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Every NBA team’s greatest enforcer of all time

By Luke Anton

LOS ANGELES - 1987: Bill Laimbeer #40 of the Detroit Pistons looks on during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, California in the 1987-1988 NBA season. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - 1987: Bill Laimbeer #40 of the Detroit Pistons looks on during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, California in the 1987-1988 NBA season. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images) /
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Chicago Bulls — Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman’s days as an enforcer also started in Detroit, where from 1986 to 1993, he got to learn the ropes from the best in the business. Unfortunately for Pistons fans, Rodman’s tricks and talents as an enforcer fully manifested in Chicago. That’s where he was the ultimate enforcer for arguably the NBA’s greatest team ever.

To say that he was unique does not do it justice. His nickname was The Worm. You never knew what color of hair he was going to show up to the game with. But you knew that his rebounding prowess would go unmatched. Rodman finished first in the league in rebounding seven times, all in consecutive seasons, and he won the Defensive Player of the Year Award twice. He had 158 20-rebound games in his career, by far the most ever. (Second most is Andre Drummond, currently at 88.)

Rodman’s antics both on and off the court were as outrageous as his hair. He was a prominent and scandalous party animal. He head-butted people, including referees and mascots. One time he kicked a cameraman in the balls. He was clearly unhinged, but he smiled a lot and almost always played his ass off. He was weird, wacky and endlessly entertaining.

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