How Dennis Rodman Was Forced To Apologize To Larry Bird Over Racial Comments In 1987
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamzagoria/2020/05/09/how-dennis-rodman-was-forced-to-apologize-to-larry-bird-over-racial-comments-in-1987/?sh=5d611eaf7d72 Adam Zagoria - Contributor When Dennis Rodman was forced to apologize to Scottie Pippen for violently shoving Pippen into a basket stanchion during the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals , that wasn’t the first time he was forced into apologizing to a big-name NBA star. Four years before the Pippen incident — and eight years before Phil Jackson told Rodman to apologize to Pippen before he joined the Chicago Bulls in 1995 — Rodman in 1987 was told to apologize to Larry Bird for racial comments, according to Rodman’s former agent Billy Diamond. While the Rodman/Pippen apology has been featured in ESPN’s The Last Dance , the Rodman/Bird apology is uncovered territory. After the Pistons were eliminated by Bird and the Celtics in Game 7 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals , Rodman was asked in the locker room about Bird’s performance and,