Truthbringer - he was coming down for 11 years playing better defense the man you’ve seen while you were alive? Rodman’s worst defensive game from 1990 till 98 was better than any defensive game youve seen in the last 9 years. Okay maybe I’m exaggerating but Rodman was a better defender than anyone on the 2000s. Gary Payton, Scottie and Jordan were also better defenders than ANYONE not above 6’8 in the last ten year. In the none big man positions of course. Kawhi is the only one you could compare to smaller great defensive player in the last 10 years. Dwight is a top 5 defensive player of all time and gobert will most likely be top 10 someday. I didn’t even mention the greatest defensive player in the last 50 years btw Hakeem. Only person anyone could say was better at D is bill ruseel and possibly wilt.
Thomas could D it up and Worm is in the HOF as a PISTON! What's your point? How good would any of those superstars you mention be without their next best teammate? Not that good ..
The bad boys pistons have three hall of famers. As good as Rodman was at defense, he didn't exclusively guard Jordan. Dumars was also a very very good defensive guard and Thomas was feisty on defense too. Really underrated team.
What can you say about Dennis Rodman. I am 47 yrs old and was lucky to watch his whole career. He is one of my favorite players and one of the greatest of all time.
@@angelomcgowen4145 yes. Those were imo the worst games MJ ever played in the playoffs. Still better than a lot of players. That's why he 🐐. That was the last time rodman was truly awesome in a whole series. Still not as good as in prime detroit years though
Rodman was really good, and able to guard all 5 players, but I think Payton was slightly better as an on ball defender. Ron Artest was super good too, but he played post hand-check, so we cannot evaluate how good he was.
I think dennis was the greatest defender ever.... Gary Payton and Jordan never guarded a big man so you cant say they are the greatest, Rodman had to guard forwards centers and even switched on guards, I'd say rodman GP Jordan then Pippen in that order.
A.O. Very unpopular opinion, but I think Payton might be a tad overrated on ball. He had amazing hands and his physicality and mental game definitely took a toll on his opponents, but he wasn’t as good at containing penetration as some others.
He played great D against some of the top 10 players of all time, and look, finally a compilation to prove it ☝🏽. Who else could guard shaq, magic, mj, and bird?
no he didn't lol... Rodman was assigned to Worthy more. Rodman had good plays against everyone, but there's good reason why he'd be assigned in limited possessions. Daly was masterful in using him and later so was Phil Jackson. Both knew he played awkward and can pick up fouls at a any point. Some nights they never called the fouls and some nights they did but Daly's championship contending teams had 10 players deep. He was expendable and didn't have to worry about foul trouble. But watch the 1988 finals in the closing seconds of games 6 and 7. Rodman commits a bunch of silly fouls.
Yeah like the comment above said you can't teach reflexes, he can teach angles and plays sure but you have to have a natural born talent to be on the level he was and that only comes once a generation, if we are lucky.
@@edmundblackadder2741 he got those instinct from being 5'9 at age 20 glad God let his father dna kicked in before it's too late so he can be who he is today
Seeing those clips of Rodman locking down the all time greats from their position Jordan, Magic, Bird, Shaq, Kareem and Pippen. He's got to be the 🐏 on defense.
Hands down one the best defensive players that has ever lived, still to this very day i'm waiting to see somebody surpass him and that day has not come yet.
Rodman and pippen trading blows and hating each other to becoming brothers for life this is classic you die as a villain or live long enough to see your self as a hero
Rodman would drive all the top guys today crazy. Closing out on Harden to prevent easy three's. Taking the airspace away from Steph Curry. Picking up Lebron a full 94 feet and not letting him get free. And he'd make all these players today uncomfortable with his ball pressure, being right up on them. They'd be whining for foul calls. Rodman played actual defense and frustrated the greatest players in the game.
This is why it's a shame that people often talk about defense as if it's just one category of all-around play as opposed to getting triple-doubles. It's crazy that Rodman was already 25 when he debuted in the NBA.
This is an amazing montage of his defensive greatness and the craziest thing is that they didn’t even show his Spurs or Bulls highlights where he was at his absolute best! 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Love this video highlighting all of his strengths. Imagine if they did this with virtually flawless players like KAJ, MJ and Dream. Those things would be 25 to 30 minutes long
Rodman's block on Bird should have sealed the win in game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Final... The next sequence cost Detroit a trip to The NBA Finals. Not the Rookies fault.
