his own girlfriend Anicka "Annie" Bakes was white.<ref name="rebound" /><ref name="bwg" />

In the following [[1987–88 NBA season|1987–88 season]], Rodman steadily improved his stats, averaging 11.6 points and 8.7 rebounds and starting in 32 of 82 regular season games.<ref name="stats" /> The Pistons fought their way into the [[1988 NBA Finals]], and took a 3–2 lead, but lost in seven games against the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. In Game Six, the Pistons were down by one point with eight seconds to go; Dumars missed a shot, and Rodman just fell short of an offensive rebound and a putback that could have won the title. In Game Seven, L.A. led by 15 points in the fourth quarter, but Rodman's defense helped cut down the lead to six with 3:52 minutes to go and to two with one minute to go. But then, he fouled [[Magic Johnson]], who hit a free throw, missed an ill-advised shot with 39 seconds to go, and the Pistons never recovered.<ref name="1988finals">{{cite web |title=Lakers Capture the Elusive Repeat |url=http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19871988.html |website=NBA.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222173733/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19871988.html |archive-date=February 22, 2012}}</ref> In that year, he and his girlfriend Annie had a daughter they named Alexis.<ref name="rebound" />

Rodman remained a bench player during the [[1988–89 NBA season|1988–89 season]], averaging 9.0 points and 9.4 rebounds in 27 minutes, yet providing such effective defense that he was voted into the All-Defensive Team, the first of eight times in his career.<ref name="stats" /> He also began seeing more playing time after Adrian Dantley was traded at midseason to Dallas for [[Mark Aguirre]]. In that season, the Pistons finally vanquished their playoffs bane by sweeping the Boston Celtics, then winning in six games versus the [[Chicago Bulls]]—including scoring champion [[Michael Jordan]]—and easily defeating the Lakers 4–0 in the [[1989 NBA Finals]]. Rodman was hampered by back spasms but dominated the boards, grabbing 19 rebounds in Game 3 and providing tough interior defense.<ref name="1989finals">{{cite web |title=Waiting Game Ends for Impatient Pistons |url=http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19881989.html |website=NBA.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222151438/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19881989.html |archive-date=February 22, 2012}}</ref>

====Second championship and rebounding titles (1989–1993)====
In the [[1989–90 NBA season|1989–90 season]], Detroit lost perennial defensive forward Rick Mahorn, who was taken by the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] in that year's [[expansion draft]] and ended up on the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] when the Pistons could not reacquire him. It was feared that the loss of Mahorn – average in talent, but high on hustle and widely considered a vital cog of the "Bad Boys" teams – would diminish the Pistons' spirit, but Rodman seamlessly took over his role.<ref name="1990nbafinals">{{cite web |title=Bad Boys Still the Best |url=http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19891990.html |website=NBA.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222183055/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19891990.html |archive-date=February 22, 2012}}</ref> Averaging 8.8 points and 9.7 rebounds while starting in the last 43 regular-season games, he established himself as the best defensive player in the game, lauded by the NBA "for his defense and rebounding skills, which were unparalleled in the league".<ref name="nbacom" /> Rodman's feats drew him his first big individual accolade: the [[NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award]]. He also had a .595 field goal percentage, best in the league.<ref name="stats" /> In the [[1990 NBA playoffs|1990 playoffs]], the Pistons beat the Bulls again, and in the [[1990 NBA Finals]], Detroit met the [[Portland Trail Blazers]]. Rodman suffered from an injured ankle and was often replaced by Mark Aguirre, but even without his defensive hustle, Detroit beat Portland in five games and claimed their second title.<ref name="1990nbafinals" />

During the [[1990–91 NBA season|1990–91 season]], Rodman finally established himself as the starting [[small forward]] of the Pistons. He played such strong defense that the NBA said he "could shut down any opposing player, from point guard to center".<ref name="nbacom" /> After coming off the bench for most of his earlier years, he started in 77 of the 82 regular-season games, averaged 8.2 points and 12.5 rebounds, and won his second Defensive Player of the Year Award.<ref name="stats" /> In the [[1991 NBA playoffs|1991 playoffs]], the Pistons were swept by the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Bulls went on to win the championship.

In the [[1991–92 NBA season|1991–92 season]], Rodman made a remarkable leap in his rebounding. He collected an astounding 18.7 per game, winning his first of seven consecutive rebounding crowns, along with scoring 9.8 points per game, and making his first All-NBA Team.<ref name="stats" /> His 1,530 season rebounds (the most since [[Wilt Chamberlain]]'s 1,572 in the [[1971–72 NBA season|1971–1972 season]]) have not since been surpassed. ([[Kevin Willis]], who grabbed 1,258 boards that same season, came closest.<ref name="rebleader">{{cite web |title=NBA & ABA Single Season Leaders and Records for Total Rebounds |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/trb_season.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 31, 2008 |archive-date=September 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922121630/http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/trb_season.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Willis lamented that Rodman had an advantage in winning the rebounding title with his lack of offensive responsibilities.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barnard|first=Bill|title=Rebounding rage|date=March 22, 1992|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4101905.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329142053/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4101905.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015|access-date=February 22, 2013}}{{subscription required}}</ref>) In a March 1992 game, Rodman grabbed a career-high 34 rebounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana Pacers at Detroit Pistons Box Score, March 4, 1992 |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199203040DET.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617023347/https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199203040DET.html |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the aging Pistons were eliminated by the up-and-coming [[New York Knicks]] in the first round of the [[1992 NBA playoffs|1992 playoffs]].

Rodman experienced a tough loss when coach Chuck Daly, whom he had admired as a surrogate father, resigned in May; Rodman skipped the preseason camp and was fined $68,000.<ref name="rebound"/> The following [[1992–93 NBA season|1992–93 season]] was even more tumultuous. Rodman and Annie Bakes, the mother of his daughter Alexis, were divorcing<ref name=annie>{{cite news|title=Rumor: Rodman to Kings for Tisdale|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QJUzAAAAIBAJ&pg=5631,5111053&dq=dennis-rodman+annie-bakes+divorce&hl=en|newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel|date=June 11, 1993|access-date=June 2, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622195732/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QJUzAAAAIBAJ&pg=5631%2C5111053&dq=dennis-rodman+annie-bakes+divorce&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> after a short marriage, an experience which left him traumatized.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Rodman_Dennis |title=Rodman, King or Queen of Rebounds? |date=February 21, 2006 |work=ESPN |access-date=August 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629025453/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Rodman_Dennis |archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> The Pistons won only 40 games and missed the [[1993 NBA playoffs|1993 playoffs]] entirely.

Four years later in his biography ''Bad As I Wanna Be'', Rodman revealed just how far he had fallen. He had driven to The Palace of Auburn Hills in February 1993 late one night carrying a loaded rifle in his truck, debating whether or not he wanted to continue living. Eventually he fell asleep in the truck, where he was found by police who had been called to perform a welfare check on Rodman by a friend. It was in that moment that he had an [[Epiphany (feeling)|epiphany]]: "I decided that instead [of killing myself] I was gonna kill the impostor that was leading Dennis Rodman to a place he didn't want to go ... So I just said, 'I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it and be happy doing it.' At that moment I tamed [sic] my whole life around. I killed the person I didn't want to be."<ref name="rifle">{{cite web |last1=Marvel |first1=Mark |title=Ramrodman - interview with basketball player Dennis Rodman - Interview |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n2_v27/ai_19192189 |website=BNET |access-date=September 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428120325/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n2_v27/ai_19192189 |archive-date=April 28, 2008 |date=February 1997}}</ref> The book was later adapted for a TV movie ''Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story''. Although he had three years and $11.8 million remaining on his contract, Rodman demanded a trade. On October 1, 1993, the Pistons dealt him to the [[San Antonio Spurs]].<ref name="rebound" />

=== San Antonio Spurs (1993–1995) ===

==== Playoff upset (1993–1994) ====
In the [[1993–94 NBA season|1993–94 season]], Rodman joined a Spurs team that was built around perennial All-Star center [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]], with a supporting cast of forwards [[Dale Ellis]], [[Willie Anderson (basketball)|Willie Anderson]] and guard [[Vinny Del Negro]].<ref name="sas9394">{{cite web |title=1993-94 San Antonio Spurs Roster and Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/1994.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 31, 2008 |archive-date=September 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914081247/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/1994.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On the hardwood, Rodman now was played as a [[power forward (basketball)|power forward]] and won his third straight rebounding title, averaging 17.3 boards per game, along with another All-Defensive Team call-up.<ref name="stats" /> Living up to his promise of killing the "shy imposter" and "being himself" instead, Rodman began to show first signs of unconventional behavior: before the first game, he shaved his hair and dyed it blonde, which was followed up by stints with red, purple, blue hair and a look inspired from the film ''[[Demolition Man (film)|Demolition Man]]''.<ref name="nbacom" /> During the season, he headbutted [[Stacey King]] and [[John Stockton]], refused to leave the hardwood once after being ejected, and had a highly publicized affair with [[Madonna]].<ref name="rebound" /><ref name="top10">{{cite news|last=Hannigan|first=Dave|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article786188.ece|title=The top 10 Dennis Rodman moments|newspaper=Sunday Times|date=January 8, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124702/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article786188.ece|archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> The only player to whom Rodman related was reserve center [[Jack Haley (basketball)|Jack Haley]], who earned his trust by not being shocked after a visit to a [[gay bar]].<ref name="haley">{{cite news |last1=Friend |first1=Tom |title=PRO BASKETBALL; A Nonconformist in a League of His Own |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/20/sports/pro-basketball-a-nonconformist-in-a-league-of-his-own.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=August 31, 2008 |date=April 20, 1995 |archive-date=April 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403223550/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/20/sports/pro-basketball-a-nonconformist-in-a-league-of-his-own.html |url-status=live }}</ref> However, despite a 55-win season, Rodman and the Spurs did not survive the first round of the [[1994 NBA playoffs|1994 playoffs]] and bowed out against the [[Utah Jazz]] in four games.

==== Team conflict and shoulder injury (1994–1995) ====
In the following [[1994–95 NBA season|1994–95 season]], Rodman clashed with the Spurs front office. He was suspended for the first three games, took a leave of absence on November 11, and was suspended again on December 7. He finally returned on December 10 after missing 19 games.<ref name="nbacom" /> After joining the team, he suffered a shoulder separation in a motorcycle accident, limiting his season to 49 games. Normally, he would not have qualified for any season records for missing so many games, but by grabbing 823 rebounds, he just surpassed the 800-rebound limit for listing players and won his fourth straight rebounding title by averaging 16.8 boards per game and made the All-NBA Team.<ref name="nbacom" /> The Spurs won 62 games.

However, things fell apart in the [[1995 NBA playoffs|playoffs]]. During the second round series against the Los Angeles Lakers, Rodman was suspended for insubordination for sitting on the floor with his shoes off during a timeout. Despite this, the Spurs advanced to the Western Conference Finals against their division rivals, the Houston Rockets. The Rockets had only recorded 47 wins and had to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win their previous series against the Phoenix Suns, but the team was the defending NBA champion, and it was thought that Rockets center [[Hakeem Olajuwon]] would have a hard time asserting himself versus Robinson and Rodman, who had both been voted into the NBA All-Defensive Teams.<ref name="nbacom" />

The Spurs, however, were never able to stop Olajuwon as he averaged 35.3 points per game in the series. Rodman was particularly critical of Spurs coach Bob Hill's play calling, saying that he coached the playoffs "like we were playing Minnesota in the middle of December" and that his idea that Rodman should assist Robinson, who he accused of freezing up in big moments, in defending Olajuwon was counterproductive because it would force him off his man and leave the Spurs prone to giving up scoring opportunities. He even went off on the organization, including general manager [[Gregg Popovich]], in the locker room following a game, saying that everything they did "sucked" and that Hill was "a loser". The Spurs would lose in six games, in a series Rodman said they "could have and SHOULD have" won.

