Dr. Alan O'Sullivan

So I found this absolutely fascinating.

And being the statistical nerd I am, I looked at some of the statistics for Dennis Rodman.

Chicago Bulls were going for their second three-peat series where they were looking to win three in a row in the late 1990s.

So 95 to 96 season, 96, 97 and 97, 98.

So they won three championships in a row.

And if we look at the statistics, so Rodman did a couple of things extremely well, valuable things, like a soccer player making a huge tackle in the center of the field to win back possession.

What Rodman was brilliant at was rebounds.

Offensive rebounds, which is when, say, a Jordan takes a shot, a Scoppy Pitten takes a three-pointer.

getting the ball back off the rim and giving Jordan another shot.

Defensive rebound.

So the other team takes a shot.

Rodman was amazing at getting the ball back.

So that doesn't give the other team a shot.

Blocks as well.

If we look at some of the stats, what I've done is I've broken down

the offensive rebounds and the defensive rebounds and highlighted them here over those three seasons.

But what you can see is that he was amazing at rebounds and that increases the probability of Jordan and Pippen getting other shots off.

So next up, what I did is I took the individual seasons.

So looking at 1995-96, we can see that Dennis Rodman played well.

Much fewer games than the likes of Michael Jordan.