Rodman Threatens To Quit

Dennis Rodman, upset with the Chicago Bulls’ latest one-year, $6 million offer, says he’ll quit basketball if the team doesn’t pay him what he wants.

“And I’m not playing with retirement like Charles Barkley just to see how fans respond and then change my mind,” Rodman told the Chicago Sun-Times in Sunday’s editions. “When I leave, that will be it for me.”

Rodman, who has led the NBA in rebounding the last five seasons, wants $11 million.

Clifford Robinson and his agent say the Portland Trail Blazers broke a promise when the team picked up the player’s $3.2 million option last month.

“If something doesn’t get done, then I can tell you right now, Clifford doesn’t want to be (in Portland),” Brad Marshall said.

Marshall has asked for a seven-year, $84 million contract for his client.

Joe Smith turned himself in to police in Chesapeake, Va., and was arrested Sunday after the Golden State Warriors forward was accused of smashing a beer bottle on the back of a male exotic dancer during a barroom brawl.

The dancer required 22 stitches to close the gash. Another dancer contends Smith and his group wanted the floor to themselves early Friday so the player could begin celebrating his 21st birthday.

Chesapeake police spokeswoman Elizabeth Jones said Smith showed up at the police station with his lawyers at about noon. He was released on his own recognizance and is to appear in court on July 31.