Rodman admitted his frequent transgressions, but asserted that he lived his own life and thus a more honest life than most other people:

<blockquote>I just took the chance to be my own man ... I just said: "If you don't like it, kiss my ass." ... Most people around the country, or around the world, are basically working people who want to be free, who want to be themselves. They look at me and see someone trying to do that ... I'm the guy who's showing people, hey, it's all right to be different. And I think they feel: "Let's go and see this guy entertain us."<ref name="rifle" /></blockquote>

=== Chicago Bulls (1995–1998) ===

==== Third championship (1995–1996) ====
[[File:United Center.jpg|thumb|280px| The [[United Center]], home of the [[Chicago Bulls]]. Rodman wrote history in the [[1996 NBA Finals]] when he twice secured 11 offensive rebounds in this building, tying an all-time NBA record.]]
Before the [[1995–96 NBA season|1995–96 season]], Rodman was traded to the [[Chicago Bulls]] for center [[Will Perdue]] to fill a void at power forward left by [[Horace Grant]], who had left the team before the 1994–95 season.<ref name="tradebulls">{{cite news |last1=Gano |first1=Rick |title=Bulls acquire Rodman from Spurs |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/10/03/bulls-acquire-rodman-from-spurs/05ef2039-04da-4483-a7bd-84219c40417d/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=October 3, 1995 |archive-date=May 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504082455/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/10/03/bulls-acquire-rodman-from-spurs/05ef2039-04da-4483-a7bd-84219c40417d/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bulls Take a Chance on Rodman : Pro basketball: Controversial forward is traded from San Antonio for Will Perdue. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-03-sp-52721-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=October 3, 1995 |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506125349/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-03-sp-52721-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rodman could not wear No. 10 jersey because the Bulls had retired it for [[Bob Love]], and the NBA denied him the reversion 01, Rodman instead picked the number 91, whose digits add up to 10.<ref>Armour, Terry. [https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/10/06/joining-bulls-almost-like-a-storybook-for-former-collins-prep-brown/ Joining Bulls `Almost Like A Storybook' For Former Collins Prep Brown] . October 6, 1995</ref> Although the trade for the already 34-year-old and volatile Rodman was considered a gamble at that time,<ref name="nbacom" /> the power forward quickly adapted to his new environment, helped by the fact that his best friend [[Jack Haley (basketball)|Jack Haley]] was also traded to the Bulls.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Villanueva |first1=Virgil |title="We spend a lot of time out there together" — Jack Haley on "babysitting" Dennis Rodman |url=https://www.basketballnetwork.net/old-school/jack-haley-on-babysitting-dennis-rodman |website=Basketball Network |date=August 21, 2022 |language=en |access-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107161202/https://www.basketballnetwork.net/old-school/jack-haley-on-babysitting-dennis-rodman |url-status=live }}</ref> Under coach [[Phil Jackson]], he averaged 5.5 points and 14.9 rebounds per game, winning yet another rebounding title, and was part of the great Bulls team that won 72 of 82 regular season games, an NBA record at the time.<ref name="bestever">{{cite web |last1=Hareas |first1=John |title=Best Ever? Ten Reasons Why |url=http://www.nba.com/features/bullsbestever_top10.html |website=NBA.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=March 28, 2007 |archive-date=November 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121235352/http://www.nba.com/features/bullsbestever_top10.html |url-status=live }}</ref> About playing next to the iconic Jordan and co-star [[Scottie Pippen]], Rodman said:

<blockquote>On the court, me and Michael are pretty calm and we can handle conversation. But as far as our lives go, I think he is moving in one direction and I'm going in the other. I mean, he's goin' north, I'm goin' south. And then you've got Scottie Pippen right in the middle. He's sort of the equator.<ref name="rifle" /></blockquote>

Although struggling with calf problems early in the season, Rodman grabbed 20 or more rebounds 11 times and had his first [[triple-double]] against the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] on January 16, 1996, scoring 10 points and adding 21 rebounds and 10 assists; by playing his trademark tough defense, he joined Jordan and Pippen in the All-NBA Defense First Team. On March 16, 1996, Rodman [[Headbutt|head butted]] referee Ted Bernhardt during a game in [[New Jersey]]; he was suspended for six games and fined $20,000, a punishment that was criticized as too lenient by the local press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goinside.com/97/6/rodman.html |title=Dennis Rodman and the $50,000 Mormon Fine |access-date=August 9, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980111112402/http://goinside.com/97/6/rodman.html |archive-date=January 11, 1998}}. Retrieved August 31, 2008</ref>

In the [[1996 NBA playoffs|1996 playoffs]], Rodman scored 7.5 points and grabbed 13.7 rebounds per game and had a large part in the six-game victory against the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] in the [[1996 NBA Finals]]: in Game Two at home in the Bulls' [[United Center]], he grabbed 20 rebounds, among them a record-tying 11 offensive boards, and in Game Six, again at the United Center, the power forward secured 19 rebounds and again 11 offensive boards, scored five points in a decisive 12–2 Bulls run, unnerved opposing power forward [[Shawn Kemp]] and caused Seattle coach [[George Karl]] to say: "As you evaluate the series, Dennis Rodman won two basketball games. We controlled Dennis Rodman for four games. But Game 2 and tonight, he was the reason they were successful."<ref name="1996finals">{{cite web |title=Bulls' Record-Setting Season Ends in Victory |url=http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19951996.html |website=NBA.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222154955/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19951996.html |archive-date=February 22, 2012}}</ref> His two games with 11 offensive rebounds each tied the NBA Finals record of [[Elvin Hayes]].<ref name="nbacom"/>

Rodman garnered much publicity for his public antics.<ref name="top10" /> In 1996, Rodman wore a [[wedding dress]] to promote his autobiography ''Bad As I Wanna Be'', claiming that he was [[Bisexuality|bisexual]] and that he was marrying himself.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barboza |first=Craigh |date=May 12, 2020 |title=Remember when Dennis Rodman put on a wedding dress and claimed to marry himself? |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/remember-when-dennis-rodman/index.html |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909103300/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/remember-when-dennis-rodman/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Suspensions and fourth championship (1996–1997) ====
In the [[1996–97 NBA season|1996–97 season]], Rodman won his sixth rebounding title in a row with 16.7 boards per game, along with 5.7 points per game, but failed to rank another All-Defensive Team call-up.<ref name="stats" /> However, he made more headlines for his notorious behavior. On January 15, 1997, he was involved in an incident during a game against the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]]. After tripping over cameraman Eugene Amos, Rodman kicked Amos in the groin. Though he was not assessed a [[technical foul]] at the time, he ultimately paid Amos a $200,000 settlement, and the league suspended Rodman for 11 games without pay. Thus, he effectively lost $1 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rodman to Pay Cameraman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/21/sports/rodman-to-pay-cameraman.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=January 21, 1997 |archive-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103164036/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/21/sports/rodman-to-pay-cameraman.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Missing another three games to suspensions, often getting technical fouls early in games<ref name="nbacom" /> and missing an additional 13 matches due to knee problems, Rodman was not as effective in the [[1997 NBA playoffs|1997 playoffs]], in which the Bulls reached the [[1997 NBA Finals]] against the [[Utah Jazz]]. He struggled to slow down Jazz power forward [[Karl Malone]] but did his share to complete the six-game Bulls victory.<ref name="1997finals">{{cite web |title=MJ Adds More Finals Heroics to His Legacy |url=http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19961997.html |website=NBA.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222150423/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19961997.html |archive-date=February 22, 2012}}</ref>

==== Fifth ring and Finals controversy (1997–1998) ====
The regular season of the [[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98 season]] ended with Rodman winning his seventh consecutive rebounding title with 15.0 boards per game, along with 4.7 points per game.<ref name="stats" /> He grabbed 20 or more rebounds 11 times, among them a 29-board outburst against the [[Atlanta Hawks]] and 15 offensive boards (along with ten defensive) versus the [[Los Angeles Clippers]].<ref name="nbacom" /> Led by the aging Jordan and Rodman (respectively 35 and 37 years old), the Bulls reached the [[1998 NBA Finals]], again versus the Jazz. After playing strong defense on Malone in the first three games,<ref name="1998finals">{{cite web |title=Jordan's Jumper Secures Chicago's Sixth Title |url=http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19971998.html |website=NBA.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222153354/http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19971998.html |archive-date=February 22, 2012}}</ref> he caused major consternation when he left his team prior to Game Four to go wrestling with [[Hulk Hogan]]. He was fined $20,000, but it was not even ten percent of what he earned with this stint.<ref name="top10" /> However, Rodman's on-court performance remained top-notch, again shutting down Malone in Game Four until the latter scored 39 points in a Jazz Game Five win, bringing the series to 3–2 from the Bulls perspective. In Game Six, Jordan hit the decisive basket after a memorable drive on Jazz forward [[Bryon Russell]], the Bulls won their third title in a row and Rodman his fifth ring.<ref name="1998finals" />

After the [[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98 season]], the Bulls started a massive rebuilding phase, largely at the behest of general manager [[Jerry Krause]]. Head coach [[Phil Jackson]] and several members of the team left via [[free agency (sports)|free agency]] or retirement, including [[Michael Jordan]], [[Scottie Pippen]], [[Steve Kerr]], and [[Jud Buechler]].<ref name="krause">{{cite web |title=Krause cites health concerns for resignation |url=https://static.espn.go.com/nba/news/2003/0407/1535067.html |website=ESPN |access-date=August 31, 2008 |date=April 7, 2003 |archive-date=December 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225202844/http://static.espn.go.com/nba/news/2003/0407/1535067.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rodman was released by the Bulls on January 21, 1999, before the start of the lockout-shortened [[1998–99 NBA season|1998–99 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2020 |title='The Last Dance': Timeline of Dennis Rodman's eventful, title-winning stint with Michael Jordan, Bulls |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/the-last-dance-timeline-of-dennis-rodmans-eventful-title-winning-stint-with-michael-jordan-bulls/ |access-date=February 19, 2024 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Los Angeles Lakers (1999) ===
With his sister acting as his agent at the time, Rodman joined the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], for a pro-rated salary for the remainder of the 1998–1999 season. With the Lakers he played in only 23 games, in which he started in 11 of them and averaged 2 points and 11 rebounds per game and was released in the offseason.<ref name="stats" />

=== Dallas Mavericks (2000) ===
In the [[1999–2000 NBA season|1999–2000 season]], the then-38-year-old power forward Rodman was signed by the [[Dallas Mavericks]], returning Rodman to his hometown. Prior to signing Rodman, the Mavericks, who needed rebounding as well as media attention, set a player vote to decide whether Rodman should join; "yes" narrowly won out. Rodman wanted the jersey number 69, and one jersey was made, which he held up in his introductory press conference. The league forbid him from wearing that jersey due to [[69 (sex position)|the number's sexual connotations]]; Rodman wound up wearing number 70 instead. Rodman lived in team owner [[Mark Cuban]]'s guest house until the league prevented it because it violated [[salary cap]] rules.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last1=Cato |first1=Tim |last2=Yousuf |first2=Saad |date=2020-05-18 |title=Dennis Rodman's last dance: The oral history of The Worm's month with Mavericks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1819520/2020/05/18/dennis-rodmans-last-dance-the-oral-history-of-the-worms-month-with-mavericks/ |access-date=2025-08-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Dallas had won 10 of 13 before his arrival but went just 4–9 until he was waived by the Mavericks. He played 12 games, received six technical fouls, was ejected twice, and served a one-game suspension.<ref name="tamaso_04042011" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Kroichick|first=Ron|title=Showdown of the Clueless and Lowdown|date=March 11, 2000|website=SFGate.com|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/kroichick/article/Showdown-of-the-Clueless-and-Lowdown-3328229.php|access-date=April 28, 2020|quote=Well, six technical fouls and two ejections in 12 games seems like a fine place to start.|archive-date=October 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001053923/https://www.sfgate.com/sports/kroichick/article/Showdown-of-the-Clueless-and-Lowdown-3328229.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Rodman frequently refused to speak to teammates or staff, and would entirely decline to participate in defensive schemes or play offense in any capacity. In one instance, Rodman, after not receiving a foul call, sat down near the free-throw line mid-game and refused to stand up again, while players continued playing around him.<ref name=":7" /> While averaging 14.3 rebounds per game, above his career average of 13.1, Rodman alienated the franchise with his erratic behavior and did not provide leadership to a team trying to qualify for their first playoffs in 10 years.<ref name="tamaso_04042011">{{cite news|last=Tomaso|first=Bruce|title=Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman wasn't a fan of Cuban's style while with Mavericks|date=April 4, 2011|newspaper=Dallas News|url=https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-mavericks/mavericksheadlines/2011/04/04/hall-of-famer-dennis-rodman-wasn_t-a-fan-of-cuban_s-style-while-with-mavericks-|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015094235/https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-mavericks/mavericksheadlines/2011/04/04/hall-of-famer-dennis-rodman-wasn_t-a-fan-of-cuban_s-style-while-with-mavericks-|archive-date=October 15, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref> Dallas guard [[Steve Nash]] commented that Rodman "never wanted to be [a Maverick]" and therefore was unmotivated.<ref name="lubbock">{{cite web |title=Rodman critical of Mavericks' decision to release him |url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/031000/pro_031000037.shtml |website=lubockonline.com |access-date=August 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016014849/http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/031000/pro_031000037.shtml |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |date=March 10, 2000}}</ref>

=== Long Beach Jam (2003–2004) ===
[[File:Dennis Rodman ToPo.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|In 2005, Rodman played for [[Torpan Pojat]] of Finland's basketball league, the [[Korisliiga]].]]
After his NBA career, Rodman took a long break from basketball and concentrated on his film career and on wrestling.

After a longer hiatus, Rodman returned to play basketball for the [[Northern Arizona Suns|Long Beach Jam]] of the newly formed [[American Basketball Association (2000–)|American Basketball Association]] during the 2003–04 season, with hopes of being called up to the NBA midseason.<ref name="longbeachjam">{{cite web |title=Rodman to play season with Long Beach Jam |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=1692098 |website=ESPN |access-date=August 31, 2008 |date=December 22, 2003 |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021071044/http://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=1692098 |url-status=live }}</ref> While he did not get that wish that season, he did help the Jam win the ABA championship in their inaugural season.

