“Dennis Rodman Was One Of The Best Defensive PF In The Game”: Richard Jefferson Explains How ‘The Worm’ Was One Of The Biggest Superstars In The NBA With His Rebounding Dominance

Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman was a big part of the Chicago Bulls’ dynasty in the 90s, not because he could score a lot, but because he was defensively one of the best out there.

Rodman joined the Bulls in 1995, the season when Michael Jordan came back from his first retirement, and helped Chicago win another three championships alongside MJ and Scottie Pippen.

Fans can sometimes underrate Rodman’s importance to the team because he wasn’t the flashiest of players, dominating by collecting rebounds, defending well, and hustling like crazy. However, Rodman shouldn’t be underrated.

Without him the Bulls wouldn’t have won those championships, and he was every bit as dominant (in his own way) as Michael Jordan and Pippen were. This was something Richard Jefferson wanted to make sure fans knew on Twitter.

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Dennis Rodman, Michael Jordan, And Scottie Pippen Formed A Big Three According To Richard Jefferson

Richard Jefferson found himself on Twitter defending his stance that the 1995-1998 Bulls also held the ‘superteam” distinction that teams like the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets hold right now.

Jefferson does have a point here. At the height of his powers, Rodman was the best rebounder in the league, and it wasn’t even a question. Just check out his stats here:

With stats like those, you can genuinely make a case that Rodman was the ‘third superstar’ on the Chicago Bulls, making them what we now call a superteam.

Jefferson also found himself comparing Steve Kerr to players like Joe Harris:

Many NBA fans on Twitter agreed with Jefferson’s assessment of Rodman’s value:

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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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