That clutch block on Bird at the end, if Zeke doesn't brain fart the inbound pass, Pistons go up 3-2, likely close out at home and go to the '87 Finals. Rodman would've never made that comment about Bird, Zeke doesn't piggyback on it, Zeke wins 3 chips, gets on the Dream Team and has his gold. Crazy to think about.
Nope, he needs curry and klay to pass to in order to look good on offense and apparently defense as well. Hes always been overrated in my opinion and it shows this year with him averaging a triple single.
@@angelomcgowen4145 rodman and dreymond are both terrible scorers, atleast green is a good playmaker. rodman is still the better defender. and about the triple single: imaging the bulls but take away the 3 best players on the team. of course the defensiv specialist would suck on His own bruh
@@johnjames4618 i Said that Rodman is still a better Defender, and No, Green could not hold down shaq probably. both defend in different ways too, so comparing them is Kinda stupid I have to admit
What’s crazy is that Rodman “the Worm” is thee pinnacle defender of all-time period no argument, but the man could also score when needed too, he did rack up some good scoring games also, he played greatly all the time
The Last Dance will finish tomorrow but you will realize there is so much to unpack from it afterwards. The doc breezed through a lot of stuff. It has content and content it didn't show that can be talked about for years.
Just when you consider that he had to defend against the other teams best player and did a good job, that qualifies him for the hall alone regardless of the rebounds. So with the Pistons in the 80s he had to guard Bird, Magic, Jordan and sometimes Pippen. In the 90s mainly with the Bulls, he shuts down Barkley, Malone, and Shaq. I mean these are all time greats. Not to mention he had to guard Kemp, Robinson, Mourning. If he would have won a chip with San Antonio who lost against the Rockets in the WCF, along with his other 5 rings, Rodman may be considered .....
Greatest defenders of all-time: 1. Wilt Chamberlain (Blocked 8.8 shots per game, when charted, before blocks were a legal stat) 2. Hakeem The Dream (Has a few quadruple doubles, with over 10 blocks a game, all time leader in blocks) 3. Dennis Rodman (Agile enough to defend guards, strong enough to guard Shaq, won several titles)
Take out Wilt and slide in Bill Russell and you'd have a more accurate list. But you're also neglecting the likes of Scottie who is arguably the greatest wing defender ever, Dikembe who is a better rim protector than any in that list and Big Ben Wallace who can guard 1 through 5 too
I dont think ppl understand as great as Jordan was defensively he was the 3rd best defender on his team Rodman and Scottie was 1 or 2 depending how you look at it and Jordan was 3rd. The had 3 Hall of Fame defenders on 1 team and you can't forget about Ron Harper he was a really good defender at 6'6. That team just suffocated teams on the defensive side of the ball legendary!
Many people would say MJ was a better defender than pip, I personally will give the edge to MJ, slightly, this rodman wasn't the rodman that was on the bulls, this was peak Pistons rodman who could guard 1-5 the rodman that was on the bulls didn't have that quickness to guard guys in the backcourt anymore but he still was a great defender, for a guy in his mid 30's
For people like Kerry Kittles saying The Last Dance doesn't really show MJ's greatness, go get the Ultimate Jordan DVD or Blu-ray. All the docs it has are also found on TH-cam. Plenty of MJ highlight reels.
This, young boys and girls, is actual NBA defense. Not to weak stuff you see today. Closeouts, contesting shots, press a full 94 feet, sticking to a guy like glue, and taking charges.
Great list but as my backup point guard I would have Dennis Johnson and my backup shooting guard I would have Kobe Bryant and my backup small forward I would have Tayshaun Prince and my backup power forward I would have Charles Oakley and my backup center I would have Hakeem Olajuwon and that's my bench behind your all time defensive starting 5 😉👍.
That's not neccessary a bad thing, a lot of guys hated rodman and how he played. He hacked a lot of the time as well. A huge amount of teams and coaches hated the pistons style and rodman.
@@letmegetuhhh3959 When Rodman wasn't being dirty, he was as good a shutdown defender as they come. Now, with no physical defense, it's a three-point fest, and no type of interior defense. You breath on a player, and it's a foul. Defenders have to give so much space to three shooters, that players, like Harden, try to kick out their feet to draw fouls.