=== Fuerza Regia (2004) ===
Rodman also played in Mexico, with [[Fuerza Regia]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rodman comes back, first in Mexico |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/12/content_381561.htm |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn |access-date=July 18, 2008 |date=October 12, 2004 |archive-date=April 7, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407002457/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/12/content_381561.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Orange County Crush (2004–2005) ===
In the following 2004–05 season, Rodman signed with the ABA's [[Maywood Buzz|Orange County Crush.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman signs with ABA team |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/aba/2004-11-10-rodman-signs_x.htm |website=USA Today |access-date=August 31, 2008 |date=November 10, 2004 |archive-date=October 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010002147/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/aba/2004-11-10-rodman-signs_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Tijuana Dragons (2005–2006) ===
Rodman played the following season with the ABA's [[Tijuana Dragons]].<ref name="interbasket">{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman Profile |url=http://www.interbasket.net/players/usa/rodman.htm |website=www.interbasket.net |access-date=August 31, 2008 |archive-date=July 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706143100/http://www.interbasket.net/players/usa/rodman.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2005, he played one match for [[Torpan Pojat]] of Finland's basketball league, [[Korisliiga]].<ref name="top10" /><ref name="OnTheRoad">{{cite magazine |last1=Bechtel |first1=Mark |last2=Cannella |first2=Stephen |title=On The Road With ... Dennis Rodman |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/2005/11/14/on-the-road-with-dennis-rodman/ |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=October 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007143925/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1113681/index.htm |archive-date=October 7, 2008 |url-status=live |date=November 14, 2005}}</ref>

=== Brighton Bears (2006) ===
The return to the NBA never materialized, but on January 26, 2006, it was announced that Rodman had signed a one-game "experiment" deal for the [[British Basketball League|UK basketball]] team [[Brighton Bears]] of the [[British Basketball League]] to play [[Guildford Heat]] on January 28<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman - Brighton Bears |url=http://www.burgesshilluncovered.co.uk/dennis-rodman-brighton-bears/index.html |website=www.burgesshilluncovered.co.uk |access-date=August 31, 2008 |archive-date=October 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006180648/http://www.burgesshilluncovered.co.uk/dennis-rodman-brighton-bears/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and went on to play three games for the Bears.<ref name="interbasket" /> In spring 2006, he played two exhibition games in the Philippines along with NBA ex-stars [[Darryl Dawkins]], [[Kevin Willis]], [[Calvin Murphy]], [[Otis Birdsong]] and [[Alex English]]. On April 27, they defeated a team of former [[Philippine Basketball Association]] stars in [[Mandaue City]], [[Cebu]] and Rodman scored five points and grabbed 18 rebounds.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Manlosa |first1=Rommel C. |title=NBA Legends entertain |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/04/29/sports/nba.legends.entertain.html |website=SunStar CEBU |access-date=September 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200039/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/04/29/sports/nba.legends.entertain.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |date=April 29, 2006}}</ref> On May 1, 2006, Rodman's team played their second game and lost to the [[Philippines men's national basketball team|Philippine national basketball team]] 110–102 at the [[Araneta Coliseum]], where he scored three points and recorded 16 rebounds.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caluag |first1=Randy |title=RP five turns back Legends, 110-102 |url=http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=sports02_may02_2006 |website=manilastandardtoday.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106103902/http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=sports02_may02_2006 |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |date=May 2, 2006}}</ref>

On April 4, 2011, it was announced that Rodman would be inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/chicago/nba/news/story?id=6289323|title=Dennis Rodman, Chris Mullin into Hall|date=April 5, 2011|work=ESPN|access-date=May 16, 2011|archive-date=April 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407164540/http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nba/news/story?id=6289323|url-status=live}}</ref>

==NBA career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend|champion=y|leader=y}}

===Regular season===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1986}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1986–87 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 77 || 1 || 15.0 || .545 || .000 || .587 || 4.3 || .7 || .5 || .6 || 6.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1987}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1987–88 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| '''82''' || 32 || 26.2 || .561 || .294 || .535 || 8.7 || 1.3 || '''.9''' || .5 || '''11.6'''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|1988}}†
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1988–89 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''82'''* || 8 || 26.9 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''.595'''* || .231 || .626 || 9.4 || 1.2 || .7 || '''.9''' || 9.0
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|1989}}†
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1989–90 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''82'''* || 43 || 29.0 || .581 || .111 || .654 || 9.7 || .9 || .6 || .7 || 8.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1990}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1990–91 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''82'''* || 77 || 33.5 || .493 || .200 || .631 || 12.5 || 1.0 || .8 || .7 || 8.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1991}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991–92 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| '''82''' || '''80''' || '''40.3''' || .539 || '''.317''' || .600 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''18.7'''* || 2.3 || .8 || '''.9''' || 9.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1992}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992–93 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 62 || 55 || 38.9 || .427 || .205 || .534 || style="background:#cfecec;"|18.3* || 1.6 || .8 || .7 || 7.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1993}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1993–94 San Antonio Spurs season|San Antonio]]
| 79 || 51 || 37.8 || .534 || .208 || .520 || style="background:#cfecec;"|17.3* || 2.3 || .7 || .4 || 4.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1994}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1994–95 San Antonio Spurs season|San Antonio]]
| 49 || 26 || 32.0 || .571 || .000 || .676 || style="background:#cfecec;"|16.8* || 2.0 || .6 || .5 || 7.1
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|1995}}†
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1995–96 Chicago Bulls season|Chicago]]
| 64 || 57 || 32.6 || .480 || .111 || .528 || style="background:#cfecec;"|14.9* || 2.5 || .6 || .4 || 5.5
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|1996}}†
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1996–97 Chicago Bulls season|Chicago]]
| 55 || 54 || 35.4 || .448 || .263 || .568 || style="background:#cfecec;"|16.1* || '''3.1''' || .6 || .3 || 5.7
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|1997}}†
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1997–98 Chicago Bulls season|Chicago]]
| 80 || 66 || 35.7 || .431 || .174 || .550 || style="background:#cfecec;"|15.0* || 2.9 || .6 || .2 || 4.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1998}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1998–99 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
| 23 || 11 || 28.6 || .348 || .000 || .436 || 11.2 || 1.3 || .4 || .5 || 2.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1999–2000 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 12 || 12 || 32.4 || .387 || .000 || '''.714''' || 14.3 || 1.2 || .2 || .1 || 2.8
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 911 || 573 || 31.7 || .521 || .231 || .584 || 13.1 || 1.8 || .7 || .6 || 7.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star
| 2 || 0 || 18.0 || .364 || — || — || 8.5 || .5 || .5 || .5 || 4.0
{{s-end}}

===Playoffs===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1987 NBA playoffs|1987]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1986–87 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 15 || 0 || 16.3 || .541 || {{sort|-|—}} || .563 || 4.7 || .2 || .4 || 1.1 || 6.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1988 NBA playoffs|1988]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1987–88 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| '''23''' || 0 || 20.6 || .522 || .000 || .407 || 5.9 || .9 || .6 || .6 || 7.1
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|[[1989 NBA playoffs|1989]]†
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1988–89 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 17 || 0 || 24.1 || .529 || .000 || '''.686''' || 10.0 || .9 || .4 || .7 || 5.8
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|[[1990 NBA playoffs|1990]]†
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1989–90 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 19 || '''17''' || 29.5 || .568 || {{sort|-|—}} || .514 || 8.5 || .9 || .5 || .7 || 6.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991 NBA playoffs|1991]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1990–91 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 15 || 14 || 33.0 || .451 || .222 || .417 || 11.8 || .9 || .7 || .7 || 6.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992 NBA playoffs|1992]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991–92 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 5 || 5 || 31.2 || '''.593''' || .000 || .500 || 10.2 || 1.8 || .8 || .4 || 7.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1994 NBA playoffs|1994]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1993–94 San Antonio Spurs season|San Antonio]]
| 3 || 3 || '''38.0''' || .500 || .000 || .167 || '''16.0''' || .7 || '''2.0''' || '''1.3''' || 8.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1995 NBA playoffs|1995]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1994–95 San Antonio Spurs season|San Antonio]]
| 14 || 12 || 32.8 || .542 || .000 || .571 || 14.8 || 1.3 || .9 || .0 || '''8.9'''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|[[1996 NBA playoffs|1996]]†
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1995–96 Chicago Bulls season|Chicago]]
| 18 || 15 || 34.4 || .485 || {{sort|-|—}} || .593 || 13.7 || '''2.1''' || .8 || .4 || 7.5
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|[[1997 NBA playoffs|1997]]†
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1996–97 Chicago Bulls season|Chicago]]
| 19 || 14 || 28.2 || .370 || '''.250''' || .577 || 8.4 || 1.4 || .5 || .2 || 4.2
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|[[1998 NBA playoffs|1998]]†
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1997–98 Chicago Bulls season|Chicago]]
| 21 || 9 || 34.4 || .371 || '''.250''' || .605 || 11.8 || 2.0 || .7 || .6 || 4.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 169 || 89 || 28.3 || .490 || .149 || .540 || 9.9 || 1.2 || .6 || .6 || 6.4
{{s-end}}

==Legacy in basketball==
From the beginning of his career, Rodman was known for his defensive hustle, which was later accompanied by his rebounding prowess. In Detroit, he was mainly played as a [[small forward]], and his usual assignment was to neutralize the opponent's best player; Rodman was so versatile that he could guard centers, forwards, or guards equally well<ref name="nbacom" /> and won two [[NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award]]s. From 1991 on, he established himself as one of the best rebounders of all time, averaging at least 15 rebounds per game in six of the next seven years.<ref name="stats" /> Playing [[Power forward (basketball)|power forward]] as member of the Spurs and the Bulls, he had a historical outburst in the [[1996 NBA Finals]]: he twice snared 11 offensive rebounds, equalling an all-time NBA record. In addition, he had a career-high 34-rebound game on March 4, 1992.<ref name="singlegamerebounds">{{cite web |title=NBA Single Game Leaders and Records for Total Rebounds |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/trb_game.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=September 11, 2008 |archive-date=July 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704063837/http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/trb_game.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rodman's rebounding prowess with Detroit and San Antonio was also aided by his decreased attention to defensive positioning and helping teammates on defense.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schmitz|first=Brian|title=Hill and Spurs have hardly felt Rodman's loss|date=March 31, 1996|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|page=5D|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_aZhAAAAIBAJ&dq=rodman%20rotate%20spurs%20defense&pg=6550%2C6191428|access-date=February 22, 2013|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225043405/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_aZhAAAAIBAJ&dq=rodman%20rotate%20spurs%20defense&pg=6550%2C6191428|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="halberstam">{{cite book|last=Halberstam|first=Dave|title=Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made|year=2012|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=9781453286142|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnAG5M8lpm4C&q=rodman+rebound+defense+help&pg=PT357|access-date=February 22, 2013|quote=He'll cheat a little bit on his positioning on defense in order to get his rebounds.|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231112233/https://books.google.com/books?id=QnAG5M8lpm4C&q=rodman+rebound+defense+help&pg=PT357|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="simmons_book">{{cite book |last=Simmons |first=Bill |title=The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofbasketball00simm/page/327 327]|year=2009 |publisher=ESPN Books|isbn=978-0-345-51176-8|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofbasketball00simm/page/327}}</ref> Daly said Rodman was selfish about rebounding, but deemed him a hard worker and coachable.<ref name="halberstam" /> Rodman's defensive intensity returned while with Chicago.<ref name="simmons_book" />

On offense, Rodman's output was mediocre. He averaged 11.6 points per game in his second season, but his average steadily dropped: in the three championship seasons with the Bulls, he averaged five points per game and connected on less than half of his field goal attempts.<ref name="stats" /> His free throw shooting (lifetime average: .584) was considered a big liability: on December 29, 1997, [[Bubba Wells]] of the [[Dallas Mavericks]] committed six intentional fouls against him in only three minutes, setting the record for the fastest foul out in NBA history. The intention was to force him to attempt free throws, which in theory would mean frequent misses and easy ball possession without giving up too many points. However, this plan backfired, as Rodman hit 9 of the 12 attempts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fischer |first1=David |title=Take My Record, Please |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/sports/take-my-record-please.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=September 11, 2008 |date=May 15, 2005 |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529184032/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/sports/take-my-record-please.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This was Dallas coach [[Don Nelson]]'s early version of what would later develop into the famous "[[Hack-a-Shaq]]" method that would be implemented against [[Shaquille O'Neal]], [[Dwight Howard]], and other poor free throw shooters.

