>I think people are selling Draymond short up and down this
>thread and making Rodman out to be a little better than he
>was, especially at that stage in his career. \

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98R_SCHiSUY

Jorn/Pippen were throwing up bricks & Rodman was giving them second chance points especially in Gm 2/6, which was demoralizing for the Sonics since they were playing great initial defense even without McMillan. In the final 3 game of the series, Pippen essentially got outplayed by Schrempf & Jorn couldn't dominate w/ GP all up in his grill.

Kemp had a great series but it was Longley that was checking him since Feel wanted Rodman to play help defense & control the board. Kemp also destroyed Horry & outplayed Hakeem during that playoff run. It was Pippen that shot 35% & averaged only 15 points. Jorn wasn't so hot either & shot 41% even w/ GP playing hurt & McMillan being

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/08/sports/nba-finals-once-again-rodman-is-most-valuable-bull.html

Asked about what he did to contain Toni Kukoc tonight, Karl laughed. "Yeah, he kept missing and Rodman kept getting the rebound," Karl said. "Maybe that's a play they were running. Take 20 seconds off, then take another 20 seconds off. Give him credit. He was their m.v.p. tonight."