“Gregg Popovich was going to make me a good boy, a good soldier” Dennis Rodman reveals authoritative nature of Spurs Head Coach 

“Gregg Popovich was going to make me a good boy, a good soldier” Dennis Rodman reveals authoritative nature of Spurs Head Coach 

Dennis Rodman and Gregg Popovich

While the NBA was regarded as one of the toughest leagues in the world in the late 90’s, Dennis Rodman was on top of the pact, with his banters on and off the court. Be it with his stint in Chicago or Detroit, Rodman has some or the other incident which details him as the bad boy. However, the Hall of Famer recently went onto reveal how San Antonio Spurs’ Head Coach decided to change this particular mindset. 

When Dennis Rodman signed up with the San Antonio Spurs, the partnership ended up turning to be a total disaster for both parties. In just two seasons, Rodman went onto lead the league in rebounds and has multiple All-NBA Defensive team selection. But he managed to have a foul relationship with the front office, especially Gregg Popovich. 

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Dennis Rodman reveals how Gregg Popovich wanted to make him ‘a good boy’ 

Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman was suspended multiple times during his tenure with the Spurs for clashing with the management. The former Bulls and Pistons defensive player wasn’t on good terms with Popovich, with the latter blaming him for their ouster in the 1995 conference finals against Hakeem Olajuwon and the Rockets. 

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In his book, ‘Bad as I Wanna be’, the NBA 75 Team member revealed how Popovich wanted to change him into a good boy, and when things went downhill, arguably the greatest coach in NBA history started bad-mouthing him. 

Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich

“The biggest problem in San Antonio was Gregg Popovich, the general manager. He wanted to be the coach and the general manager. He stood around and held Bob Hill’s (then the coach of the Spurs) hand every day, saying, “Okay, you’ve got to do this now. It’s time for you to listen to me.” If Hill didn’t do it, Popovich would jump his a**, and so Hill would turn around and jump somebody else’s a**. Sh*t flows downhill, and it seemed like I was always at the bottom. 

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Other than the playoffs I didn’t have much of a problem with Bob Hill. He was being used as much as I was. Popovich wanted to be the guy who tamed Dennis Rodman, and he tried to use Hill to do his dirty work. That was Popovich’s big challenge. Mr. Military was going to make me a good little boy, a good soldier. He lost sight of everything else, and then when he decided he couldn’t do anything with me, he badmouthed me and gave me away for next to nothing. Then he pretended it was good for the team”. 

That being said, Spurs would lose the series in six games, with Rodman blaming David Robinson for freezing during big moments of the game.

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