Hm.<\/p>\n
Former Spur Dennis Rodman<\/a>?<\/p>\n It’s, I suppose, a tongue in cheek, ala the Onion headline about “Laker Great Karl Malone<\/a>“…<\/p>\n erm. \u00c2\u00a0Celtics Great Shaquille O’Neil?<\/p>\n Rodman<\/a>…<\/p>\n Rodman, an NBA Hall of Famer who starred for the Chicago Bulls, Kim’s favorite team, flew Tuesday from Beijing to Pyongyang, his second trip to see the eccentric North Korean leader ) <\/strong><\/em>(as opposed to the previous non-eccentric North Korean leader?) \u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>, whom he has referred to as a “friend” and “an awesome kid.” “I’m not a joke,” Rodman said<\/strong> at a press conference, while sitting in front of a bust of his own head and next to the owner of an Irish bookmaking site, notes Yahoo Sports. “Take me seriously.” No other avenue appears to be open for seeking freedom for Bae.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n And<\/a><\/p>\n Today, he announced a partnership with Paddy Power to create the\u00c2\u00a0Dennis Rodman Paddy Power Invitational. This will bring former\u00c2\u00a0NBA\u00c2\u00a0players to North Korea for a week in January with the backing of the North Korean government.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n AND<\/p>\n Dennis Rodman Is a Joke<\/a>.<\/p>\n AND<\/a><\/p>\n “I held their baby Ju-ae and spoke with Ms. Ri as well. He’s a good dad and has a beautiful family,” Rodman was quoted as saying by the newspaper.<\/em><\/p>\n AND<\/a><\/p>\n Rodman went on to reveal that he had also been asked to write a book about international relations with North Korea’s leader.<\/em>
\n“It’s gonna be a best-seller,” he said. “He gave me the rights for me and him to sit down for one month and me and him are gonna write a book together.”<\/em>
\nStill, it’s not like Rodman hasn’t thought this through: he’s\u00c2\u00a0planning\u00c2\u00a0a January basketball tournament between the two powers, not to mention he’s now apparently considering writing Kim’s biography. (Rodman has previously penned his own autobiographies, entitled\u00c2\u00a0Bad As I Wanna Be<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0I Should Be Dead By Now.<\/i><\/a>)<\/p>\n