The NBA community finally got to watch episode 3 and 4 of ‘The Last Dance’ today. These focus on Dennis Rodman and his life with the Chicago Bulls. As expected, the latest episodes of the docuseries revealed their share of controversies.

 Dennis Rodman had quiet an impact on Chicago Bulls’ former GM

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The NBA community considered Dennis Rodman a chaotic soul. He would party like an animal, have crazy tattoos and hair color, and cross-dress. Unfortunately, many people only saw this side of him. They failed to see his softer side, which only wanted to help and perform as much as was possible.

When Jerry Krause died in 2017, Rodman’s longtime agent, Dwight Manley attended his private memorial service. Rodman’s gentle side seemed to have a major impact on Krause, as parts of his unfinished memoir suggest.

Krause’s family shared select excerpts of Krause’s unpublished and unfinished memoir with NBC Sports Chicago. These are the parts in which he wrote about Dennis Rodman.

 Krause focuses on calling out unnecessary critics

Krause initially talked about Rodman’s ability as a rebounder and how important it was. He may have felt the need to highlight that, because many people would label the Bulls’ power forward as a no-scorer. He wrote:

“If God gave me the ability to construct the perfect rebounder, I’d want quick feet on a tall, wide-shouldered frame, strong-legged, good hands, quick jumper and a mean streak that never shut down.
In other words, I’d want Dennis Rodman, the best rebounder I’ve ever seen.”

Admitting that he would obviously look towards other rebounders like Paul Silas and Charles Oakley first, Krause explains why he wanted Rodman.

“I had the privilege of working with Silas for a few years in Phoenix and drafting and working with Oakley for a few years. And then, because we were desperate for another great rebounder and because we were secure enough to take chances, I had the joy of watching the best of the best be a key factor in three championships.”

Continuing about Rodman’s abilities and his misconceived personality, the Ex-GM wrote:

“If you’re me, you’d say that he was a great team player, one of the most intelligent basketball players ever, a 6-foot-8-inch player with the ability to defend anybody from 6-2 guards to 7-2 centers. He was a player who in three years for us never hurt anybody but himself. He was a kind, giving person, a human being who learned what it took to make money and took advantage of it—-which last time I looked was called the American way.”

Jerry Krause justifies Rodman’s wild choices

Elaborating his thoughts on people who shamed Rodman, Krause wrote:

“If you’re a skeptic, you’ll say, ‘Rodman was nuts, a showman, not a player, a disgrace to the game, a non-scorer who only could rebound, a player who habitually wore out his welcome and moved on. If you’re an optimist, you’ll say, ‘He was a little goofy but in a positive way.”

Jerry Krause seemed to have written the part expressing his own thoughts about Rodman’s alternative methods to be unique straight from his heart:

“Dennis is basically a simple person, with few real wishes and desires. Give him love and affection, be honest with him, provide him with some security and give him enough room to roam and he’ll go to war for you. Hurt him by not showing him you care and he’ll rear back like a cornered animal, trying not to hurt you but to get away from you and go off someplace and heal his wounds.

“The tattoos and the hair color and the cross-dressing stunts are not the real Dennis I know. They were just a way for him to separate from the pack. To me, he was simply one of the most fundamentally sound players I’ve ever been around.”