Saving most of it for the doc on @dennisrodman’s real last dance with the Dallas Mavericks in the 1999-2000 season, but I figured tonight is a good night to share a few Rodman stories from his 12-game stint as a Mav before he is featured in the MJ doc ... along with this pic:

Rodman requested No. 69 when he joined the Mavs. They even printed up a few jerseys which I'm told Mark Cuban still has -- Cuban had just struck a deal to buy the team but was not fully ratified yet as the new owner

The NBA vetoed that number. Rodman went with No. 70 ... 69 + 1

On one morning Don Nelson scrapped shootaround, Dirk Nowitzki was working out with shot doctor Holger Gescwindner when Rodman strolled in. Dennis went from basket to basket at the Landry Center hurling the ball as hard as he could at the glass to work on rebounding ... by himself

Rodman liked to shower before games (often while Nellie gave instructions) and skip showers afterward to lift weights. He got ejected twice in 12 games, suspended once for sitting on the floor and averaged 11.2 RPG over 29 of the longest days in team (and beat writing) history

Last straw: After a loss that dropped Dallas to 3-9, Rodman blasted Cuban for being too close to the team "like Jerry Jones" and ripped virtually everyone on the roster by saying the Mavs needed “a backup center, a starting center, a true power forward, a couple of guards”

Rodman, 38, was abruptly waived. Cuban was (narrowly) approved as an NBA owner by some uneasy peers a month later. The following season Dallas halted a playoff drought that spanned a decade with the first of 11 50-win seasons in a row, led by Dirk, Steve Nash and Michael Finley

Also want to thank @dallasnews for re-publishing my game story from Rodman's Mavs debut a few years back. Forgot until I re-read it that I was fortunate enough to be waved into the workout room that night to pull off a highly unexpected #Rodmansidle https://www.dallasnews.com/photos/2013/02/09/today-in-dallas-photo-history-2000-dennis-rodman-debuts-as-a-dallas-maverick-as-a-blond/