The "Rod-men-eers"

So, The Worm is slithering his way across the Pacific to hang with his BFF, Kim Jong Un.  I think Rodman was born 60 years tool late.  He'd would have had a hoot getting down with Uncle Joe and later Pol Pot.  A couple of true boy-meets-vicious-cold-blooded-murderer love stories.  Really warms the cockles.

But this time, he's bringing a posse with him.  Who are they?  Here's an article on that:


The men who followed Rodman to North Korea






By TIM REYNOLDS / AP Basketball Writer / January 6, 2014



Say these things for Dennis Rodman: He likes going to North Korea, and likes bringing a bit of a side show with him.

Last year, it was the Harlem Globetrotters.

This year, it's, well, should we call them the Rodmaneers?

Some of the six former NBA players who accompanied Rodman on this trip with plans for a game against North Korean players on Wednesday — the day believed to be the birthday of the nation’s leader, Kim Jong Un — have what might best be described as colorful pasts, often caused by some major financial difficulties.

There’s a father of seven kids with five different women. The former high school coach who was fired after a DUI. The guy who once owned 10 cars and spent $75,000 a year on insurance alone before declaring bankruptcy.

And that’s all referring to Kenny Anderson.

Cliff Robinson, Vin Baker, Sleepy Floyd, Doug Christie and Charles D. Smith have also joined Rodman for the trip, his fourth and from the way he’s talking, probably not his last.

What they’re making on this trip is a mystery: Expenses are covered, Smith said, but it’s unknown if they'll be getting appearance fees or anything along those lines. And security is said to be provided by the North Korean Olympic Committee, which has guaranteed the Americans safe passage in and out of the nation.

Here’s a look at the Rod-men:

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KENNY ANDERSON

Was a high school coach in South Florida not long ago, before a DUI cost him that job. It wasn’t like his team was any good — one game was a 78-7 loss — but Anderson talked about how thankful he was to still be in the game and how it could lead to bigger opportunities. It’s believed he made about $65 million in NBA salary, but even that couldn’t keep him from bankruptcy and other financial issues.

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VIN BAKER

He lost his mansion and his restaurant, along with much of the $100 million he made as an NBA star, but says he’s comfortable these days and is devoting much of his life to ministry. Baker has struggled with alcoholism and depression in the past, was charged with drunken driving in 2007, and the off-court issues make it easy to forget that he helped the U.S. win Olympic gold in 2000.

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SLEEPY FLOYD

He counsels troubled people, works in ministry, has successful business dealings and started a financial management company after retiring. Memo to the Rod-men: He’s your captain.

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DOUG CHRISTIE

He and his wife throw themselves weddings — not anniversary parties, but weddings — every year. Christie spent parts of 15 seasons in the NBA and still probably doesn’t have the fan base that his wife Jackie has from her work on, among other things, ‘‘Basketball Wives.’’ And then came this nugget not long ago, that the couple was producing (though not starring in) adult films.

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CLIFF ROBINSON

He made roughly $61 million in NBA salary and apparently that wasn’t enough, as he went through bankruptcy in recent years. He had some minor run-ins with the NBA’s drug policy as a player as well, but his 15-year career was one that left him extremely popular among many other players.

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CHARLES D. SMITH

Smith is a former executive director of the National Basketball Retired Players Association, getting ousted in 2010. Like Floyd, he’s had a busy business life after basketball, says he wouldn’t mind meeting the North Korean leader who Rodman calls ‘‘the marshal’’ on this trip and can’t wait to sit down with that nation’s players to answer life about the U.S. ‘‘A little courage, a little faith is involved here,’’ Smith says.




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Did Vin Baker actually play in the NBA? I was unaware of that. Is it true that the first rebound he gets in North Korea will be the first rebound of his life?

Sam

A lot of these guys probably couldn't locate North Korea on a map of the world. Come to think about it, a lot of them probably couldn't locate the world on a map of the world.

I'd like to be a fly on the wall when the State Department tries to debrief some of them.

Sloopjohnb wrote:A lot of these guys probably couldn't locate North Korea on a map of the world.  Come to think about it, a lot of them probably couldn't locate the world on a map of the world.

I'd like to be a fly on the wall when the State Department tries to debrief some of them.

ROTFLMAO!!

good one!

beat

If in 20 years there North Korean basketball team has a bunch of 6'8" mixed race players on it, we'll know what this trip was really about.

Here's  a story that some of the Rod-man-eers may be regretting their decision:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/08/sports/basketball/ex-knick-says-north-korea-game-dwarfed-by-politics.html?ref=sports&_r=0

Just saw Rodman on CNN melting down.  Sounds like he has no idea who Kim is beyond being proud that he's a pal.

Check out as the Worm turns:


Rodman's crew look like they just want to crawl away and Rodman sounds like he's got no clue who Kenneth Bae is.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=CNN+Dennis+Rodman+television+interview&FORM=VIRE5#view=detail&mid=4670EB7D694E448507974670EB7D694E4485079

its people like Rodman who make me worry about the future of humanity.. I mean if the gene pool has the potential to spew that out..

Sooner or later the us will end the war with n korea, end the cuban embargo and bring home the troops from germany

dboss wrote:Sooner or later the us will end the war with n korea, end the cuban embargo and bring home the troops from germany

Amen to that!

Berlin-T