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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 Chicago, Illinois where Dennis Rodman is presentlyplaying for the Chicago Bulls.CharacterDennis Rodman. A pro basketball thespian who playsfor the Chicago Bulls. He averages 18.7 rebounds a game which90% of the time is the scoop up in the NBA. He is currently making10 million dollars a year. He is divorced and has a daughternamed Alexis. He says Alexis is the only campaign he is heretoday.SummaryOn April of 1993 Dennis Rodman sat in his pick-up transportwith a gun in his lap deciding whether he should murder himself.He was in depression at the time because the Detroit Pistons weredoing very sick that year considering they were Champions ofthe World just three years before that. The NBA had changedDennis Rodman into person he didnt even know. It seemed asthough Dennis spent his life stressful to be what others wanted himto be. Once he realized he had to hook on living for himself,people perceived him as being rebellious and as most people sayweird. Dennis Rodman just wants everyone to know who he trulyis and to accept him for himself and to let him do his job.ThemeI learned that Dennis Rodman is non 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