Dennis Rodman’s outlandish behavior and personal demons unfortunately overshadowed his greatness to an extent.
And he was legitimately great.
But he really did have a lot to deal with. He had a very difficult childhood and adolescence, and never was on anyone’s radar for greatness.
Rodman’s father left the family and measures his children by the dozens. It’s somewhere between two and four dozen. Rodman basically never knew him. His father’s name? Philander, believe it or not.
He graduated high school when he was about 5-11 and his mother told him to get a job or get out and he was on his own for some time.