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Do you have a favourite Dennis Rodman story?

Luc: It really is more a question of whether there’s a Dennis story we’re prepared to see published! But this one probably explains him a bit. We were playing the Utah Jazz in the NBA Finals. We were in Salt Lake City for a week, for three straight games. Dennis plays awful the first game. [Utah legend Karl] Malone cleans him up. Same thing in the second game; Dennis just isn’t himself.

Remember, in Salt Lake, you can’t buy alcohol after about 5 o’clock, the night clubs aren’t happening. In the end, we decide to send Dennis to Las Vegas for the night. I think all of us players chipped in to get him there. And he came back in the third game and killed Malone ... we had to send Dennis to a party town to find his mojo again. He came back to us, played great and we ended up winning the series.

Horace: If you let him be himself, he’d play hard and be self-motivated. You might need to tell him to go out there and scream at the referee, to stir up the crowd; you had to let him be himself.

Ron: He was a unique kind of guy who loved to play, but he also loved the nightlife just as much. I enjoyed some of the nights out, too, but I couldn’t do it like Dennis.

Luc: With Dennis, those two things were intertwined, weren’t they? They were him. You couldn’t separate those two parts of his life. That was him.

Ron: He was a guy who had this big house, and in it he had a big-screen TV, a kitchen table, and a bed. And that’s about all he had in his house. And his door was unlocked all the time. That was the kind of free spirit he was.

An NBA fan’s question: can you give me the three best players you ever played against, and your three favourite team-mates?

Ron: The best players I ever played against were Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Magic. The best three team-mates I had were ...

Luc: Mate, you won’t embarrass me by throwing my name in ...

Ron [pausing]: I repeat ‒ the best three team-mates I ever had were probably Larry Nance, Mark Price and Scottie Pippen.

Horace: I would have to say MJ, Hakeem Olajuwon and Magic Johnson. As for team-mates, present company excluded, I’d have to say Scottie Pippen, Matt Harpring and Luke Walton.

Ron: Scottie, he’s the boy. But the last two? Luke Walton? Matt Harpring? Should he ask you again?

Horace: Hey, he didn’t ask how good they were, just if they were good team-mates. For me, “best team-mate” means a good guy on and off the floor; doesn’t tease you for getting a hotel manicure like you guys did earlier today, never calls you a sheila ...

Luc: Toughest players to play against, in this order, were The Dream [Olajuwon], The Admiral [David Robinson] and Shaq. That’s straightforward for me – [Patrick] Ewing and Alonzo [Mourning] were easily below those guys.

Team-mates? It depends if you go with the Horace style of guys you really like or the Harp style of guys who help you win games. So Scottie, because he was both of those things. Then I’m going with Ron’s idea, guys who help you win games. After Scottie, Jason Kidd. Loved playing with Jason for my two years in Phoenix. And [Australian team-mate] Mark Bradtke.

Ron: Who?

Luc: Mark Bradtke. He’s my Matt Harpring.

Ron: Hey, can I change my list? I loved playing with Mookie, Pookie, Ray-Ray ...