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Dennis Rodman: "If Larry Bird Played In This Era, I Think He'd Be In Europe" Dennis Rodman doesn't think Larry Bird would excel in today's NBA." That from Sports Illustrated. 

With all due respect to Dennis Rodman, who I consider to be the greatest NBA outside defender ever and perhaps the greatest all around defensive player in the NBA history, (who I don't respect much as a person) he's dead wrong about Larry Bird and he probably knows that. Maybe he just made that statement because he's having a hard time dealing with the fact that a good ole boy, the so-called hick from French Lick, a "white boy, cracker, honkey, etc" routinely embarrassed him on the court and maybe he's just saying that to appease the so-called brothers and his fans. 

Dennis Rodman could guard Earvin Johnson, Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, James Worthy, Adrian Dantley, Mark Aquirre, Charles Barkley, if he played Dr. J Julius Erving, he could've guarded Doc very well in his prime as well. But Larry Bird lit up Dennis his first four seasons in the NBA, except for 1989 when Bird missed most of that season because he broke his foot and the last two season's of Bird's career, he was dealing with a bad back. 

Something you have to know about entertainers, athletes, and politicians: (and Dennis Rodman's case, who qualifies for all three) what they say publicly, is not always what they say and believe privately. Publicly, if their fans and popularity are very important to them financially, they'll speak a different game than what they actually believe. And I think that's the case with Dennis Rodman. But I'm not a mindreader.

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