RODMAN'S STINT WITH JAM OVER.Byline: Daily News LONG BEACH - Dennis Rodman asked for and was granted his release by the Long Beach Jam of the American Basketball Association
abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= teams. ``He's accomplished what he wants to in the ABA Aba (ä`bä), city (1991 est. pop. 264,000), SE Nigeria. It is an important regional market, a road and rail hub, and a manufacturing center for cement, textiles, pharmaceuticals, processed palm oil, shoes, plastics, soap, and beer. and that was to get into 100-percent basketball shape,'' Jam president Steve Chase Dr. Steve Chase is the current Director of the Environmental Advocacy And Organizing Program in the Department of Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England. He is an activist, organizer, lecturer, and editor. said. ``Playing in our last two or three games would not get him into better shape. He wants to work out for some NBA teams and we've given him his release to do that.'' Rodman played only two games for the Jam, most recently Jan. 18, when he removed himself in the third quarter of a 149-108 victory over the Jersey Squires due to concern of a possible strained calf. At the time of the injury, Rodman's agent, Darren Prince, said he would miss the next two games, but was hopeful he would be back in uniform for a game Jan. 25. Rodman also missed that game and five more after that before his release. He signed a standard contract paying him $850 a week on Dec. 19, but did not practice with the team until Jan. 10 because he said he was rehabilitating an injured knee. He grabbed 14 rebounds in 28 minutes in his debut with the Jam on Jam On is a Jam Bands radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 17 and Dish Network channel 6017. It has featured basketball great Bill Walton hosting a Grateful Dead show, Woodstock MC Wavy Gravy, and pedal steel genius Buddy Cage as a DJ. Jan. 16. The stint with the Jam was Rodman's first with a team since being waived by the NBA's Dallas Mavericks  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. in 2000. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: DENNIS RODMAN Former NBA star says he will continue to get into shape and try out for teams |
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