Dennis Rodman's rebounding prowess was more than just coincidence. Isiah Thomas says his strategy was calculated
He won seven rebounding titles, averaged 13. 1 rebounds for his career and was twice the Defensive Player of the Year, For Rodman, it was more than just working tirelessly on both ends. There was also a science to his work in the paint."I never saw anybody scientifically break down rebounding the way Dennis Rodman did," Thomas said during an episode of the All The Smoke podcast. "The first couple of games, we'd be in the layup line and then he'd stop, stand under the rim.
That's when Rodman would start counting shots underneath the rim. It puzzled Thomas so he had to ask the reasoning. What Rodman explained made sense. "So Dennis was a little strange anyway," Thomas said. "I'm like, `I ain't even going to respond to that. Now, we break up and he's still standing under the basket, looking at everybody's ball. I said, `What you doing?' He said, `I'm counting the spins on the ball. He said, `When you shoot, your ball spins like three times. Joe's sometimes spins four.' This dude was counting the rotations on the ball on every player.
Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA.
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