AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- The Detroit Pistons plan to retire Dennis Rodman's No. 10 during a halftime ceremony in April. The eccentric rebounding specialist helped the Pistons win NBA titles in 1989 and 1990. He'll be honored April 1 when the Pistons host the Chicago Bulls, a team Rodman won three championships with from 1996-98. Detroit rookie Greg Monroe currently wears No. 10 and will be allowed to keep it. Rodman averaged 8.8 points and 11.5 rebounds in 549 games as a Piston. He was the league's defensive player of the year in 1990 and 1991.
As a real young kid I remember watching Rodman and loving him because of his intensity and energy. But once he left the Stones I never really had any undying loyalty to him. It wasn't a jealously thing, I just always saw his antics and constant hair dying as something that overwhelmed what he did on the court. He was an incredible talent for the Pistons and a handful of other teams but his inner demons always seemed to control his decision making process. I would've honestly loved to see what a non dress wearing, tattooless Rodman could've done in Detroit for an entire career. But that just wasn't Dennis. Regardless, he deserves his numbers in the rafters of Auburn Hills.
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