What's wrong with having confidence lmao? There's a reason he's out there and always in the DPOY considerations. He's doing it in an era where he can't hack either so it's not too far fetched for him to believe that. I don't agree but if he didn't have that mentality he wouldn't be as good as he was on defense
Rodman’s basketball iQ is one of the best he made this one guy look like he was holding on to him so that he could get 2 free throws and he got them and stood at the line smirking at the guy 🤣
Dennis Rodman is the greatest role player / intangible guy. If I can create my own Dream Team, he's part of my 12. I have enough scorers. I just need the guy who generally does everything else. Dennis is my garbage man.
Argument for best defender the game has seen for sure. Big reason why the best team we've ever seen the 95-96 Bulls beats the 2and best team the 2001-2002 Lakers in any 7 game series.
The dude was a defensive mastermind plain and simple. Didn’t have the stats that proved it and the only other players I can think of in this day of age that played like his are Marcus smart and pat bev. Kawhi is in the Jordan tier defense
The Worm..definitely top 5 best defenders ever..and a great talkshow guest..replace all those ESPN commentators with Dennis and there will be a new topic with great stories every show!!
No one has a defensive resume like Rodman in regards to who he defended. Particularly in the playoffs. There is no one even remotely close in the number of All-Stars and Hall of Famers he guarded in the playoffs. He guarded 11 Hall of Famers and 22 All-Stars during playoff series.
The guy's literally was crying when he won Defensive Player of the Year. That's how he was dedicated to his craft.
D on shaq here was the most impressive to me.
Dedication or was he coming down?
Truthbringer - he was coming down for 11 years playing better defense the man you’ve seen while you were alive? Rodman’s worst defensive game from 1990 till 98 was better than any defensive game youve seen in the last 9 years. Okay maybe I’m exaggerating but Rodman was a better defender than anyone on the 2000s. Gary Payton, Scottie and Jordan were also better defenders than ANYONE not above 6’8 in the last ten year. In the none big man positions of course. Kawhi is the only one you could compare to smaller great defensive player in the last 10 years. Dwight is a top 5 defensive player of all time and gobert will most likely be top 10 someday. I didn’t even mention the greatest defensive player in the last 50 years btw Hakeem. Only person anyone could say was better at D is bill ruseel and possibly wilt.
@@slllyy4985 so how did rodman compare against scottie jordan and hakeem? Also how good was kobe at D.
@@masterchief5833 rodamn's defense is better than mike's scottie's and kobe's
When they say Isaiah’s Pistons beat the Celtics, Bulls, and Lakers. It was Rodman who had to guard Bird, Jordan and Magic. Worm up
Thomas could D it up and Worm is in the HOF as a PISTON! What's your point? How good would any of those superstars you mention be without their next best teammate? Not that good ..
joyis9638 my point is that Rodman could have beat the Bulls all by himself 5 against 1. That’s my point!
Dumars had a part in that also. Great defender!
The bad boys pistons have three hall of famers. As good as Rodman was at defense, he didn't exclusively guard Jordan. Dumars was also a very very good defensive guard and Thomas was feisty on defense too. Really underrated team.
@@richardbrake9454 Yup Jordan always said Joe D guarded him the best in those days.
Know your role.
-Rodman
He was MVP idiot what roll player and every star begins as a roll player then Kabomb all star hall of fame
@@israeldiaz686 he didn't won any mvp award
What can you say about Dennis Rodman. I am 47 yrs old and was lucky to watch his whole career. He is one of my favorite players and one of the greatest of all time.
"You can't find another player on the basketball court that works just hard as Dennis Rodman." - Michael Jordan, the GOAT.
Then go to Vegas in-between games. lol
@@jp3813 this is before the party animal rise
@@sleepyfox2 The video, yes. The quote, no.
Hungover too and be up all night guy was a beast😂
Rodman was a winner wherever he went. His finals performance against the SuperSonics was huge. He owned them Sonics that series.
Shoot, he should've been heavily considered for mvp. Mj stunk the last 3 games of that series
@@angelomcgowen4145 yes. Those were imo the worst games MJ ever played in the playoffs. Still better than a lot of players. That's why he 🐐. That was the last time rodman was truly awesome in a whole series. Still not as good as in prime detroit years though
And the battle between rodman and malone was epic too!
