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It has finally also been released in the Italian version — only the original one in English had arrived at the time — «Bad as I wanna be» (“Bad as I wanna be”), more than an autobiography a self-portrait of Dennis Rodman, the “Worm”one of the most undisciplined, controversial, corrosive characters sport has had, especially basketball and the planet Nba. The book, published by Magazzini Salani and already available at the price of 15.90 euros, must be approached and read without prejudices – many of those that have accompanied Rodman’s career, without having to be acquitted of everything he has done – for explore other aspects of his personality.

Rodman he “Verme”

We are in fact facing the manifesto of his philosophy and vision of life: something frank and engaging, with the idea of ​​always being the protagonist. Rodman was an excellent defender on the pitch, especially for his ability to block. Extra parquet, we said, he has become one of the most discussed and irrepressible personalities in the history of sport. Unbridled, cheeky, uncompromising, the “Worm” was a unique character for generations of basketball enthusiasts but also of show business.

The body covered with tattoosi piercing eh fluorescent hair always different: with his own equivocal behaviorsas much as with his record-breaking sports performance, he soon earned a reputation for rebel star. This autobiography, written in the 1990s with author Tim Keown, tells his first-person version of the myth: from humble beginnings to the debut of his career in the NBA with the Detroit Pistons (those of the famous Bad Boys), up to the landing in Chicago; from the burning topics of s

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racism and homophobia clashes with the professional League. Here, each chapter faces openly and outspoken his personal events inextricably linked to those sports, following his fluctuating parable and without neglecting the best-known episodes. Among these, the support for Magic Johnson in his darkest moment, when he declared HIV positivity, the disappearances from training and the most eccentric episodes, first of all relationship with pop star Madonna.

In a word: Dennis Rodman, all round. The Worm plumbed from top to bottom. Here are some samples of the autobiography with emblematic phrases of the character: «Apparently I had everything I could wish for. Nevertheless, I felt I had nothing but an empty soul and a rifle in my lap». “On many occasions I would have liked to respond in kind, I would have liked to resolve it in the only way I knew how: violence.” “50 percent of life in the NBA revolves around sex. The other 50 is about money.”. Then the passage that explains once and for all the story of her with Madonna: “I didn’t want to”Madonna la rock star”. I had it, I had it…, it had been great. What I wanted was therea pleasant person with whom I had spent time and with whom I had shared beautiful moments. In the end we realized that there were too many obstacles for this to be possible».

Rodman e l’Nba

Finally, it is good to remember who Dennis Rodman was, as a basketball player: seven times the best rebounder in the NBA, in his career he won five titles (in 1989 and 1990 with the Detroit Pistons, 1996, 1997 and 1998 with the Chicago Bulls alongside Michael Jordan). He was also named Defensive Player of the Year twice (1990, 1991), All-Nba Third Team twice (1992, ’95), All-Defensive First Team seven times (1989-93, 1995, 1996) and NBA All-Star (1990, 1992). In 2011 he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield: despite having been the emblem of indiscipline, they could not deny him a politically correct space in the temple of basketball legends.