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Steve Kerr On Dennis Rodman Skipping NBA Finals Practice To Attend Wrestling Match
Ever since the premiere of ESPN Films and Netflix’s joint production ‘The Last Dance’, a 10-part documentary about Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls, the basketball world hasn’t stopped talking about Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and their teammates.
This also is one of the reasons for so many former team members and opponents to share their stories, or tell parts of stories we haven’t heard about before.
Former Bulls player and current Golden State Warriors head coach, Steve Kerr, now opened up about something unimaginable for today’s standards in professional sports – the time Dennis Rodman skipped practice between Games 3 and 4 of the 1998 NBA Finals in order to attend Wrestling match.
Per USA TODAY Sports:
If this sounds bizarre, well, it is. Rodman also skipped practice between Games 3 and 4 of the 1998 NBA Finals so he could attend a WCW wrestling match in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
The kicker: the Bulls allowed Rodman’s quirky behavior because it did not affect his on-court excellence. It only enhanced it.
“There was a real connection that existed that gave Dennis the freedom and space that he needed. It wasn’t a thing where we were all complaining of Dennis not making it to a practice. We sort of understood that he was his own man and he did so much for our team that we allowed him to have that freedom.”
The Bulls really gave Rodman a lot of freedom. During that same Finals series, Rodman also took his infamous mini vacation in Las Vegas that ended up in Michael Jordan personally flying there to bring Rodman back.