@@angelomcgowen4145
1996 Nba Finals.
*RODMAN=7-ppg. 14-rpg. 2-apg. 0.8-spg. 0.2-bpg. 1.9-TOV.* FMVP ? ?
Get out of here.
Great job ESPN would love more of those scouting reports
I LOVE Dennis Rodman!!!! 110% on EVERY play. You definitely don’t see that in today’s NBA.
Rodman’s defense locked down half of ESPN’s NBA top 10 of all time in this one video! Wow 😱🙅♂️
Greatest on ball defender of all time in my opinion.
Rodman was really good, and able to guard all 5 players, but I think Payton was slightly better as an on ball defender. Ron Artest was super good too, but he played post hand-check, so we cannot evaluate how good he was.
A.O. So what’s about Pippen? Pip was a hella defensive player.
@@jamestaylor954 you are absolutely right, he was!
I think dennis was the greatest defender ever.... Gary Payton and Jordan never guarded a big man so you cant say they are the greatest, Rodman had to guard forwards centers and even switched on guards, I'd say rodman GP Jordan then Pippen in that order.
A.O.
Very unpopular opinion, but I think Payton might be a tad overrated on ball. He had amazing hands and his physicality and mental game definitely took a toll on his opponents, but he wasn’t as good at containing penetration as some others.
i never got tired watching rodman’s highlight.
remember when he received his dpoy award. you can really see the hardwork that paid off
Dennis Rodman might honestly be the best defender ever
He played great D against some of the top 10 players of all time, and look, finally a compilation to prove it ☝🏽. Who else could guard shaq, magic, mj, and bird?
Rodman might be the best...but then so could pippen...when we exclude jordan. Thats how you get 27 defensive first team selections on a single team...
James Park ron harper was a heck of a defensive player too
allan banguilan yes, I think Harper’s defense was so underrated
100% - he is the best ever.
Russell is 2nd.
I’m a simple man, I see Rodman defensive highlights then click (first)
Me too....
Goodnight Munchie why are you bringing race into this?? trying to make a big deal about everything smh
Marcus Johnson. He does this in most of the videos he comments in smh 🤦♂️.
People out here really think Rodman couldnt guard LeBron or KD
SensaiChill 😂
He can't
Strokes Hunna shut the fxck up he is the best defender he defended mj shaq and more superstars
@@therealgoat2328 he did well in spots but didn't stop them. Look at Shaq career numbers when guarded by Rodman
@@strokeshunna3727 what were Shaq's numbers when guarded by Rodman?
This shows that stats don't tell the whole thing
By any means basketball
William Bohannon guy was an absolute nightmare to whoever he defended
I think Rodman is the only person to keep Shaq up at night XD
William Bohannon Facts
@@edmundblackadder2741 Rodman never guarded shaq for a full 48....
What I got from this video: Magic Johnson had nightmares about playing against Rodman and the Pistons
no he didn't lol... Rodman was assigned to Worthy more. Rodman had good plays against everyone, but there's good reason why he'd be assigned in limited possessions. Daly was masterful in using him and later so was Phil Jackson. Both knew he played awkward and can pick up fouls at a any point. Some nights they never called the fouls and some nights they did but Daly's championship contending teams had 10 players deep. He was expendable and didn't have to worry about foul trouble.
But watch the 1988 finals in the closing seconds of games 6 and 7. Rodman commits a bunch of silly fouls.
Dennis Rodman plays 35 minutes a game fewer points and still dominate a game .
He really was the greatest one on one/ team defender of all time. Not to mention the greatest rebounder. Rodman was an anomaly.
Rodman should do Detail and teach his defensive/rebound techniques
Can't teach those reflexes. One of a kind.
Yeah like the comment above said you can't teach reflexes, he can teach angles and plays sure but you have to have a natural born talent to be on the level he was and that only comes once a generation, if we are lucky.
@@edmundblackadder2741 he got those instinct from being 5'9 at age 20 glad God let his father dna kicked in before it's too late so he can be who he is today
I think so... I think he should teach Draymond Green how to box out and grab rebounds
He did one.
Greatest defender ever and Greatest rebounder ever!!
ESPN did a great job on this video. This was equal to some of the top independent YT basketball channels.
