Imagine Larry Bird playing in the modern NBA that puts a premium on outside shooting. Dennis Rodman can't.
Rodman, who was selected in the second round of the 1986 draft, criticized Bird after the Pistons lost to the Celtics in the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals, saying Bird was only celebrated because he's white.
"I was green. I was just saying anything," Rodman told VladTV of his past comments."I was frustrated because - guess what? - I got my a** whooped by this kid. That's why I probably said something then. Not because I was angry or hatred or something like that. No, it just came out like that.
"I think I woulda said the same thing about if he was Black. I think I would have said the same thing, I would have said something in a different direction, but it so happened to be Larry Bird. I apologized many, many times over. That's history." Both Bird and Rodman were Hall of Fame players, albeit for very different reasons. Rodman was a seven-time first-team All-Defensive selection who led the league in rebounding for seven straight seasons. He was an agitator, but key role player, on five championship teams, winning two titles with the Detroit Pistons and three with theBut he was an offensive liability who averaged 7.3 points on 5.8 field goal attempts per game in his career.
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