Rodman Deserves the Hall

Dennis Rodman is still alive and he wants in to the Hall of Fame and I personally think he should be enshrined. As a man sure you could bring up a vast amount of oddities and in most cases I don't think you would want him representing whatever business you are a part of but the fact remains he was a hell of a basketball player.

Statistics wise there's only one thing that anyone can knock Rodman about and that was his poor scoring, and to that I have a few comments. A) He played with prolific scorers at every stop from Detroit with Ike and Dumars to San Antonio with the Admiral and the Bulls with Pippen and MJ, he didn't have to score and of course you would rather have those other guys shooting the ball, why hold it against Rodman. B) Scoring is such an overvalued statistic in the NBA, some players are there to put the ball in the hoop others are there to stop people from putting the ball in the hoop. Rodman was obviously the latter, and won the defensive player of the year twice.

Here are some facts of why he should be in the Hall.

~5 Championships
~Led NBA in Rebounds per Game from 1992-1998, thats 7 consecutive seasons
~Led NBA in FG% one season
~1st Team All NBA Defense 7 Seasons
~1995 he missed 33 games yet still finished 10th in total rebounds

If you changed those statistics to scoring or assists would there be any doubt that player makes the Hall? If a player led the league in Assists 7 consecutive seasons and had 5 championships? He was far and away the best rebounder of the generation and arguably the best defender. He should get in, and don't tell me David Stern hasn't always dreamed of an NBA player accepting his Hall of Fame Entry in a wedding dress.

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