Not many were successful in slowing down LeBron James, however, Dennis Rodman would beg to disagree with that notion.
During a 2019 interview with Overtime, Rodman took a lie detector test where he was asked if he could lock down the four-time MVP.
Upon his confident response of being capable of doing so, the machine signaled a lie.
The Chicago Bulls legend played in the league from 1986-2000 where he established himself as one of the premier defensive athletes at the time.
Throughout his career, he went against the best offensive players in the NBA, providing him with the knowledge and experience to back up his stance.
However, his comments became all the more interesting when the lie detector turned red.
“(6:32) I would’ve locked his a** up,” Rodman said. “LeBron is so easy to play. He’s so f**king easy to play, he don’t have any moves. … His game was too simple, he was just big. Now, 260 whatever, six-foot-eight, six-foot-nine, that’s the only thing he got pretty much. I played against seven-foot guys, it don’t even matter.”
Rodman pointed out in the video how the machine stopped when he was expounding on his stance. Despite not being the tallest defender, Dennis Rodman relied on his basketball IQ to be an effective defender. He would carefully time his blocks and deflections to the point that his positioning on the court was also done from a tactical standpoint.
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Source: USA Today
