NBA – “During the match, Rodman just puts his hand IN THIS PLACE to make the opponent… CRAZY!

Dennis Rodman wasn’t necessarily the most talented player with a ball in his hands, so he found alternative ways to impact his teams’ results.

He could obviously go very far…

In the NBA, it’s not just talent that allows you to shine and have a positive impact on your team’s results, there’s also psychology.

In the current league for example, it is quite clear that Dillon Brooks is not one of the most gifted players with a ball in his hands…

However, thanks to his mentality and his ability to get into the heads of his opponents, he has totally changed the face of the Rockets.

And in the 90s, Dennis Rodman was a little bit the same.

The legendary interior of the Pistons and Bulls was hardworking, hardworking, but not necessarily talented.

His style of play reflected this well, since he was often “content” to defend hard, grab a lot of rebounds, and pass to Michael Jordan or Scottie Pippen.

Rodman’s technique for driving opponents crazy

Then, to spice up his matches a little, he would also target an opponent and do everything in his power to drive them crazy.

Former Draft No. 1 Joe Smith has just testified during an appearance on the YouTube channel “Vlad TV”, explaining what he had to endure when he faced Dennis Rodman. It was obviously an ordeal:

I had a good game against the Bulls, I scored after a good move to the basket, and when I returned to defense Dennis Rodman came and spanked me and congratulated me on my basket.

I thought it was cool to be dubbed by Rodman on the spot. The next action I took a rebound and he started again… In fact he started putting his hand on my butt randomly.

I didn’t understand what he wanted from me, I wasn’t on his team. And this continued throughout the match.

I score, he spanks me. I get a rebound, he spanks me.

That’s when I understood what the veterans were telling me when they said that Dennis Rodman was doing everything to get into your head.

It was the number of times he did it that finally drove me crazy.

Dennis Rodman clearly had no limits when it came to getting into the heads of his opponents.

The proof was that he could even touch his opponent’s buttocks repeatedly to sow confusion in his mind.

A method which must have been effective on Joe Smith, who was then only in his second season at the highest level.

Dennis Rodman wanted to win more than anything, and if that meant touching his opponents, he went for it without thinking.

Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen must have been happy to have him on their team.