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Why Rodman’s son believes he’s NBA ready after Warriors workout originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
DJ Rodman knows what comes with his name. The son of NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman was part of a six-player Warriors pre-draft workout Thursday and turned back the clock to when he first began playing basketball.
Not as a tiny tyke shooting with dad, but watching him on TV as a 10-year-old – more than a decade after Rodman last played in the NBA.
“People don’t know that he wasn’t really in my life that much,” Rodman said to reporters at Chase Center and media members on Zoom. “It’s cool, I remember when I was little I used to watch Hardwood Classics on NBA TV.
“It’s cool just looking back at those memories when I was little and watching those clips and having that be something that I studied almost every single day. Almost every single day they’d play one of those games. Rebounding, that’s where I got it from – from those videos, from those games.”
Dennis arguably is the greatest rebounder in NBA history at 6-foot-7. DJ, 6-foot-6, averaged 4.2 rebounds in his five-year college career. They’re two different people, and two different players. Dennis made 82 3-pointers in his 14-year NBA career. DJ made 89 threes his final two years in college.
Rodman spent his first four college seasons at Washington State and ended at USC. He started only 12 games his first three years, averaging 3.9 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting 32.7 percent from deep. But in his final two years Rodman started 58 of 63 games and averaged 29.5 minutes, 9.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and made 37.2 percent of his threes. He mostly played as an undersized four because of his toughness and improvements as a rebounder.
Offensively, Rodman became a strong spot-up shooter. Now, he’s hoping to show teams he’s more assertive on offense. Rodman has told every team he’s worked out with that he’s become “significantly better” there and wants to showcase his skills more as a wing.
But to do that, Rodman and his representative Tyrell Jamerson of Triple Double Sports came to the agreement he needed to make changes to…
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Author : NBC Sports BayArea
Publish date : 2024-06-14 02:01:39
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