In 14 NBA seasons, Rodman played in 911 games, scored 6,683 points, and grabbed 11,954 rebounds, translating to 7.3 points and 13.1 rebounds per game in only 31.7 minutes played per game.<ref name="stats" /><ref name="rebleader" /> NBA.com lauds Rodman as "arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history and one of the most recognized athletes in the world" but adds "enigmatic and individualistic, Rodman has caught the public eye for his ever-changing hair color, tattoos and, unorthodox lifestyle".<ref name="nbacom" /> On the hardwood, he was recognized as one of the most successful defensive players ever, winning the NBA championship five times in six NBA Finals appearances (1989, 1990, 1996–1998; only loss 1988), being crowned [[NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award|NBA Defensive Player of the Year]] twice (1990–1991) and making seven NBA All-Defensive First Teams (1989–1993, 1995–1996) and NBA All-Defensive Second Teams (1994). He additionally made two All-NBA Third Teams (1992, 1995), two NBA All-Star Teams (1990, 1992) and won seven straight rebounding crowns (1992–1998) and finally led the league once in field goal percentage (1989).<ref name="stats" />

Rodman was recognized as the prototype bizarre player, stunning basketball fans with his artificial hair colors, numerous tattoos and body piercings, multiple verbal and physical assaults on officials, frequent ejections, and his tumultuous private life.<ref name="nbacom" /> He was ranked No. 48 on the 2009 revision of ''[[SLAM Magazine]]''{{'}}s Top 50 Players of All-Time.<ref>"We Got 50!", ''Slam Magazine'', August 2009</ref> In 2021, to commemorate the NBA's 75th Anniversary ''[[The Athletic]]'' ranked their top 75 players of all time, and named Rodman as the 62nd greatest player in NBA history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2958330/2021/11/18/nba-75-at-no-62-dennis-rodman-broke-the-mold-of-the-conventional-basketball-star/|title=NBA 75: At No. 62, Dennis Rodman broke the mold of the conventional basketball star|first=Jovan|last=Buha|website=The Athletic|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305232909/https://theathletic.com/2958330/2021/11/18/nba-75-at-no-62-dennis-rodman-broke-the-mold-of-the-conventional-basketball-star/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metta World Peace]] played one year with the 91 jersey number in homage to Rodman, who he described as a player who he liked "on the court as a hustler, not when he kicked the cameraman."<ref>{{cite web |title=NBA: 24–second clock |url=https://www.deseret.com/2004/11/1/19858701/nba-24-151-second-clock |website=Deseret News |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=November 1, 2004 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308172548/https://www.deseret.com/2004/11/1/19858701/nba-24-151-second-clock |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Professional wrestling career==
{{Infobox professional wrestler
| name = Dennis Rodman
| image =
| birth_name = Dennis Keith Rodman
| children = 3
| spouse = Annie Bakes (divorced)<br />{{marriage|[[Carmen Electra]]|November 1998|April 1999|reason=div}}<br />{{marriage|Michelle Moyer|May 13, 2003|2012|reason=div}}
| caption =
| names = Impostor [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]]<br />Dennis Rodman
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=7}}
| weight = {{convert|220|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| family = Shirley Rodman (mother)<br />Philander Rodman Jr. (father)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|5|13}}
| birth_place = [[Trenton, New Jersey]]
| resides =
| billed = [[Chicago, Illinois]]<br />[[Los Angeles, California]]
| trainer =
| debut = March 10, 1997<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dennis-rodman.html|title=Dennis Rodman|access-date=September 30, 2011|archive-date=April 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414173226/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dennis-rodman.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| retired = 2000 (first retirement)<br />2008 (second retirement)
}}

===World Championship Wrestling (1997–1999)===
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Rodman took up his hobby of professional wrestling seriously and appeared on the edition of March 10 of ''[[WCW Monday Nitro|Monday Nitro]]'' with [[Hulk Hogan|Hollywood Hulk Hogan]] in [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW). At the March 1997 [[Uncensored 1997|Uncensored]] event, he appeared as a member of the [[New World Order (professional wrestling)|nWo]]. His first match was at the July 1997 [[Bash at the Beach (1997)|Bash at the Beach]] event, where he teamed with Hogan in a loss to [[Lex Luger]] and [[Big Show|The Giant]].<ref name="interbasket" /> At the August 1997 [[Road Wild 1997|Road Wild]] event, Rodman appeared as the Impostor [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] hitting Luger with a baseball bat to help Hogan win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].

After the [[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98 season]], where Rodman and the [[Chicago Bulls]] defeated [[Karl Malone]] and the [[Utah Jazz]] in the [[1998 NBA Finals]], Rodman and Malone squared off again, this time in a tag team match at the July 1998 [[Bash at the Beach (1998)|Bash at the Beach]] event. He fought alongside [[Hulk Hogan]], and Malone tagged along with [[Diamond Dallas Page]]. In a poorly received match, the two power forwards exchanged "rudimentary headlocks, slams and clotheslines" for 23 minutes. Rodman bested Malone again as he and Hogan picked up the win.<ref name="bash1998">{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Alex |title=Remembering When the Rodman-Malone NBA Finals Feud in 1998 Led to a WCW Match |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2771950-remembering-when-the-rodman-malone-nba-finals-feud-in-1998-led-to-a-wcw-match |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=June 1, 2018 |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421213742/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2771950-remembering-when-the-rodman-malone-nba-finals-feud-in-1998-led-to-a-wcw-match |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rodman returned to [[WCW]] in 1999 and feuded with [[Randy Savage]]. This culminated in a match at [[Road Wild (1999)|Road Wild]] which Rodman lost.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/roadwild.html#99|title=Road Wild 1999 results|access-date=September 24, 2016|work=Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments|archive-date=April 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420063202/http://prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/roadwild.html#99|url-status=live}}</ref>

===i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling and retirement (2000)===
On July 30, 2000, Rodman competed on the [[i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling]] pay-per-view event.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://bleacherreport.com/articles/890889-wwe-the-25-worst-wrestling-promotions-ever#slide2|title = 25 Worst Wrestling Promotions Ever|website = [[Bleacher Report]]|access-date = November 19, 2021|archive-date = November 19, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211119033227/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/890889-wwe-the-25-worst-wrestling-promotions-ever#slide2|url-status = live}}</ref> He fought against i-Generation champion [[Curt Hennig]] in an [[Professional Wrestling Death match|Australian Outback match]]; Hennig won the match by disqualification. Following the match, Rodman refrained from wrestling at the top level and retired.<ref name="top10" />

===Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling (2008)===
Rodman came out of retirement to appear as a contestant on ''[[Hulk Hogan]]'s [[Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling|Celebrity Championship Wrestling]]'', broadcast on [[Country Music Television|CMT]]. Rodman was the winner of the series, defeating other challengers such as [[Eric Esch|Butterbean]] and [[Dustin Diamond]].

=== All Elite Wrestling (2023) ===
Rodman made an appearance on the September 2 episode of [[AEW Collision]], where he was confronted by [[Jeff Jarrett]], [[Jay Lethal]], [[Sonjay Dutt]] and [[Satnam Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolstanholme |first=Danny |date=September 9, 2023 |title=Jeff Jarrett Opens Up About Seeing Dennis Rodman Return To Chicago At AEW All Out |url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1387699/jeff-jarrett-opens-seeing-dennis-rodman-return-chicago-aew/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=Wrestling Inc. |language=en-US |archive-date=January 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118130951/https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1387699/jeff-jarrett-opens-seeing-dennis-rodman-return-chicago-aew/ |url-status=live }}</ref> During the segment he aligned himself with [[The Acclaimed]] and [[Billy Gunn]] and accompanied them to the ring the following night during [[All Out (2023)|All Out]] on September 3, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2023 |title=AEW All Out 2023: The Acclaimed retain Trios World Titles with an assist from Dennis Rodman to end preshow {{!}} DAZN News US |url=https://www.dazn.com/en-US/news/wrestling/aew-all-out-2023-the-acclaimed-retain-trios-world-titles-with-an-assist-from-dennis-rodman-to-end-preshow/ovrdbk4utb2q18hewf180gcyo |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=DAZN |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Championships and accomplishments===
* '''[[Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling]]'''
** Celebrity Championship Wrestling Tournament Champion

==Media appearances==
[[File:Trump and Rodman 2009.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Rodman with [[Donald Trump]] for ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. season 8)|Celebrity Apprentice]]'']]
In 1995, Rodman appeared as himself in an episode of the [[CBS]] [[situation comedy]] ''[[Double Rush]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/double-rush/i-left-my-socks-in-san-antonio-71757/ |title=tv.com ''Double Rush'' "I Left My Socks in San Antonio" Episode Summary Accessed June 5, 2021 |access-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-date=May 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526211904/http://www.tv.com/shows/double-rush/i-left-my-socks-in-san-antonio-71757/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/double-rush/i-left-my-socks-in-san-antonio-71757/cast/ tv.com ''Double Rush'' "I Left My Socks in San Antonio" Episode Cast & Crew Accessed June 5, 2021]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1996, Rodman had his own MTV reality talk show called ''[[The Rodman World Tour]]'', which featured him in a series of odd-ball situations.<ref>Mukherjee, Tiarra. [https://ew.com/article/1996/09/13/interview-dennis-rodman/ Raging Bull] . ''Entertainment Weekly'', 1996, Retrieved August 31, 2008</ref> That same year, Rodman had two appearances in releases by rock band [[Pearl Jam]]. A Polaroid picture of Rodman's eyeball is on the cover of the album ''[[No Code]]'', and "Black, Red, Yellow", B-side of its lead single "[[Hail, Hail]]", was written about Rodman and has him contribute a voice message.<ref>Blistein, John. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-dennis-rodman-cradle-eddie-vedder-during-chicago-show-w435864 Watch Dennis Rodman Cradle Eddie Vedder During Chicago Show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122223105/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-dennis-rodman-cradle-eddie-vedder-during-chicago-show-w435864 |date=November 22, 2017 }}. ''Rolling Stone'', 2016, Retrieved August 31, 2018</ref>

A year later, he made his feature film debut in the action film ''[[Double Team (film)|Double Team]]'' alongside [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] and [[Mickey Rourke]]. The film was critically panned and his performance earned him three [[18th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]]s: Worst New Star, Worst Supporting Actor and Worst Screen Couple (shared with Van Damme).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=37 |title=1997 Archives    |website=[[Golden Raspberry Awards]] |access-date=December 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426070620/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=37 |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Rodman starred in ''[[Simon Sez]]'', a 1999 action/comedy and co-starred with [[Tom Berenger]] in a 2000 action film about skydiving titled ''[[Cutaway (2000 film)|Cutaway]]''.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005379/ |website=IMDb |access-date=August 31, 2008 |archive-date=December 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219045843/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005379/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1998, he joined the cast of the syndicated TV show ''[[Soldier of Fortune, Inc.|Special Ops Force]]'', playing 'Deke' Reynolds, a flamboyant but skilled ex-Army helo pilot and demolitions expert.

In 2005, Rodman became the first man to pose naked for [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]]'s advertisement campaign "Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur".<ref>{{cite web |title=Rodman To Strip For Peta |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/dennis-rodman/news/rodman-to-strip-for-peta |website=Contactmusic.com |access-date=August 31, 2008 |date=December 22, 2004 |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018131300/http://www.contactmusic.com/dennis-rodman/news/rodman-to-strip-for-peta |url-status=live }}</ref> That same year, Rodman traveled to Finland, at first, he was present at [[Sonkajärvi]] in July in a [[wife-carrying]] contest. However, he resigned from the contest due to health problems.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caple |first1=Jim |title=The amazing race |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/europe/050706 |website=ESPN |access-date=August 31, 2008 |archive-date=October 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002191346/http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple%2Feurope%2F050706 |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in 2005, Rodman published his second autobiography, ''I Should Be Dead By Now''; he promoted the book by sitting in a [[coffin]].<ref name="top10" /><ref name="autogenerated34" />

Rodman became Commissioner of the [[Lingerie Football League]] in 2005.<ref name="top10" /><ref name="autogenerated34" />

Since his initial entry into acting, he has appeared in few acting roles outside of playing himself. Rodman has made an appearance in an episode of ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' playing the character of himself, except being a fellow alien with the Solomon family.<ref name="imdb" /> He voiced an animated version of himself in the ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]]".

Rodman has also appeared in several reality shows: in January 2006, Rodman appeared on the [[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 4)|fourth version]] of ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)|Celebrity Big Brother]]'' in the UK, and on July 26, 2006, in the UK series ''[[Love Island (2005 TV series)|Love Island]]'' as a houseguest contracted to stay for a week.<ref name="imdb" /> Finally, he appeared on the show ''[[The Mole (American season 4)|Celebrity Mole]]'' on ABC. He wound up winning the $222,000 grand prize.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angie Everhart revealed as 'Celebrity Mole Yucatan' mole while Dennis Rodman wins $222,000 |url=https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/angie-everhart-revealed-as-celebrity-mole-yucatan-mole-while-dennis-rodman-wins-222000-2282.php |website=Reality TV World |access-date=August 31, 2008 |date=February 19, 2004 |archive-date=July 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706062200/http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/angie-everhart-revealed-as-celebrity-mole-yucatan-mole-while-dennis-rodman-wins-222000-2282.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2008, Rodman joined as a spokesman for a sports website OPENSports.com, the brainchild of [[Mike Levy]], founder and former CEO of [[CBSSports.com|CBS Sportsline.com]]. Rodman also writes a blog and occasionally answers members' questions for OPEN Sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/11/emw1630124.htm |title=Basketball's Ultimate Bad-Boy Dennis Rodman Announces Partnership With OPEN Sports |access-date=March 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602221711/http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/11/emw1630124.htm |archive-date=June 2, 2009}}</ref>

In 2009, he appeared as a contestant on ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. season 8)|Celebrity Apprentice]]''. Throughout the season, each celebrity raised money for a charity of their choice; Rodman selected the [[Court Appointed Special Advocate]]s of [[New Orleans]]. He was the fifth contestant eliminated, on March 29, 2009.

