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Doc Rivers on Thunder's defense: They rival the 90s Bulls a little bit
Doc Rivers on Thunder: Our 2008 Celtics were tough, but I still… Listen, I played against all of them. And that one year with the Bulls, Ron Harper, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Michael Jordan. I mean, those are four elite, elite, elite defenders. I don't think there was a better defensive team than that with their size and quickness, but this team is similar. They rival it a little bit.
Jorge Sierra: Shai passed all these players in playoff scoring last night: Derrick White, Bill Cartwright, Boris Diaw, Derek Harper, Kiki Vandeweghe, Phil Chenier, Tobias Harris, Jeff Mullins, Dennis Rodman, Alvan Adams, Bob Love, Trevor Ariza, Zelmo Beaty. He's No. 216 all-time now.
To find the last defense that pressured every inch of the court as well as the Thunder, you have to go back to the prime 1990s Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and Ron Harper. OKC’s ability to make teams uncomfortable running offense is historic, and Minnesota crumbled under that pressure all series. “It’s great to feel like you didn’t leave anything on the table,” Holmgren said. “And I feel like we did that tonight. We can always be better; we’re going to look and see how we can do better. But, overall, I feel like we were able to come out tonight and play a really good game. Everyone up and down the roster played well. It’s a lot easier on the nerves than the close games.”
Michael Beasley: LeBron over Jordan. One hundred percent. WHY Michael Beasley: Okay, my argument is a reasonable one, right? First, I’ll start with what everybody knows—points, longevity, all of that. With Jordan, they don’t talk about the negatives. They don’t mention the playoff losses. They don’t talk about the fact that he actively sought out Dennis Rodman—who was already a two-time champion. And no disrespect to Jordan, because he’s Jordan, right? But they don’t tell the story of him having to learn the championship pedigree. LeBron James gave us—or has given us—the opportunity to be witnesses. We watched his good. We watched his bad. We watched his ups and downs for so long—and he’s been so great that we don’t have anything to say anymore. So now, we talk about his son, right? That’s my personal argument.
Dwyane Wade doesn't feel trio with LeBron James and Chris Bosh are responsible for superteam trend
Do you feel responsible for the "superteam" trend after you got LeBron James and Chris Bosh to join you in Miami? Dwyane Wade: Not responsible for a superteam. Maybe responsible for players getting together and making a decision. I don’t know what was done that preceded us. We definitely watched Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman. We definitely watched Magic Johnson play with many great Hall of Fame players. We watched Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, and so forth. We’ve seen it before.
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Udonis Haslem: Do you agree with Dennis when he said if Larry Bird was black he' just be another black guy? John Salley: No, I totally don't agree. Larry Bird could have been green, he could have been purple, and at that point with Larry Bird color had nothing to do with it, he was better than all the black guys I know.
Dennis Rodman: Yesss Sirr Alive and Well ???? What’s up #alive #imhere
Jarred Vanderbilt fashion inspirations: Allen Iverson, Dennis Rodman and Russell Westbrook
Jarred Vanderbilt on players who inspired his fashion and player identity: ‘Allen Iverson and Dennis Rodman, just kind of watching them, how they kind of changed the view of fashion especially in sports. They kind of bridged that gap, and even guys like Russell Westbrook, I feel like he was the first one to kind of really bridge that gap to like fashion and especially high fashion in sports.
Andre Drummond: "My Mount Rushmore of rebounders? Dennis Rodman, Moses Malone, Bill Russell, and Tristan Thompson. Dennis is a no-brainer—his numbers are insane. He once had 26 rebounds and no points in a game. Moses had an incredible knack for tipping the ball in and controlling the boards. Bill Russell’s rebounding numbers were out of this world, even though I’ve only seen clips of him. And Tristan? That’s personal. Battling with him in the paint was always a fight. He’s got a natural feel for rebounding. Those guys inspired me to be the best rebounder I could be."
Scottie Pippen on Cristiano Ronaldo's 647 million Instagram followers: 'Michael Jordan would have probably doubled that in the 90s'
Patrick Bet-David: Cristiano Ronaldo has 647 million followers right now on Instagram. How big would it have been, if social media was around when you guys were playing… maybe Dennis Rodman would have had the most following. who knows? Scottie Pippen: It would have been different. Definitely looking at these numbers you don't know how being a player that played in the 90s, how these numbers come about and what they really mean, because we didn't grow up in this social media era. But definitely who you're talking about, Ronaldo is one of the greatest players, and greatest athletes in the world, and 647 million speaks for itself. Patrick Bet-David: So do you think Michael would have been there if social media was at that time? Scottie Pippen: I think he would have probably doubled that, I'm going to be honest.
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Magic Johnson: Nobody that has played could do all the things that Michael Cooper could do. It’s probably Dennis Rodman, Michael Cooper and Scottie Pippen. Those three dudes, and Dennis Johnson, those four for me were the best defenders. They were fast, quick and one step didn’t mean anything (laughs). And they were all mean. Man when I played against all of those dudes, I hated playing against them.”
The Washington Spirit and USWNT star called the four-time NBA champ’s apology “a joke” in a post on her Instagram Story, the NY Post reports. “Nice repost,” Trinity, 22, wrote, including Rodman’s message. “A joke. The response alone. And the attention. Wiping my hands with it. I’m done. Thank you.” Rodman sent Trinity, 22, a public apology in a post on Instagram after she was a guest on the latest installment of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast — entitled, “The Truth About My Family” — and discussed her difficult upbringing with Rodman, who she said was in and out of her life.
Trinity, who plays for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), reflected on the strained relationship she has with her father, despite his efforts to help maintain a close public image. She insisted she finds it "frustrating" whenever she is doing interviews and is asked about her father, due to the "trauma" that she has held inside about him. "I think we never want to make him look bad, and that is at the cost of kind of holding in a lot and a lot of issues that we’ve gone through and just trauma per se," she said in the episode. "I just feel like I’ve been in a place of going through interviews where people are like, ‘Oh, was your dad there? What’s your dad feeling?’ and I feel like I try to make it obvious that I don’t know."
"It's just hard because it's like even now I'm trying to be honest about it, and I'm still giving him sympathy, which is frustrating for me because in reality, I think he's an extremely selfish human being," she said. "I think everything has always been about him. He's gone through s---, but at the same time, I'm like, he loves the spotlight. He loves the cameras. He loves bringing his children on stage and being like, ‘Oh, these are my kids.’ All that stuff and even the mind… the mind f---, but like, for me emotionally, he's put me through like, oh my gosh."
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