LeBron James: Could he survive Dennis Rodman and the Bad Boys?

LeBron James always seems to find a way into discussions surrounding “The Last Dance” documentary. The question now is could LeBron survive Dennis Rodman and the Bad Boys? Lake Show Life takes a look into a speculative subject and brings as much reality as possible.

Lake Show Life begged everyone before “The Last Dance” documentary to just enjoy the stories and not add LeBron James to the mix. It was assumed that LeBron James stans would be the ones that would be making all of the comparisons, but sports networks are basically trying very hard to eat some of the ESPN sports content pie.

Outside of LeBron trying to promote his game show the first weekend of the documentary, he actually has said very little outside of relating to the emotions of winning the NBA title for the first time.

That or speaking out how great Isiah Thomas was during that era. Sure he made a mistake on which side of the city but who cares? Isiah Thomas had handles that may put Kyrie Irving to shame.

Throughout the documentary, it is plain to see that LeBron James is like the rest of us.

• He’s just as big a fan of the NBA and all-time great players.
• Jordan has his respect and admiration along with the rest of us.
• He’s tired of looking at old NBA games and is totally out of things to watch.
• Man does he miss playing NBA basketball. Don’t worry LeBron, we all miss you playing it.

This past weekend, ESPN’s ‘The Last Dance’ documentary covered Dennis Rodman’s eccentric role in two major dynamic franchises for close to a decade. The documentary not only sheds light on Carmen Electra who replaced Scottie Pippen’s ex-wife, Larsa as the clout chaser of the week, but the fact that if engaged, Rodman was one of the best defensive players in league history, and the greatest rebounder ever.

In Lake Show Life’s latest episode of people bringing up old stuff, we will take you back to an April 2019 interview that Rodman had with ‘Overtime’  (Writer’s note: Rarely does this site recommend stopping to see video but you really should, it is hilarious!).

Now, remember ESPN had a documentary on him coming up and he was more than likely promoting it. The video came back up this week after Sunday night’s episode, when Rodman was asked how he would fare against a modern superstar like LeBron James.

"Overtime: “So, my last question. Can you lock up LeBron? In your days?” Dennis Rodman: “You know who could lock up LeBron? Me, Mike, and Scottie could.” Overtime: “Scottie Pippen would have locked up LeBron?” Rodman: “F*** yeah. I would have locked his a** up. LeBron is so easy to play. He’s so f***ing easy to play, he don’t have any moves. Only move he has is streak down the line. He ain’t got no moves. Where he going?? Where is he going that’s quick?” Overtime: “Straight down hill and just jam on you.” Rodman: “That’ll be s***, you can stop that. Scottie Pippen would have shut his f***ing a** down quick before I get to him. His game is too simple, he’s just big. I’m 260 and 6’8” and 6’9”, that’s the only thing he got pretty much. I played against guys 7-foot, 300, so it doesn’t really matter.” Overtime: “What about KD?” Rodman: “KD, same thing. Once you get to know people’s game, it’s very easy to play them. They just long and tall.”"

If you really think that Dennis Rodman is saying this for attention, it will attest to two things that shows you know little about Rodman’s history or the NBA for that matter.

1. This is the same guy that was quoted saying that “If Larry Bird was white, he be just another player”. This was during Bird’s multiple MVP run and AFTER the Boston Celtics destroyed the Pistons in the playoffs. Plus Bird tuned him up in the individual matchup.
2. He was one of the players that walked off after the Bulls swept Detroit on their way to their first NBA title. By the way he gave the Bulls no credit then when interviewed after the game.

Before we get into the discussion, let’s check in with Skip Bayless, who for some reason whether it’s for ratings or whatever, cannot stand the look of LeBron James on a basketball court.

Let’s skip (Pun intended!) past this context here and actually take a detailed look and see if Dennis Rodman is right. Would he be able to lock down LeBron? Kevin Durant doesn’t play for the Lakers so that conversation is for Nothin But Nets, the Brooklyn Nets website for FanSided.

This is not a conversation about if LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan (He’s not!), but if LeBron could have handled the abuse the “Bad Boy” Pistons dealt to Jordan.

One Hall of Famer says no.