In 2013, he appeared again as a contestant on ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. season 13)|Celebrity Apprentice]]''. He raised $20,000 for the [[Make-A-Wish Foundation]] and was the sixth contestant eliminated, on April 7, 2013.

In March 2013, Rodman arrived at the [[Vatican City]] during the [[2013 conclave|2013 Papal Conclave]].<ref name="guardian1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/13/dennis-rodman-vatican-papal-conclave|title=Dennis Rodman at the Vatican: 'I want to be anywhere in the world I'm needed'|first=Paul|last=Owen|date=March 13, 2013|website=The Guardian|access-date=December 17, 2016|archive-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215122335/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/13/dennis-rodman-vatican-papal-conclave|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated34" /> The trip was organized by an Irish gambling company. "I'm just promoting this website. It's a gambling website, and it's about people who are going to bet on the new pope, and if he's black, you get your money back", said Rodman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-28 |title=Fascist Fascination With D-Listers |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/fascist-fascination-d-listers-094500855--politics.html |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=The Daily Beast via Yahoo News |language=en-US}}</ref>

In July 2013, Rodman joined Premier Brands to launch and promote Bad Boy Vodka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/nba-star-dennis-rodman-launch-bad-boy-vodka-brand-article-1.1397237|title=Former NBA star Dennis Rodman to launch his own Bad Boy Vodka brand|first=Jeanette|last=Settembre|date=July 12, 2013 |publisher=NY Daily News|access-date=July 26, 2013|archive-date=July 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715215329/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/nba-star-dennis-rodman-launch-bad-boy-vodka-brand-article-1.1397237|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rodman's visits to North Korea were depicted in the 2015 documentary film ''[[Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in Pyongyang]]''.<ref name="Personally">{{cite web |url=https://www.personallyspeakingbureau.com/speaker/matt-cooper-broadcaster-journalist-and-biographer-of-tony-oreilly/|title=Matt Cooper Broadcaster, Journalist, and biographer of Tony O'Reilly|access-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, Rodman was featured on the alternative R&B/hip-hop duo [[Mansionz]]'s self-titled album ''[[Mansionz (album)|Mansionz]]''. He provides vocals on the single "Dennis Rodman" and uncredited vocals on "I'm Thinking About Horses". In 2020, Rodman again featured on a track named after him, on rapper [[ASAP Ferg]]'s ''Floor Sears II'' mixtape.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/tr/album/floor-seats-ii/1532993081|title=Floor Seats II by A$AP Ferg on Apple Music|via=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=September 28, 2020|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231112247/https://music.apple.com/tr/album/floor-seats-ii/1532993081|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rodman had a highly publicized affair with Madonna in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 4, 1994 |title=RODMAN, MADONNA LEAVE TRAIL OF HO-HUM SIGHTINGS |url=https://www.deseret.com/1994/5/4/19106939/rodman-madonna-leave-trail-of-ho-hum-sightings |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=Deseret News |language=en |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111053719/https://www.deseret.com/1994/5/4/19106939/rodman-madonna-leave-trail-of-ho-hum-sightings |url-status=live }}</ref> Madonna arranged to meet Rodman by interviewing him for ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rodman |first=Dennis |url=http://archive.org/details/badasiwannabe0000rodm |title=Bad as I wanna be |date=1996 |publisher=New York : Delacorte Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-385-31639-2 |pages=182}}</ref> They were intended to appear on the cover of the June/July 1994 issue, but it was shelved by the founder [[Quincy Jones]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 3, 1994 |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Vibe Magazine Editor Resigns |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/03/business/the-media-business-vibe-magazine-editor-resigns.html |access-date=January 11, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111053719/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/03/business/the-media-business-vibe-magazine-editor-resigns.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Quincy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zs1ixtkcJU8C&q=madonna |title=Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones |date=2002 |publisher=Broadway Books |isbn=978-0-7679-0510-7 |pages=292 |language=en |access-date=January 28, 2024 |archive-date=February 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210111556/https://books.google.com/books?id=zs1ixtkcJU8C&q=madonna#v=snippet&q=madonna&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrington |first=Richard |date=May 11, 1994 |title=KMD Rapped Over Cover Art |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/1994/05/11/kmd-rapped-over-cover-art/cfdfeda1-0ad6-4cdb-8c84-68d076aa55e9/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126181454/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/1994/05/11/kmd-rapped-over-cover-art/cfdfeda1-0ad6-4cdb-8c84-68d076aa55e9/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rodman claimed that they attempted to conceive a child because Madonna had offered him $20 million to impregnate her.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reese |first=Alexis |date=September 19, 2019 |title=Dennis Rodman Claims Madonna Offered Him $20 Million To Get Her Pregnant |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/dennis-rodman-madonna-pregnant-664094/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=VIBE.com |language=en-US |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111053719/https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/dennis-rodman-madonna-pregnant-664094/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Family===
Rodman married his first wife Annie Bakes in September 1992.<ref name="rebound" /> They began dating in 1987 and had a daughter.<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine|date=July 3, 1989|title=Piston's Rodman Hit With Paternity, Palimony Suits|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ap8DAAAAMBAJ&q=Annie+Bakes+september+1992+rodman&pg=PA52|magazine=Jet|page=52|access-date=November 10, 2020|archive-date=March 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328162011/https://books.google.com/books?id=ap8DAAAAMBAJ&q=Annie+Bakes+september+1992+rodman&pg=PA52|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ChicagoTribuneDec1988">{{cite news|last=Howard|first=Johnette|title=Believe It: Dennis Rodman's Improbable Life Story|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/12/18/believe-it-dennis-rodmans-improbable-life-story/|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=December 18, 1988|access-date=January 28, 2013|archive-date=January 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111204032/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-12-18/sports/8802250710_1_dennis-rodman-junior-college-basketball-ekg/3|url-status=live}}</ref> Their relationship was marred by infidelities and accusations of abuse.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bickley|first=Dan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7AaCgAAQBAJ&q=Annie+Bakes+1992+rodman&pg=PT96|title=No Bull: The Unauthorized Biography of Dennis Rodman|date=August 18, 2015|publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-250-09505-3|language=en|access-date=November 10, 2020|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231112230/https://books.google.com/books?id=L7AaCgAAQBAJ&q=Annie+Bakes+1992+rodman&pg=PT96|url-status=live}}</ref> They divorced after 82 days.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|last=Rodrick|first=Stephen|date=June 1, 2003|title=No Rebound|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/01/magazine/no-rebound.html|issn=0362-4331|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=May 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518182140/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/01/magazine/no-rebound.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="annie" />

On November 14, 1998, Rodman married model [[Carmen Electra]] at the [[Little Chapel of the Flowers]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]].<ref name="Rodman and Electra">{{cite web |title=15 years ago, Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman got married in Las Vegas |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/11/15-years-ago-carmen-electra-and-dennis-rodman-got-married-in-las-vegas |website=For The Win |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=November 21, 2013 |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102154439/https://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/11/15-years-ago-carmen-electra-and-dennis-rodman-got-married-in-las-vegas |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Walls |first1=Jeannette |title=Rodman says Electra never got over him |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/rodman-says-electra-never-got-over-him-wbna13639813 |website=TODAY.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=August 2, 2006 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921101803/https://www.today.com/popculture/rodman-says-electra-never-got-over-him-wbna13639813 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nine days later, Rodman filed for an annulment claiming he was of "unsound mind" when they married.<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine|date=April 26, 1999|title=Dennis Rodman And Carmen Electra Call It Quits After Six Months Of Marriage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzsDAAAAMBAJ&q=dennis+rodman+jet+carmen&pg=PA22|magazine=Jet|pages=22–23}}</ref> They reconciled, but Electra filed for divorce in April 1999.<ref name=":5" /><ref name="Rodman and Electra" /> She later stated that it was an "occupational hazard" to be "Rodman's girlfriend".<ref>{{cite magazine|title='The Last Dance,' Dallas Style: Rodman, Sex, Drugs & The Mavs|url=https://www.si.com/nba/mavericks/news/the-last-dance-dallas-rodman-sex-drugs-mavs-carmen-electra-michael-jordan|last=Fisher|first=Mike|date=April 28, 2020|magazine=Sports Illustrated|language=en|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=May 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510014108/https://www.si.com/nba/mavericks/news/the-last-dance-dallas-rodman-sex-drugs-mavs-carmen-electra-michael-jordan|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1999, Rodman met Michelle Moyer, with whom he had a son, [[DJ Rodman|Dennis Jr.]] ("DJ", b. April 25, 2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wsucougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/dj-rodman/8307|title=DJ Rodman|publisher=[[Washington State University]]|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=May 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507193153/https://wsucougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/dj-rodman/8307|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://usatodayhss.com/2017/dennis-rodman-jr-transferring-to-jserra-per-now-former-coach|title=Dennis Rodman Jr. transferring to JSerra, per now former coach|date=September 27, 2017|work=USA Today High School Sports|access-date=May 12, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512113017/http://usatodayhss.com/2017/dennis-rodman-jr-transferring-to-jserra-per-now-former-coach|url-status=live}}</ref> and a daughter, [[Trinity Rodman|Trinity]] (b. May 20, 2002). Moyer and Rodman married in 2003 on his 42nd birthday.<ref>Haldane, David. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-14-me-rodman14-story.html "Rodman Celebrates His Birthday With a Wedding"] . ''Los Angeles Times''. May 14, 2003. Retrieved August 31, 2008</ref> Michelle Rodman filed for divorce in 2004, although the couple spent several years attempting to reconcile. The marriage was officially dissolved in 2012, when Michelle again petitioned the court to grant a divorce. It was reported that Rodman owed $860,376 in child and spousal support.<ref name="support">{{cite web|url=https://latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0328-dennis-rodman-20120328,0,6144244.story|title=Dennis Rodman could face jail over child and spousal support|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 28, 2012|access-date=March 28, 2012|archive-date=March 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328100954/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0328-dennis-rodman-20120328,0,6144244.story|url-status=live}}</ref>

DJ started playing college basketball for [[Washington State Cougars men's basketball|Washington State]] in 2019. He later transferred to [[USC Trojans men's basketball|USC]] in 2023. Rodman's daughter [[Trinity Rodman|Trinity]] is a professional soccer player for the [[Washington Spirit]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maurer |first1=Pablo |title=Trinity Rodman is making her own way in soccer |work=The New York Times |url=https://theathletic.co.uk/1825871/2021/01/14/trinity-rodman-is-making-her-own-way-in-soccer-finding-success-with-the-usynt/ |date=March 9, 2020 |via=theathletic.co.uk |access-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128065652/https://theathletic.co.uk/1825871/2021/01/14/trinity-rodman-is-making-her-own-way-in-soccer-finding-success-with-the-usynt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States national team]]. In a 2024 interview, Trinity stated she rarely heard from him while growing up, and as an adult, saying, "He’s not a dad. Maybe by blood, but nothing else."<ref name="call her daddy">{{cite news |last1=Baer |first1=Jack|last2=Roscher|first2=Liz |title=Trinity Rodman opens up about relationship with father Dennis: 'He's not a dad. Maybe by blood, but nothing else' |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/trinity-rodman-opens-up-about-relationship-with-father-dennis-hes-not-a-dad-maybe-by-blood-but-nothing-else-151749097.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABO6JvPTcZBM7sDa9KlfNNC5SWwBCJvQIyAJiOh8aQjG5BiOWu7ytLaWCD92Cui5PPTE8kcPPEjLZhC-wGr87V5YmsTfXakdnY3ec2HN_BLgnvmpv6ZFLwIQ9vAcDG_MKdbeu5kafoJ7DqrQnivoMxH2IYBW0nv0sAm_btjmKwBc |work=Yahoo! Sports |date=December 18, 2024}}</ref>

