By Steven A. Gilley
Stevengilley15@aol.com
When you think about the championships Phil Jackson won while coaching the Chicago Bulls, two players come to mind; Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. However, another player has received great praise from Jackson, after he called Dennis Rodman the greatest athlete he has ever coached.
Although many fans may be flabbergasted at the notion of Rodman being the greatest at anything besides rebounding, it actually makes sense when you think about it. The word athlete is a noun and is defined as a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility, stamina, or strength.
According to Jackson, "[Rodman] could probably play a 48-minute game and play the 48th minute stronger than the first minute of the game," Jackson told the crowd while speaking at the University of North Dakota. "He was that terrific an athlete."
When it comes to skills, leadership and crunch time, Jordan was probably the best player ever to do it, but having the ability to hustle, rebound, and battle the biggest and the best post players in the game for 48 minutes took a special kind of athlete. It took Dennis Rodman.
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