"The only comment I want to make is the [Hall of Fame] selection," Jackson said. "I'm very upset that the [Hall of Fame] people didn't include Dennis Rodman in that group. It's a real tragedy, a shame. It's a guy that led the league in rebounding seven years in a row and was Defensive Player of the Year two or three times and doesn't get nominated? ...
"He's famous, we know that. It's not about being famous. It must be about something else because his basketball skills are certainly there and every team he played on competed and competed at a very high quality."