On July 14, 2020, Rodman's father Philander died of prostate cancer in [[Angeles City]], Philippines, at age 79. Dennis had previously reconciled with his father in 2012 when he made a trip to the Philippines after decades of being estranged.<ref>{{cite web|first=Tyler|last=Conway|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1266450-former-nba-star-dennis-rodman-meets-estranged-father-after-42-years-apart|title=Dennis Rodman's Father Philander Jr. Dies at Age 79|work=[[Bleacher Report]]|date=July 16, 2020|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928063242/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1266450-former-nba-star-dennis-rodman-meets-estranged-father-after-42-years-apart|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Alcohol issues===
Rodman entered an outpatient rehab center in Florida in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20197923,00.html |title=Dennis Rodman Enters Rehab |author=Brian Orloff |date=May 5, 2008 |work=People |access-date=January 24, 2010 |archive-date=June 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602220328/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20197923,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2009, his behavior on [[The Apprentice (U.S. season 8)|''Celebrity Apprentice'']] led to an intervention which included [[Phil Jackson]] as well as Rodman's family and other friends. Rodman initially refused to enter rehabilitation because he wanted to attend the ''Celebrity Apprentice'' reunion show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b121941_dennis_rodman_rebounds_back_rehab.html |title=Dennis Rodman Rebound Back to Rehab |author=Megan Masters, Aly Weisman |date=May 3, 2008 |publisher=E! Online |access-date=January 24, 2010 |archive-date=January 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105114449/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b121941_dennis_rodman_rebounds_back_rehab.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollyscoop.com/dennis-rodman/dennis-rodman-checks-into-rehab_20122.aspx|title=Dennis Rodman Checks Into Rehab|author=Ani Esmailian|publisher=Hollyscoop|access-date=January 24, 2010|archive-date=May 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509152225/http://www.hollyscoop.com/dennis-rodman/dennis-rodman-checks-into-rehab_20122.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, Rodman agreed to appear on the third season of ''[[Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/dennis-rodman-mindy-mccready-sign-on-for-celebrity-rehab-200916|title=Dennis Rodman, Mindy McCready Sign On for ''Celebrity Rehab''|date=June 1, 2009|publisher=Us Weekly|access-date=January 24, 2010|archive-date=January 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115130727/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/dennis-rodman-mindy-mccready-sign-on-for-celebrity-rehab-200916|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/06/01/vh1-announces-n/|title=VH1 announces new cast for third season of ''Celebrity Rehab''|author=Tim Stack|date=June 1, 2009|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=January 24, 2010|archive-date=January 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106073150/http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/06/01/vh1-announces-n/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rodman remained a patient at the Pasadena Recovery Center for the 21-day treatment cycle. A week after completion he entered a sober-living facility in the Hollywood Hills, which was filmed for the second season of ''[[Sober House]]''. During episode seven of ''Sober House'', Rodman was shown being reunited with his mother Shirley, from whom he had been estranged for seven years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/507111/denniss-reconnection.jhtml#id=1637415|title="Dennis's Reconnection" Show Clip|publisher=VH1|date=April 23, 2010|access-date=April 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426142744/http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/507111/denniss-reconnection.jhtml#id=1637415|archive-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref> During this same visit, Shirley also met Rodman's two children for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/sober-house-with-dr-drew/full-episodes/episode-7/1637586/playlist.jhtml |title=Shirley Rodman meets Dennis Rodman's children for first time (at minute mark 26:00) |publisher=VH1 |date=April 23, 2010 |access-date=April 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903134405/http://www.vh1.com/video/sober-house-with-dr-drew/full-episodes/episode-7/1637586/playlist.jhtml |archive-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref> On January 10, 2010, on the same day that ''Celebrity Rehab'' premiered, Rodman was removed from an Orange County (California) restaurant for disruptive behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tmz.com/2010/01/10/dennis-rodman-celebrity-rehab-irvine-cops/|title=Boozy Dennis Rodman Booted from Restaurant|date=January 10, 2010|publisher=TMZ|access-date=January 24, 2010|archive-date=January 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113152816/http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/10/dennis-rodman-celebrity-rehab-irvine-cops|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2012, Rodman's financial advisor said, "In all honesty, Dennis, although a very sweet person, is an alcoholic. His sickness impacts his ability to get work."<ref name="alcohol">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dennis-rodman-in-debt-faces-possible-jail-time/|title=Dennis Rodman in debt, faces possible jail time|work=[[CBS News]]|date=March 28, 2012|access-date=March 28, 2012|archive-date=March 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328160729/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31751_162-57405718-10391697/dennis-rodman-in-debt-faces-possible-jail-time/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 15, 2014, Rodman again entered a rehabilitation facility to seek treatment for alcohol abuse. This came on the heels of a well-publicized trip to [[North Korea]] where his agent, Darren Prince, reported he had been drinking heavily and to an extent "that none of us had seen before."<ref>{{cite news |last=Forrest |first=Steve |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/18/us/dennis-rodman-rehab/ |title=Dennis Rodman checks into alcohol rehab after N. Korea trip |work=CNN|date=January 19, 2014 |access-date=December 12, 2017 |archive-date=December 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084545/http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/18/us/dennis-rodman-rehab/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Legal troubles===
Rodman has settled several lawsuits out of court for alleged [[sexual assault]].<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Incidents involving Dennis Rodman during his NBA career|url=https://www.newson6.com/story/5e3685f72f69d76f6209b838/incidents-involving-dennis-rodman-during-his-nba-career|last=Griffin|first=David|date=February 17, 2000|website=News On 6|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=September 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930100937/https://www.newson6.com/story/5e3685f72f69d76f6209b838/incidents-involving-dennis-rodman-during-his-nba-career|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 1999, Rodman was arrested for public [[Alcohol intoxication|drunkenness]] and spent the night in jail after he got into an altercation at Woody's Wharf in [[Newport Beach, California]]. The charges were eventually dropped.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|last=Risling|first=Greg|date=November 6, 1999|title=Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra arrested|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-1999-11-06-export65539-story.html|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=April 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428103028/https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-1999-11-06-export65539-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On November 5, 1999, Rodman and his then-wife, [[Carmen Electra]], were charged with misdemeanor [[Battery (crime)|battery]] after police were notified of a domestic disturbance.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=November 22, 1999|title=Dennis Rodman And Wife Carmen Electra Arrested In Miami|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6cIDAAAAMBAJ&q=dennis+rodman+carmen+1999|magazine=Jet|page=18|access-date=November 10, 2020|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231112232/https://books.google.com/books?id=6cIDAAAAMBAJ&q=dennis+rodman+carmen+1999|url-status=live}}</ref> Each posted bail worth $2,500 and were released with a temporary restraining order placed on them. The charges were dropped the next month.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Risling|first=Greg|date=December 1, 1999|title=Charges against Rodman, Electra dropped|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-1999-12-01-export64830-story.html|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308140949/https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-1999-12-01-export64830-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 1999, Rodman was arrested for drunk driving and driving without a valid driver's license. In July 2000, Rodman pleaded guilty to both charges and was ordered to pay $2,000 in fines as well as attend a three-month treatment program.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodman-pleads-guilty-to-dui/|title=Rodman Pleads Guilty To DUI|date=July 18, 2000|website=CBS News|publisher=CBS|access-date=January 24, 2010|archive-date=October 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031043128/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/07/18/sports/main216457.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2002, Rodman was arrested for interfering with police investigating a code violation at a restaurant he owned; the charges were eventually dropped.<ref name="rebound" /> After he settled down in Newport Beach, California, the police appeared over 70 times at his home because of loud parties.<ref name="rebound" /> In early 2003, Rodman was arrested and charged with [[domestic violence]] at his home in Newport Beach for allegedly assaulting his then-fiancée.<ref>{{cite news|title= Dennis Rodman arrested in L.A.|access-date= May 1, 2008|url= http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCAN0143922820080501|work= Reuters.com|date= May 1, 2008|archive-date= September 25, 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110925081434/http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCAN0143922820080501|url-status= dead}}</ref>

In April 2004, Rodman pleaded [[nolo contendere]] (no contest) to [[drunk driving]] in [[Las Vegas]]. He was fined $1,000 and ordered to serve 30 days of [[home detention]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-21-rodman-dui_x.htm|title=Dennis Rodman pleads no contest to DUI|access-date=January 24, 2010|work=USA Today|date=April 21, 2004|archive-date=January 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127114048/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-21-rodman-dui_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 30, 2008, Rodman was arrested following a [[domestic violence]] incident at a Los Angeles hotel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Police arrest Rodman after report of dispute at hotel |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3376837 |website=ESPN |access-date=August 31, 2008 |date=May 1, 2008 |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072437/http://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3376837 |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 24, 2008, he again pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor spousal battery charges. He received three years of [[probation]] and was ordered to undergo one year of domestic violence [[List of counseling topics|counseling]] as well as 45 hours of [[community service]], which were to involve some physical labor activities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman Pleads No Contest in Domestic Assault |url=https://people.com/crime/dennis-rodman-pleads-no-contest-in-domestic-assault/ |website=People |access-date=August 31, 2008 |date=June 25, 2008 |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072407/http://people.com/crime/dennis-rodman-pleads-no-contest-in-domestic-assault/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-ap-bkn-rodman-plea,0,3774760.story | title=Rodman pleads no contest to spousal battery | agency=Associated Press | work=Chicago Tribune | date=June 25, 2008 | access-date=June 25, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627161953/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-ap-bkn-rodman-plea,0,3774760.story | archive-date=June 27, 2008}}</ref>

On November 21, 2016, Rodman was charged with causing a [[hit and run]] accident, lying to police, and driving without a license following an incident on [[Interstate 5]] near [[Santa Ana, California]], in July.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dennis-rodman-charged-20161121-story.html |title=Dennis Rodman facing criminal charges in July hit-and-run, prosecutors say |newspaper=LA Times |date=November 21, 2016 |access-date=December 12, 2017 |archive-date=December 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084818/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dennis-rodman-charged-20161121-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2017, Rodman pleaded guilty to the charges. He was sentenced to three years of probation and 30 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay restitution and donate $500 to the Victim Witness Emergency Fund.<ref>{{Cite news|first1= Matt|last1= Hamilton|first2= James|last2= Queally|date= February 6, 2017|title= Dennis Rodman pleads guilty to wrong-way driving on 5 Freeway and avoids jail time|work= Los Angeles Times|url= https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rodman-guilty-plea-20170206-story.html|access-date= May 5, 2020|archive-date= June 4, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200604015353/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rodman-guilty-plea-20170206-story.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

In January 2018, Rodman was arrested for driving under the influence in Newport Beach. He pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges and received three years of probation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman sentenced to three years probation after DUI arrest|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2018/03/12/dennis-rodman-sentenced-probation-dui-arrest/417779002/|last=Schad|first=Tom|date=March 12, 2018|website=USA Today|language=en-US|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511053132/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2018/03/12/dennis-rodman-sentenced-probation-dui-arrest/417779002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2019, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported that Newport Beach yoga studio owner Ali Shah accused Rodman of helping steal over $3,500 worth of items from the studio's reception area, including a {{cvt|400|lb|adj=on}} decorative [[geode]]. Rodman disputed the account, claiming the owner told him "Dennis, get anything you want." No charges had been filed at the time of reporting.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-nb-yoga-studio-theft-20190510-story.html |title=Newport Beach yoga studio alleges Dennis Rodman and others stole clothing and a 400-pound crystal |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 11, 2019 |access-date=May 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515175430/https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-nb-yoga-studio-theft-20190510-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On October 18, 2019, Rodman was charged with misdemeanor battery after slapping a man at the Buddha Sky Bar in [[Delray Beach, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman Charged with Battery for Allegedly Slapping Man at Bar |url=https://www.tmz.com/2019/10/18/dennis-rodman-charged-battery-slapping-man-bar/ |website=TMZ |date=October 18, 2019 |access-date=October 18, 2019 |archive-date=October 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018150029/https://www.tmz.com/2019/10/18/dennis-rodman-charged-battery-slapping-man-bar/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rodman was one of the victims of professional scam artist/fraudster Peggy Ann Fulford (Peggy King, Peggy Williams, Peggy Ann Barard, ''etc.''), losing $1.24{{nbsp}}million, amongst the $5.79{{nbsp}}million in total she stole from him, [[Ricky Williams]], [[Travis Best]], [[Rashad McCants]], [[Lex Hilliard]] and others.<ref name=PeggyTheCrook>{{Cite magazine |title=The Peggy Show: Every athlete's worst nightmare |last=Prewitt |first=Alex |date=September 19, 2019 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/nba/2019/09/19/athete-financial-advisor-embezzlement-fraud-scandal-peggy-ann-fulford |access-date=August 29, 2023 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323234718/https://www.si.com/nba/2019/09/19/athete-financial-advisor-embezzlement-fraud-scandal-peggy-ann-fulford |archive-date=March 23, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Fulford's crimes included stealing funds Rodman believed were being distributed as child-support payments he owed to his first wife, contributing to an unsuspecting Rodman{{snd}}in 2012{{snd}}being left trying to explain the missed payments in an Orange County, California, court; the issue was clarified when Fulford was indicted by the FBI in 2016.<ref name=PeggyTheCrook/> She continued her criminal activity until sentenced, in February 2018, to 10 years in prison and full financial restitution (unlikely) to her victims.<ref name=PeggyTheCrook/>