I’m a simple man I see anything with Rodzilla and I click
Never heard that nickname, i like it XD
He's so physical 👍
Wish he played on kings like scott Pollard
Seeing those clips of Rodman locking down the all time greats from their position Jordan, Magic, Bird, Shaq, Kareem and Pippen. He's got to be the 🐏 on defense.
That's a good point. They made sure to pick highlights of him going against these all time greats, not bums.
Between him and bill Russell
He's not better than hakeem Tim duncan scottie and maybe Kg
@@fbicorporation6931 why do you think hakeen is better defensively? Not trying to argue, kist thlugbt younbroufht up an interesting point
Other than Bill Russell, the greatest defensive player of all time. He really did guard 1-5
Not just 1-5 but usually the other teams best player
A M yes he is lmao
Sachin Rama not taking era into account
@A M yes he is. This guy guarded (and shut down) Wilt Chamberlain, Nate Thurmond, Walt Bellamy, and Willis Reed like it was nothing.
Truly ahead of his time he’d be the best defender today
Think about it this guy defended players like MJ23, Magic, Bird, Malone,Shaq at an elite level. That is crazy
Rodman made friend with a dictator, played with The Goat, dated Madona. Man what a life
Greatest defender and rebounder of All Time! Dennis Rodman is a winner!
Hands down one the best defensive players that has ever lived, still to this very day i'm waiting to see somebody surpass him and that day has not come yet.
One of the best defensive players in history of professional basketball.
Rodman and pippen trading blows and hating each other to becoming brothers for life this is classic you die as a villain or live long enough to see your self as a hero
Rodman would drive all the top guys today crazy. Closing out on Harden to prevent easy three's. Taking the airspace away from Steph Curry. Picking up Lebron a full 94 feet and not letting him get free. And he'd make all these players today uncomfortable with his ball pressure, being right up on them. They'd be whining for foul calls. Rodman played actual defense and frustrated the greatest players in the game.
I love defense and watching a master at work like rodman is a pleasure!
This is why it's a shame that people often talk about defense as if it's just one category of all-around play as opposed to getting triple-doubles. It's crazy that Rodman was already 25 when he debuted in the NBA.
Great defender
Vs. Magic johnson, bird. Jordan. Oneal. Malone. 💪💪💪
This is an amazing montage of his defensive greatness and the craziest thing is that they didn’t even show his Spurs or Bulls highlights where he was at his absolute best! 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Ironic. When I heard all the Pistons did was slam people to the ground 😏
No he was at his best in Detroit not bulls he had to guard bird magic and Jordan 3 of the greatest already
No, he was at his absolute best in Detroit as a defender.
He won back to back DPOY with the Pistons.
Love this video highlighting all of his strengths. Imagine if they did this with virtually flawless players like KAJ, MJ and Dream. Those things would be 25 to 30 minutes long
Rodman's block on Bird should have sealed the win in game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Final... The next sequence cost Detroit a trip to The NBA Finals. Not the Rookies fault.
Legend says that magic Johnson is still giving Dennis Rodman that mean stare today.
Best defensive player in the game facts
He was a beast
We need more of these breakdowns!!! It’s awesome to increase basketball IQ
That clutch block on Bird at the end, if Zeke doesn't brain fart the inbound pass, Pistons go up 3-2, likely close out at home and go to the '87 Finals. Rodman would've never made that comment about Bird, Zeke doesn't piggyback on it, Zeke wins 3 chips, gets on the Dream Team and has his gold. Crazy to think about.
Nah they would have gotten whack by the 87 lakers that year
@@TrideepNagg Possibly. But '88 Lakers/Pistons series went to 7, bogus foul call on Laimbeer was the difference.
Can Draymond Green do this? (Since he called himself the best defender ever)
Nope, he needs curry and klay to pass to in order to look good on offense and apparently defense as well. Hes always been overrated in my opinion and it shows this year with him averaging a triple single.
@@angelomcgowen4145 rodman and dreymond are both terrible scorers, atleast green is a good playmaker. rodman is still the better defender. and about the triple single: imaging the bulls but take away the 3 best players on the team. of course the defensiv specialist would suck on His own bruh
@@cube_2593 The topic at hand is defending. Drayond called himself the greatest defender ever.
Can Draymond hold down Shaq?
@@cube_2593 "and about the triple single" - Rodman NEVER averaged single digit in rebounds when given playing time of a starter.
