Should dennis rodman make the basketball hall of fame?

Question

His stats are acutaul awsome in rebounding allthough he had crazy on and off the court antics but still should he make it or not? why or why not?

Answer 1

Without question. As other have mentioned, he has five rings with two teams, a copule All-Star selections and countless All-Defensive Team honors.

Answer 2

For what? Best looking man in a wedding gown?  

Answer 3

They Want To But They Can't Figure What Hair Color He Should Have

Answer 4

Of course.  I didn't like Shaq's stand at the basket bounce twice, bump your opponent to the ground and make a shot that shouldn't count approach, but you have to admit he did it well.  Yeah Rodman had off the court issues, but so what?  Is this the Miss America pageant or a skills competition?  I'm not saying he didn't do dumb things, I'm saying it's about his skills.  If he was say, a murderer or something, yeah he shouldn't be in there.  But if you're going to exclude one of the top rebounders and defensive players ever, then you're playing favoritism and it becomes a beauty contest (presidential election) or a comedy show (Don't believe me, watch "Friends" and ask yourself why that show was given raves and rewards over true comedies like Bernie Mac, Everybody Hates Chris, Girlfriends, The Steve Harvey Show, that other comedy show with the Spanish family where the girl named Maria and her brother were competing for their dad's attention and much more).  By the way, Rodman was one of the reasons why I watched the Bulls along with Air Jordan and Scottie Pippen.  The rest of the cast didn't matter, sort of like the modern day Spurs, the Cleveland Cavaliers or Allen Iverson when he was on the 76ers.

Answer 5

Yes.  He was one h**l of a rebounder and was a critical part to the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls' championship teams.

Answer 6

Yes, Dennis Rodman should be in the Hall of Fame. 2 DPoY, 7 rebounding titles, 5 championships. IIRC, he won one of his DPoY during one of the Pistons championship years and he won back to back rebounding titles during Chicago's second three-peat, which means he cant be summarily be dismissed as a just a Robert Horry who are just along for the championship ride. In fact, i still feel that he was robbed of the 1996 Finals MVP by Jordan. IIRC, he set Finals rebounding records during the Finals series with Seattle.

His off-court antics didnt do anything to ruin the integrity of the game like Pete Roses' gambling did to baseball. Sure he gave the NBA a bad image because of his unruly behavior but then if this was a major factor for Hall of Fame consideration, then Red Auerbach, the most heavily fined personality in the NBA and a man who incites a "murderous rage" while sitting on the bench, would not be in the Hall of Fame.

Answer 7

I doubt it.. Jordan took everybody's light away(Rodman, Pippen) by his ballhogging.. Pippen led the Bulls to 6 championships.

Answer 8

His stats show it all.

He lead the league in rebounding for 7 straight years

He was on the NBA All-Defensve 1st team 7 times

He has 5 NBA champonships.

So I would believe he would be in the HOF sooner or later.

Answer 9

I don't think so. I'll admit that he is one of the best rebounders of the last quarter century, however, too much on and off the court antics to be placed in the HOF. He will be considered though, and I think rightly so, as besides the rebounding, he won titles with the Pistons and Bulls. If I were a betting man though, I'd have to place my wager that he does not make it. I think the only forwards from his era that are shoe-in's are Malone and Barkley (I'm obviously excluing a few from the late 80's that are already in the HOF). Guys like Rodman, Oakley, LJ, are all going to be iffy.