Were You Surprised?

[Yakuza Rich]

I was surprised. He didn't seem like the type of guy that would attempt to kill himself. Although in the back of my mind I knew the weird mental state that pain killers can cause from past experience. Still, the police report made it sound like it was a pretty clear suicide attempt.



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[DallasEast]

Why ? Rodman was never the biggest star player on his team that TO is (regardless of his abilities).

It's irrelevant whether or not Rodman was a star. All the actions which he undertook to attract attention to himself and how the media and/or public reacted to his actions are relevant. One doesn't have to be the 'most popular' within a group to be noticed more by others.

Although most of you think that Bledsoe/Newman/Williams is the star, you have to realize that once TO signed he became the star of the team (outside of Bill and Jerry of course).

That's not exactly true. Usually, for team sports that is, all starting players are the 'stars'. Of course, some may be called SUPERstars. If you're implying that Owens became the superstar of the team upon his arrival, I would agree with you.

Rodman was the star in search of superstardom behind Jordan, Thomas, Robinson, Shaq, Kobe, Pippen, etc...

...and whether he succeeded or failed to achieve 'superstardom' is not the point. How he was promoted or vilified by those who observed his actions is the point. Rodman wasn't a superstar. Owens is a superstar. Their 'levels of stardom' does not prevent me from comparing the two men.