@@johnjames4618 i Said that Rodman is still a better Defender, and No, Green could not hold down shaq probably. both defend in different ways too, so comparing them is Kinda stupid I have to admit
Crazy to think Bulls had 3 of the 5 greatest defenders of all time on the same team.
love these breakdowns. more please.
What’s crazy is that Rodman “the Worm” is thee pinnacle defender of all-time period no argument, but the man could also score when needed too, he did rack up some good scoring games also, he played greatly all the time
The Last Dance will finish tomorrow but you will realize there is so much to unpack from it afterwards. The doc breezed through a lot of stuff. It has content and content it didn't show that can be talked about for years.
The man who could literally lock down 1-5
1:03 gotta love spider salley's double straight combo to magic's face at the end lol
He bullied shaq
Fax
And Barkley, they were too slow for him.
He always do 😉👍.
And until now shaq to ashamed to accepted how "small guy Rodman" could lock him down..
Just when you consider that he had to defend against the other teams best player and did a good job, that qualifies him for the hall alone regardless of the rebounds. So with the Pistons in the 80s he had to guard Bird, Magic, Jordan and sometimes Pippen. In the 90s mainly with the Bulls, he shuts down Barkley, Malone, and Shaq. I mean these are all time greats. Not to mention he had to guard Kemp, Robinson, Mourning. If he would have won a chip with San Antonio who lost against the Rockets in the WCF, along with his other 5 rings, Rodman may be considered .....
Considered for the Hall of Fame? He's already in it.
Greatest defender all time. My fav player as a kid. Love D Rod
He's goat rebounder Rodman~~~~^^
Mj is the goat n Rodman is the groat.. Hope to see him more
Rodman is the tatoo guru in nba.
The man could do more than just rebound.
Couldn't help but like the Guy..
The Ultimate Game Changer..
Greatest defenders of all-time:
1. Wilt Chamberlain (Blocked 8.8 shots per game, when charted, before blocks were a legal stat)
2. Hakeem The Dream (Has a few quadruple doubles, with over 10 blocks a game, all time leader in blocks)
3. Dennis Rodman (Agile enough to defend guards, strong enough to guard Shaq, won several titles)
Take out Wilt and slide in Bill Russell and you'd have a more accurate list. But you're also neglecting the likes of Scottie who is arguably the greatest wing defender ever, Dikembe who is a better rim protector than any in that list and Big Ben Wallace who can guard 1 through 5 too
He’s the funnest player to watch, and the most exciting defensive player yet!
Yeah you add this to Pippen and Jordan who are already top 5 defenders themselves, not fair.
Thanks for this video, it’s really awesome
From a big fan of Rodman
This might be nuts! But I'd pick this guy for my all time team! Just think what he'd give your team!
I dont think ppl understand as great as Jordan was defensively he was the 3rd best defender on his team Rodman and Scottie was 1 or 2 depending how you look at it and Jordan was 3rd. The had 3 Hall of Fame defenders on 1 team and you can't forget about Ron Harper he was a really good defender at 6'6. That team just suffocated teams on the defensive side of the ball legendary!
Many people would say MJ was a better defender than pip, I personally will give the edge to MJ, slightly, this rodman wasn't the rodman that was on the bulls, this was peak Pistons rodman who could guard 1-5 the rodman that was on the bulls didn't have that quickness to guard guys in the backcourt anymore but he still was a great defender, for a guy in his mid 30's
People care too much about Dennis' personality. He was an amazing player
For people like Kerry Kittles saying The Last Dance doesn't really show MJ's greatness, go get the Ultimate Jordan DVD or Blu-ray. All the docs it has are also found on TH-cam. Plenty of MJ highlight reels.
This, young boys and girls, is actual NBA defense. Not to weak stuff you see today. Closeouts, contesting shots, press a full 94 feet, sticking to a guy like glue, and taking charges.
Man, today's players should be watching these highlights and The Last Dance.
lebron was ranked 2nd Tim was ranked 8 Kobe was ranked 9 shaq was ranked 10 curry was ranked 13 kd was ranked 14
He won defensive player of the year. Off the bench playing 22 minutes a game that’s insane
This era played basketball. The new era plays NBA.
Dennis was awesome on defense.
ALL TIME DEFENSIVE STARTING 5
Pg Gary Payton
Sg Michael Jordan
Sf Scottie pippen
Pf Dennis Rodman
C bill russell
Honorable mention: Hakeem. Retired as all time block's leader and top 10 all time in steals.
