Dennis Rodman: An overview of the NBA Players’ arrests - (Part-1)
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the biggest basketball league in the world and those who play in this big league are certainly very talented and capable. To become a part of this illustrious professional league, many
athletes quit their college and high school studies. But, after making a successful arrival in the league, some of these players do not respect league’s prestige when they get involved in several unethical activities which ultimately cost them both in terms
of popularity and reputation.
These unethical activities have over the years resulted in police arrests. The NBA history is full of these incidents where many players have faced police arrests and legal trials. There are and there were plenty of players in
NBA whom we can discuss in detail. The main reasons players in NBA have faced legal proceeding over the last few decades have been related to betting scams, gambling, domestic violence, use of drugs, possession of weapons, DUIs, and sexual assaults.
Dennis Rodman:
Dennis Rodman had an illustrious NBA career, but despite being a superstar in the league, he always remained controversial throughout his career. In fact, his controversies were more popular than his basketball skills on the court.
From his childhood to his professional basketball career, he was involved in many illegal and unethical activities which brought him humiliation.
His controversial behaviours led him to police arrests several times, but he never learned a lesson continued his wrong doings whenever his rage and hyper nature provoked him. He was most criticised as a family man and never showed
any respect to his girl-friends and wives. He remained involved in domestic violence and was arrested by police on several occasions.
People close to Rodman, often advocate that his bad behaviour was due to a hard childhood. Rodman attempted to commit suicide once his attitude has always been very aggressive towards life. This aggression however worked wonders
for him on the basketball court and being the part of Championship winning sides of Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls, he will forever be remembered as the greatest defensive players of all times.
Rodman was no doubt very athletic and full of energy when he entered in the league. His game was also very aggressive and he was literally unstoppable on the court. His super talent made him instant superstar around the league.
However fame took a toll on the defensive beast and his on-court behaviour, get up and controversies soon made him the most notorious player in the league. His disturbed behaviours led him to being arrested on quite a few occasions.
His first legal trouble came in 1999, when he was allegedly charged with domestic violence, an offense which cost him heavy amount of money. He has been also arrested over drunken driving, driving without a valid license and altercation with police officer.
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