In 2014, Rodman famously called Russian President Vladimir PutinAfter a visit to Moscow where he was an informal spokesperson for the sport, he became a “cool” guy.
“They don’t know about American basketball, American football,” he told Fox Business that year, referring to Russians. “I traveled over to America to represent America basketball.”
He said, “I am not a politician. I’m just an ambassador for basketball.” That’s it.”