Jeanie Buss addresses rumors about dating Dennis Rodman

He was referring to when Rodman said during an interview with VLAD TV in September that he and Buss dated for six months, which at the time didn’t sit well with his Lakers teammates, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. “I mean yes, in other words, when my dad [former Lakers owner Jerry Buss] brought on Dennis Rodman to the team it was kind of like, ‘Let’s make sure that we know where he is at all times,’” Buss said, seemingly referring to Rodman’s reputation for being a notorious partier. -via New York Post / November 10, 2023

“So, if it’s about, ‘Hey where are you gonna be tonight? OK, we’re all going to this restaurant, or we’re going to this club, or we’re going to this beach, or we’re going to wherever Dennis is going to be.’ “You could say it was dating to say that it was making sure that I had an eye on him.” Buss made it sound more like a babysitting job than a romance with Rodman. However, he recalled it differently. Rodman brought up Buss when DJ Vlad asked him what it was like playing with Bryant and Shaq on the Lakers in comparison to playing with Michael Jordan on the Bulls. “It was hard because I knew the fact that Kobe and Shaq wouldn’t like me,” Rodman said. “I know because I saw Jerry Buss; he loved me. I used to date his daughter. -via New York Post / November 10, 2023

Clutch Points: “[Dennis Rodman] could get in your head. Before the game, you’d give him a dap. He squeezed my a*s a little too… It wasn’t like, ‘Let’s go’… So now you’re thinking.” James Worthy on Rodman’s mind games🤣 (via @shobasketball) pic.twitter.com/WQjBXeNV47 -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / October 16, 2023