From Basketball to Pyongyang: Dennis Rodman’s life and career have been anything but ordinary

[post_page_title]Before the NBA: Befriending the closed-off kid[/post_page_title]
Before we get to the draft and the NBA, there is one part of Dennis life pre-NBA that has to be mentioned, because it helped mold him. While at Southeastern Oklahoma, Rodman befriended an introverted kid. The kid, Byrne Rich, experienced a traumatic event and became a loner. Rodman was invited for dinner with the family, and after a while became part of the family. He still credits them with helping save him, and thanked them during his Hall of fame induction speech.