===Politics===
On July 24, 2015, Rodman publicly endorsed [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign]]. That same month, Rodman sent out an [[List of Donald Trump presidential campaign endorsements, 2016|endorsement]] tweet, stating, "[[Donald Trump]] has been a great friend for many years. We don't need another politician, we need a businessman like Mr. Trump! Trump 2016."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/24/politics/dennis-rodman-donald-trump-endorsement/index.html |title=Dennis Rodman endorses Trump for president |access-date=September 17, 2016 |work=CNN |location=New York City |first=Sophie |last=Tatum |date=July 24, 2015 |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918011048/http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/24/politics/dennis-rodman-donald-trump-endorsement/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lerner|first1=Adam B.|title=Dennis Rodman endorses Donald Trump for president|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/dennis-rodman-endorses-donald-trump-2016-president-120592.html|access-date=July 25, 2015|website=[[Politico]].com|date=July 24, 2015|archive-date=July 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725133540/http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/dennis-rodman-endorses-donald-trump-2016-president-120592.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Rodman endorsed and campaigned for the [[Kanye West 2020 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] of rapper [[Kanye West]].<ref>{{cite web|date=October 15, 2020|title=Dennis Rodman Is Campaigning For Kanye West & Fans Are Confused|url=https://www.thethings.com/dennis-rodman-is-campaigning-for-kanye-west-fans-are-confused/|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=TheThings|language=en-US|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210025626/https://www.thethings.com/dennis-rodman-is-campaigning-for-kanye-west-fans-are-confused/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, Rodman endorsed [[Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign|Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Presidential Election 2024: Tom Brady To Dennis Rodman, Sports Personalities Who Supported Former President Donald Trump's Candidature |url=https://english.jagran.com/us/us-presidential-election-2024-mike-tyson-to-tom-brady-sports-personalities-supporting-former-president-donald-trumps-candidature-10198732 |access-date=February 10, 2025 |website=English Jagran |language=en-us}}</ref>

===North Korea visits===
{{See also|Kenneth Bae#Dennis Rodman}}
On February 26, 2013, Rodman made a trip to North Korea with [[Vice (magazine)|Vice Media]] correspondent [[Ryan Duffy (correspondent)|Ryan Duffy]] to host basketball exhibitions.<ref name="autogenerated34" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Zinser |first1=Lynn |title=Tensions Rising With North Korea, but Dennis Rodman Is There |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/sports/basketball/dennis-rodman-arrives-in-north-korea-for-tour.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102133129/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/sports/basketball/dennis-rodman-arrives-in-north-korea-for-tour.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/world/asia/north-korea-globetrotters/index.html?hpt=wo_t3|title=Dennis Rodman to North Korea: 'I come in peace'|first=Alan|last=Duke|website=[[CNN]]|date=February 26, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2013|archive-date=March 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302041429/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/world/asia/north-korea-globetrotters/index.html?hpt=wo_t3|url-status=live}}</ref> He met North Korean leader [[Kim Jong Un]].<ref>{{cite news|work=ABC News |title=Rodman Worms His Way Into Kim Jong Un Meeting |date=February 28, 2013 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/rodman-worms-his-way-into-kim-jong-un-meeting/ |last1=Cho |first1=Joohee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301041619/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/rodman-worms-his-way-into-kim-jong-un-meeting/ |archive-date=March 1, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=FlorCruz|first=Michelle|title=Dennis Rodman And Kim Jong-Un Chat Courtside At Pyongyang Basketball Game|date=February 28, 2013|newspaper=International Business Times|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/dennis-rodman-kim-jong-un-chat-courtside-pyongyang-basketball-game-1107404|access-date=March 1, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304124718/http://www.ibtimes.com/dennis-rodman-kim-jong-un-chat-courtside-pyongyang-basketball-game-1107404|url-status=live}}</ref> Rodman and his travel party were the first Americans to meet Kim.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Choe |first1=Sang-Hun |last2=Sanger |first2=David E. |title=Way to Reach Kim Jong-un? Follow the Ball |date=March 1, 2013 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/world/asia/way-to-reach-kim-jong-un-follow-the-ball.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&pagewanted=all |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411141308/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/world/asia/way-to-reach-kim-jong-un-follow-the-ball.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&pagewanted=all& |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> He later said that Kim was "a friend for life"<ref name="Vice 2013">{{cite web | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/vice-tracks-rodman-strange-days-north-korea-article-1.1357860 | title='Vice' season finale on HBO gives fresh look at Dennis Rodman's meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un | work=NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | date=May 29, 2013 | access-date=July 16, 2013 | author=Silverman, Justin Rocket | archive-date=June 8, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608052205/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/vice-tracks-rodman-strange-days-north-korea-article-1.1357860 | url-status=live }}</ref> and suggested that President [[Barack Obama]] "pick up the phone and call" Kim, since the two leaders were basketball fans.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blake |first=Aaron |title=Dennis Rodman: Kim Jong Eun is 'my friend' |date=March 3, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/03/03/dennis-rodman-kim-jong-un-is-my-friend/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304204424/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/03/03/dennis-rodman-kim-jong-un-is-my-friend/ |archive-date=March 4, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> On May 7, after reading an article in ''[[The Seattle Times]]'',<ref>{{cite tweet|user=dennisrodman|author=Dennis Rodman|number=331833882578145282|date=May 7, 2013|title=In direct response to your article headline, "Ok." Read your story @uscthanhtan, and I decided to help.}}</ref> Rodman sent out a tweet asking Kim to release American prisoner [[Kenneth Bae]], who had been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/05/07/dennis_rodman_calls_on_kim_jong_un_to_release_american_detainee|title=Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee|publisher=Foreign Policy|author=Uri Friedman|date=May 7, 2013|access-date=May 7, 2013|archive-date=May 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510202021/http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/05/07/dennis_rodman_calls_on_kim_jong_un_to_release_american_detainee|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=dennisrodman|author=Dennis Rodman|number=331826019747127297|date=May 7, 2013|title=I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him "Kim", to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose.}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated34" /> Kim released Bae the following year.

In July 2013, Rodman told ''Sports Illustrated'': "My mission is to break the ice between hostile countries. Why it's been left to me to smooth things over, I don't know. Dennis Rodman, of all people. Keeping us safe is really not my job; it's the black guy's [Obama's] job. But I'll tell you this: If I don't finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something's seriously wrong."<ref name="autogenerated34" /> On September 3, 2013, Rodman flew to Pyongyang for another meeting with Kim Jong Un.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rodman returns to Pyongyang but says won't bring back jailed American|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-rodman-idUSBRE98200X20130903|work=Reuters|access-date=September 3, 2013|archive-date=September 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904060618/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/03/us-korea-north-rodman-idUSBRE98200X20130903|url-status=live}}</ref> He said that Kim has a daughter named [[Kim Ju Ae]], and that he is a "great dad".<ref>{{cite web|last=McDevitt|first=Caitlin|title=Rodman: Kim Jong Un is 'a great dad'|date=September 9, 2013 |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/09/rodman-kim-jong-un-is-a-good-dad-172118?hp=r11|publisher=Politico|access-date=September 9, 2013|archive-date=January 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108042114/http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/09/rodman-kim-jongun-is-a-great-dad-172118.html?hp=r11|url-status=live}}</ref> He also noted that he planned to train the [[North Korean national basketball team]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/dennis-rodman-to-train-north-korean-olympic-basketball-team/ |title=Dennis Rodman To Train North Korea Olympic Basketball Team |publisher=Mediaite |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date=December 12, 2017 |archive-date=August 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808235328/https://www.mediaite.com/tv/dennis-rodman-to-train-north-korean-olympic-basketball-team/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He stated that he is "trying to open Obama's and everyone's minds" and encouraged Obama to reach out to Kim Jong Un.<ref>{{cite news|title=North Korea: Reality vs. The World According to Dennis Rodman|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/world/north-korea-world-according-to-dennis-rodman/|work=CNN|author=Josh Levs|access-date=September 9, 2013|archive-date=September 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910013313/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/world/north-korea-world-according-to-dennis-rodman/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2013, Rodman announced that he would visit North Korea again. He also said that he has plans to take a number of former NBA players with him for an exhibition basketball tour.<ref>{{cite news|last=Helin|first=Kurt|title=Dennis Rodman still planning exhibition game in North Korea with former NBA players|url=http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/22/dennis-rodman-still-planning-exhibition-game-in-north-korea-with-former-nba-players/|newspaper=NBC Sports|access-date=November 24, 2013|archive-date=November 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124214400/http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/22/dennis-rodman-still-planning-exhibition-game-in-north-korea-with-former-nba-players/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Rory Scott, a spokesman for the exhibitions' sponsoring organization, Rodman planned to visit December 18–21 and train the North Korean team in preparation for January games. The games were scheduled for January 8 (Kim Jong Un's birthday) and January 10, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rodman Heading Back to NKorea to Train Basketball Team|work=NewsmaxWorld |url=http://www.newsmaxworld.com/Asia/nkorea-rodman-basketball-team/2013/12/04/id/539920|publisher=AFP|access-date=December 9, 2013|archive-date=December 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207013759/http://www.newsmaxworld.com/Asia/nkorea-rodman-basketball-team/2013/12/04/id/539920|url-status=live}}</ref> Included on the U.S. exhibition team were [[Kenny Anderson (basketball)|Kenny Anderson]], [[Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966)|Clifford Robinson]], [[Vin Baker]], [[Craig Hodges]], [[Doug Christie]], [[Sleepy Floyd]], [[Charles D. Smith]], and four [[streetball]]ers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefloridanewsjournal.com/2014/01/06/dennis-rodman-announces-basketball-diplomacy-upcoming-games-north-korea |title=Dennis Rodman Announces "Basketball Diplomacy" for Upcoming Games in North Korea :: TFNJ: The Florida News Journal |access-date=May 29, 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106142922/http://www.thefloridanewsjournal.com/2014/01/06/dennis-rodman-announces-basketball-diplomacy-upcoming-games-north-korea |archive-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref> Rodman departed from Beijing on January 6. Among his entourage was Irish media personality [[Matt Cooper (Irish journalist)|Matt Cooper]], who had interviewed Rodman a number of times on the radio.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman departs for North Korea basketball exhibition |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0106/496115-rodman-north-korea/ |website=rte.ie |access-date=January 6, 2014 |date=January 6, 2014 |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106143346/http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0106/496115-rodman-north-korea/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Connell |first1=Hugh |title=Today FM's Matt Cooper is in North Korea with Dennis Rodman |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/today-fm-matt-cooper-denis-rodman-north-korea-1250869-Jan2014/ |website=TheJournal.ie |access-date=January 6, 2014 |date=January 6, 2014 |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106213430/http://www.thejournal.ie/today-fm-matt-cooper-denis-rodman-north-korea-1250869-Jan2014/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rodman made comments on January 7, 2014, during a CNN interview implying that Kenneth Bae was at fault for his imprisonment. The remarks were widely reported in other media outlets and provoked a storm of criticism. Two days later, Rodman apologized for his comments, saying that he had been drinking and under pressure. He added that he "should know better than to make political statements". Some members of Congress, the NBA, and human rights groups suggested that Rodman had become a public relations stunt for the North Korean government.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dennis Rodman: 'I had been drinking' |date=January 9, 2014 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/10267308/dennis-rodman-apologizes-comments-jailed-american |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109235254/http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10267308/dennis-rodman-apologizes-comments-jailed-american |archive-date=January 9, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> On May 2, 2016, Kenneth Bae credited Rodman with his early release. He said that Rodman's rant raised awareness of his case and that he wanted to thank him for his expedited release.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dennis Rodman's ranting saved me from North Korean gulag|url=https://nypost.com/2016/05/02/dennis-rodmans-ranting-saved-me-from-north-korean-gulag/|publisher=New York Post|author=David K. Li|date=May 2, 2016|access-date=May 2, 2016|archive-date=May 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503132305/http://nypost.com/2016/05/02/dennis-rodmans-ranting-saved-me-from-north-korean-gulag/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 13, 2017, Rodman returned to North Korea on what was initially described as a sports-related visit to the country. "My purpose is to go over there and try to see if I can keep bringing sports to North Korea," he said.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/dennis-rodman-north-korea/index.html|title=Dennis Rodman hopes to do 'something pretty positive' in North Korea|author=Matt Rivers, Will Ripley and Joshua Berlinger|website=CNN|access-date=June 13, 2017|archive-date=June 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613044011/http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/dennis-rodman-north-korea/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He added that he hoped to accomplish "something that's pretty positive" during the visit. He met with national Olympic athletes and basketball players, viewed a men's basketball practice, and visited a state-run orphanage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/dennis-rodman-gives-north-korean-minister-a-copy-of-donald-trumps-the-art-of-the-deal/news-story/c708b7d1df91bbbe9da4af18b5ab5b6d|title=Rodman gives Trump's book to Kim|work=NewsComAu|access-date=June 16, 2017|language=en|archive-date=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616081741/http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/dennis-rodman-gives-north-korean-minister-a-copy-of-donald-trumps-the-art-of-the-deal/news-story/c708b7d1df91bbbe9da4af18b5ab5b6d|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/rodman-north-korean-official-trumps-art-deal-48049098|title=Rodman gives Kim the gift of Trump: 'The Art of the Deal'|work=ABC News|access-date=June 16, 2017|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616001236/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/rodman-north-korean-official-trumps-art-deal-48049098|archive-date=June 16, 2017}}</ref> He was not able to meet with Kim Jong Un, but met instead with the nation's Minister of Sports and gave him several gifts for Kim, including two signed basketball jerseys, two soap sets, and a copy of Donald Trump's 1987 book ''[[Trump: The Art of the Deal|The Art of the Deal]]''.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/06/15/dennis-rodman-just-gave-kim-jong-un-the-art-of-the-deal-and-it-may-be-a-genius-move/|title=Dennis Rodman just gave Kim Jong Un 'The Art of the Deal.' And it may be a genius move.|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=June 16, 2017|archive-date=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616001638/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/06/15/dennis-rodman-just-gave-kim-jong-un-the-art-of-the-deal-and-it-may-be-a-genius-move/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rodman posted a video on Twitter that was recorded before he left for the visit in which he and his agent describe the mission of the trip. "He's going to try to bring peace between both nations," said Rodman's agent Chris Volo, referring to the strained relations between North Korea and the United States. Rodman added, "That's the main reason why we're going. We're trying to bring everything together. If not, at least we tried."<ref name=":1" /> The visit was sponsored by the cryptocurrency company PotCoin.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Montrealers funding Dennis Rodman's trip to North Korea|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/dennis-rodman-potcoin-1.4161371|access-date=May 13, 2018|work=CBC News Montreal|agency=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada|date=June 14, 2017|archive-date=May 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503142806/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/dennis-rodman-potcoin-1.4161371|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rodman's "hoops diplomacy" inspired the [[20th Century Fox]] comedy ''Diplomats''. [[Tim Story]] and [[Peter Chernin]] are set to produce the film, while Jonathan Abrams is reportedly writing the script.<ref name="Siegel-North Korea">{{cite news|last=Siegel|first=Tatiana|title=Dennis Rodman North Korea Mission to Become Fox Movie (Exclusive)|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/ride-along-director-tim-story-682690|access-date=February 24, 2014|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=February 23, 2014|archive-date=February 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224231300/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ride-along-director-tim-story-682690|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Carson-North Korea">{{cite news|last=Carson|first=Dan|title=Report: Movie Based on Dennis Rodman's North Korea Trips in Development|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1971542-report-movie-based-on-dennis-rodmans-north-korea-trips-in-development|access-date=February 24, 2014|newspaper=Bleacher Report|date=February 24, 2014|archive-date=February 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224161600/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1971542-report-movie-based-on-dennis-rodmans-north-korea-trips-in-development|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Armitage-North Korea">{{cite news|last=Armitage|first=Hugh|title=Kim Jong-un, Dennis Rodman film planned by Ride Along director Tim Story|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a553298/kim-jong-un-dennis-rodman-film-planned-by-ride-along-director-tim-story.html|access-date=February 24, 2014|newspaper=Digital Spy|date=February 24, 2014|archive-date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227160715/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a553298/kim-jong-un-dennis-rodman-film-planned-by-ride-along-director-tim-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Feldman-North Korea">{{cite news|last=Feldman|first=Brian|title=Dennis Rodman's Basketball Diplomacy Is Getting Turned into a Movie|url=http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/02/dennis-rodmans-basketball-diplomacy-getting-turned-movie/358429/|access-date=February 24, 2014|newspaper=The Wire|date=February 24, 2014|archive-date=March 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305063302/http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/02/dennis-rodmans-basketball-diplomacy-getting-turned-movie/358429/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rodman visited North Korea again in June 2018. "I'm just happy to be a part of" the [[2018 North Korea–United States summit]], he said, "because I think I deserve it."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hains |first1=Tim |title=Dennis Rodman Arrives In Singapore Ahead of Trump-Kim Summit: "The Door Is Open" |url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/06/11/dennis_rodman_arrives_in_singapore_ahead_of_trump-kim_summit.html |website=RealClearPolitics |access-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623113439/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/06/11/dennis_rodman_arrives_in_singapore_ahead_of_trump-kim_summit.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

