Dennis Rodman. Five-time champ. Rebound legend. Wildest man in NBA history. But only few people know the quiet moment that almost ended it all. In 1993, he once sat alone in the parking lot of The Palace, a gun in his lap, ready to end his story before sunrise. “I had a gun rack, and I had a gun in my car. I had it in my hand. But for some reason, I played this music. I put it on, and I was listening to this song and this music, and I was just debating. It didn't have anything to do with basketball. It had to do with this love that I wanted, and it suddenly just left me. And this song came on. It was Pearl Jam. "Even Flow" and "Black" and stuff like that. And I had the gun in my lap, and next thing you know, I fell asleep listening to Pearl Jam. Then I woke up, and all the cops and everyone was there. I didn't know what was going on. I totally forgot I had a gun in my hand." Rodman would later admit that if the NBA had the mental health support back then that it has today, h...