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Dennis RodmanTitle Bad As I Wanna BeAuthor Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown of pages 258SettingThe book takes place in Dallas, Texas where DennisRodman lived while he was a kid, Detroit, Michigan where DennisRodman played basketball for the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio,Texas where Dennis Rodman played basketball for the San AntonioSpurs, and lucre, Illinois where Dennis Rodman is currentlyplaying for the Chicago Bulls.CharacterDennis Rodman. A pro basketball player who playsfor the Chicago Bulls. He averages 18.7 rebounds a game which90% of the time is the best in the NBA. He is currently making10 million dollars a year. He is dissociate and has a daughternamed Alexis. He says Alexis is the only reason he is heretoday.SummaryOn April of 1993 Dennis Rodman sat in his pick-up truckwith a gun in his lap deciding whether he should kill himself.He was in depression at the time because the Detroit Pistons weredoing very poorly that year considering they were Champions ofthe World just trin e years before that. The NBA had changedDennis Rodman into someone he didnt even know. It seemed asthough Dennis spent his life trying to be what others wanted himto be. Once he effected he had to start living for himself,people perceived him as being rebellious and as most people sayweird. Dennis Rodman just wants everyone to know who he reallyis and to accept him for himself and to let him do his job.ThemeI learned that Dennis Rodman is not as crazy aseveryone thinks he is. He is actually a very normal person. Ithink the reason this book was released is because Dennis Rodmanhas a very interesting life. People want to know what it is like