His father, Philander is known to have had 29 children with 16 partners!
Philander Rodman had straight up left and didn't return. Later to find out, he started a new life in the Philippines. They did reconcile, but quite close to his father's demise.
As unbelievable as this is, Rodman was cut from both highschool football and basketball teams owing to his relatively shorter height back then
Rodman spent 18 hours in jail for stealing a case of watches. Notably, he didn't do it for the money & the charges were quickly dropped.
The 5-time NBA Champion has had a difficulty in holding on to a college or a job.
He worked in a string of daily-wage jobs and had been homeless for 2 years!
Despite these ridiculous hardships, he was put in limelight through local pickup games. And the scouts later would even have trouble tracking down his then-residence since they moved so frequently!
And the rest, of course, is history!