Rebound

Rebound tells the true and surprising story of Dennis Rodman's remarkable journey to the NBA, a journey that led, literally, through the backyard of a white ranching family in rural Bokchito, Oklahoma. If not for Dennis's remarkable relationship with Bryne Rich, NBA superstardom would surely be an unrealized dream. Rebound features the great healing power of friendship and family love. They met in 1983. Thirteen-year-old Bryne Rich had killed his best friend in a hunting. Accident; he had such awful nightmares he couldn't sleep in his own bed. Twenty-two-year-old Dennis "Worm" Rodman was sure he would fail at everything in life, including basketball at Southeastern Oklahoma State, where he was recruited because he was 6-8 - even though he was terribly gawky. Both Dennis and Bryne were completely lost; but when they found each other, they found themselves. They became best friends. Soon everyone called them Big Worm and Little Worm. Dennis. Was a regular guest at Bryne's family home in Bokchito, a small town where black and white routinely kept separate. Pat Rich, Bryne's mother, felt the heat from outraged family and neighbors, but when she saw her son curled up in Dennis's arm, sl