There has been speculation that Rodman might be an [[intelligence officer]] working for the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) on North Korea, with the CIA [[Glomar response|neither confirming nor denying]] existence of records concerning his employment.<ref name="huff_Dennis_Rodman">{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman May Be Crazy or a CIA Case Officer: In Either Case He Is Not Entirely Wrong About North Korea |author=Doug Bandow |work=HuffPost |date=January 10, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2021 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dennis-rodman-may-be-craz_b_4574494 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185600/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dennis-rodman-may-be-craz_b_4574494 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="thea_CIA_Maybe">{{cite web |title=CIA: Maybe Dennis Rodman Works For Us, Maybe He Doesn't |last=Bump |first=Philip |publisher=The Atlantic |date=January 23, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2021 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/cia-maybe-dennis-rodman-works-us-maybe-he-doesnt/357313/ |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182531/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/cia-maybe-dennis-rodman-works-us-maybe-he-doesnt/357313/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Presidential involvement suggested====
''[[The Washington Post]]'' raised the question of whether President Donald Trump sent Rodman on his 2017 visit to negotiate the release of several American prisoners of North Korea or to open a back channel for diplomatic communications.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Fifield |first=Anna |date=June 13, 2017 |title=Dennis Rodman is back in North Korea. Was he sent by Trump? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/dennis-rodman-is-on-his-way-to-north-korea-was-he-sent-by-trump/2017/06/12/5c9c19cc-4fd9-11e7-a973-3dae94ed3eb7_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613032800/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/dennis-rodman-is-on-his-way-to-north-korea-was-he-sent-by-trump/2017/06/12/5c9c19cc-4fd9-11e7-a973-3dae94ed3eb7_story.html |archive-date=June 13, 2017 |access-date=June 13, 2017 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> The U.S. State Department, White House officials, and Rodman all denied any official government involvement in the visit. Rodman, who publicly endorsed Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, is a self-described longtime friend of the president and, as the article put it, "Trump and Kim's only mutual acquaintance."<ref name=":0" /> ''The Washington Post'' article stated, "Multiple people involved in unofficial talks with North Korea say that the Trump administration has been making overtures toward the Kim regime, including trying to set up a secret back channel to the North Korean leader using 'an associate of Trump's' rather than the usual lineup of North Korea experts and former officials who talk to Pyongyang's representatives."<ref name=":0" />

When asked if he had spoken with Trump about the visit, Rodman replied, "Well, I'm pretty sure he's pretty much happy with the fact that I'm over here trying to accomplish something that we both need."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/world/asia/dennis-rodman-north-korea.html|title=Dennis Rodman, Frequent Visitor to North Korea, Is Back|last=Ramzy|first=Austin|date=June 13, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 13, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614105030/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/world/asia/dennis-rodman-north-korea.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Rodman publicly presented a copy of Trump's book, ''The Art of the Deal'' to North Korean officials, as a personal gift for Kim Jong Un. In a Twitter video posted by Rodman, his agent Chris Volo said, "He's the only person on the planet that has the uniqueness, the unbelievable privilege of being friends with President Trump and Marshal Kim Jong Un."<ref name=":1" /> Rodman went on to say in the video that he wanted to bring peace and "open doors between both countries."

[[Otto Warmbier]], an American student held captive in North Korea for 17 months, was released to U.S. officials the same day as Rodman's visit to North Korea. Despite the timeline of the two events, the U.S. State Department, The White House, and Rodman all flatly denied any diplomatic connection or coordination between Rodman's visit and the U.S. government. The U.S. State Department said the release of Warmbier was negotiated and secured by high level U.S. diplomats including [[Joseph Y. Yun|Joseph Yun]], the State Department's special envoy on North Korea.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northkorea-detainee-idUSKBN1941UX|title=High-level U.S. visit leads North Korea to free student in coma|date=June 14, 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=June 16, 2017|archive-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615212447/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northkorea-detainee-idUSKBN1941UX|url-status=live}}</ref> Warmbier, who was in a nonresponsive coma throughout much of his imprisonment in North Korea, died days after being returned to his family in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/06/19/otto-warmbier-dies-days-after-release-from-north-korean-detainment/|title=Otto Warmbier dies days after release from North Korean detention|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170619220836/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/06/19/otto-warmbier-dies-days-after-release-from-north-korean-detainment/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In an emotional interview with [[Michael Strahan]] of ''[[Good Morning America]]'', Rodman expressed sorrow for the death of Warmbier and said, "I was just so happy to see the kid released. Later that day, that's when we found out he was ill. No one knew that." He added that he wished to give "all the prayer and love" to the Warmbier family and had contacted them and hoped to meet with them personally.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/dennis-rodman-people-good-side-north-korea/story?id=48224976|title=Dennis Rodman speaks out about his visit to North Korea|date=June 23, 2017|website=ABC News|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-date=June 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624061900/https://abcnews.go.com/International/dennis-rodman-people-good-side-north-korea/story?id=48224976|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rodman's agent, Chris Volo, told ABC News that before they left for the 2017 trip, he had asked North Korean officials to release Warmbier as a symbol of good faith for any future sports-relations visits. "I asked on behalf of Dennis for his release three times," Volo said.<ref name=":2" />

In December 2017, [[Columbia University]] professor of [[neurobiology]] [[Joseph Terwilliger]], who has accompanied Rodman to North Korea, argued that "While I don't suspect that very many Americans would have chosen him to be an emissary or international goodwill ambassador, Dennis has had a long friendship with Mr. Trump and has also developed a very cordial friendship with Mr. Kim. In this tense climate, as we stand at a perilous crossing, Mr. Rodman's unique position as a friend to the leaders of both U.S. and North Korea could provide a much-needed bridge to help resolve the current nuclear standoff."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Terwilliger  |first=Joseph  |date=December 6, 2017 |title=Blocking nuclear war would be a win for both the U.S., North Korea |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/6/blocking-nuclear-war-would-be-a-win-for-both-the-u/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212142356/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/6/blocking-nuclear-war-would-be-a-win-for-both-the-u/ |archive-date=December 12, 2017 |access-date=December 12, 2017 |website=[[The Washington Times]]}}</ref>

==Works==
===Books===
* {{cite book |title=Rebound: The Dennis Rodman Story |first=Dennis |last=Rodman |year=1994 |publisher=Crown |isbn=0-517-59294-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/rebounddennisrod00rodm|ref=none}}
* {{cite book|title= Bad as I Wanna Be |first=Dennis |last=Rodman | year=1996|isbn=0-440-22266-4|title-link=Bad as I Wanna Be|publisher=Random House Publishing |ref=none}}
* {{cite book |title=Walk on the Wild Side |first=Dennis |last=Rodman |year=1997 |publisher=Delacorte Press |isbn=0-385-31897-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/walkonwildside00rodm|ref=none}}
* {{cite book|title=I Should Be Dead by Now |first=Dennis |last=Rodman | year=2005|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC |isbn=1-59670-016-5|ref=none}}
* {{cite book|title=Dennis the Wild Bull |first=Dennis |last=Rodman | year=2013|isbn=978-0-61575-249-5|title-link=Dennis the Wild Bull|publisher=Neighborhood Publishers |ref=none}}

===Films===
*''[[Eddie (film)|Eddie]]'' (1996) as Himself (cameo)
*''[[Double Team (film)|Double Team]]'' (1997) as Yaz
*''[[Simon Sez]]'' (1999) as Simon
*''[[Cutaway (2000 film)|Cutaway]]'' (2000) as Randy "Turbo" Kingston
*''[[The Comebacks]]'' (2007) as Warden (cameo)
*''[[Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in Pyongyang]]'' (2015) as Himself
*''[[Rodman: For Better or Worse]]'' (2019) as Himself

==See also==
* [[List of NBA career rebounding leaders]]
* [[List of NBA career playoff rebounding leaders]]
* [[List of NBA annual rebounding leaders]]
* [[List of NBA single-game rebounding leaders]]
* [[List of NBA single-season rebounding leaders]]
* [[List of people banned or suspended by the NBA]]

==Notes==
* {{note label|Note1|a|a}} Rodman's height has been listed at {{convert|6|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}, {{convert|6|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}}, or {{convert|6|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}. NBA.com itself has been inconsistent.<ref name="nba_historical">{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman historical profile |url=http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=dennis_rodman |website=NBA.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604192055/http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=dennis_rodman |archive-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman |url=https://stats.nba.com/player/23/career/ |website=stats.nba.com |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522051711/https://stats.nba.com/player/23/career/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman |url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/rodman_stats.html |website=NBA.com |access-date=June 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303222750/http://www.nba.com/history/players/rodman_stats.html |archive-date=March 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Rodman Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/726/dennis-rodman |website=ESPN |access-date=June 30, 2012 |archive-date=August 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813012542/http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/726/dennis-rodman |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}}
* {{IMDb name|0005379}}
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dennis-rodman.html Online World of Wrestling profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414173226/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dennis-rodman.html |date=April 14, 2012 }}
* [http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=6407&gimmick=Dennis+Rodman CageMatch profile]

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