Great list but as my backup point guard I would have Dennis Johnson and my backup shooting guard I would have Kobe Bryant and my backup small forward I would have Tayshaun Prince and my backup power forward I would have Charles Oakley and my backup center I would have Hakeem Olajuwon and that's my bench behind your all time defensive starting 5 😉👍.
I would pick Hakeem over bill
So great :)))
Defensive inspiration
Jordan had to go against THAT and Joe Dumars and the other Bad Boys .. and there was handchecking too.
No one could defend like Rodman. No one. I laugh at the Rodman- Leonard comparisons.
Too bad you're not allowed to play defense like this these days.
That's not neccessary a bad thing, a lot of guys hated rodman and how he played. He hacked a lot of the time as well. A huge amount of teams and coaches hated the pistons style and rodman.
@@letmegetuhhh3959 When Rodman wasn't being dirty, he was as good a shutdown defender as they come. Now, with no physical defense, it's a three-point fest, and no type of interior defense. You breath on a player, and it's a foul. Defenders have to give so much space to three shooters, that players, like Harden, try to kick out their feet to draw fouls.
Rodman would adjust.
@@chrisrobinson8339 i dunno, i think the reason he got so frustrated towards the end of his career is because he refused to adjust
My favourite basketball player is Dennis Rodman I love how he expresses himself. Also great video.
Mr. Triple Single Green now crying! Lol after saying he is the most defensive player ever. Smh
Why would he cry lol? He is making millions,playing in the nba amd is doing better than your pathetic life..
Stop being a hater lol
Surrealism fax dang bro straight up mans is crying from his couch rn
What's wrong with having confidence lmao? There's a reason he's out there and always in the DPOY considerations. He's doing it in an era where he can't hack either so it's not too far fetched for him to believe that. I don't agree but if he didn't have that mentality he wouldn't be as good as he was on defense
Rodman’s basketball iQ is one of the best he made this one guy look like he was holding on to him so that he could get 2 free throws and he got them and stood at the line smirking at the guy 🤣
Rodman was amazing
Dennis Rodman is the greatest role player / intangible guy. If I can create my own Dream Team, he's part of my 12. I have enough scorers. I just need the guy who generally does everything else. Dennis is my garbage man.
Argument for best defender the game has seen for sure. Big reason why the best team we've ever seen the 95-96 Bulls beats the 2and best team the 2001-2002 Lakers in any 7 game series.
Yes kids, he could play in today’s nba.
I agree, as someone who watched his career, problem is the rules are so soft now, that would be the only issue.
Someone show this to Bill Simmons and Then Russillo since they wanna contemplate Rodman's status as a Hall of Famer
Dennis Rodman doesn't get recognition for his defense because of his unusual antics. He actually distracted people from his talent.
It only distracts those who can be distracted. The best things are never accessible from the surface.
How come ESPN only got the 60fps archived copies for Jordan?
Anyone willing to pay to see someone play defense? I’d pay to watch Rodman play any day of the week......
The dude was a defensive mastermind plain and simple. Didn’t have the stats that proved it and the only other players I can think of in this day of age that played like his are Marcus smart and pat bev. Kawhi is in the Jordan tier defense
The best part about this video is that they didn’t mention one thing about his rebounding ability.
The Worm..definitely top 5 best defenders ever..and a great talkshow guest..replace all those ESPN commentators with Dennis and there will be a new topic with great stories every show!!
:/.....I love Rodman but he would be terrible as a talkshow host... have you seen his podcast?
really can guard the best players from every position
Greatest defender & rebounder ever
The greatest defender of all time...
....if only he gets his head to the game all thru his career
A.I was the face of hip hop, Dennis the face of Rockstars. Otherworldly
Two of my absolute favourites. Thanks for highlighting
Imagine Rodman bullying Lebron
You so silly 😂😂😂😂😂.
Rodman would of ate lebron for breakfast mate especially when it comes to defense
No one has a defensive resume like Rodman in regards to who he defended. Particularly in the playoffs. There is no one even remotely close in the number of All-Stars and Hall of Famers he guarded in the playoffs. He guarded 11 Hall of Famers and 22 All-Stars during playoff series.
I never thought ESPN could talk about real basketball instead of just screaming and BS stats.
It’s a goat