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Any woman whose 2012 Wish List included “run around a court with my breasts out as others cheer me on” should be thanking Dennis Rodman right now. Because one of the NBA’s most morally questionable stars has kicked off a new side project: coaching a topless female basketball team.

In this day of corporate sponsorship of sports, Rodman’s team is being launched in conjunction with New York City’s Headquarters Gentleman’s Club, a place he says he has been a customer at for three decades (meaning 50-year-old Rodman first learned how to make it rain as an underage 20-year-old).

Though Rodman has been a trailblazer in many ways both on and off the court, he did not come up with this idea. That “honor” goes to former Atlanta Hawk Spud Webb, who launched his own team with strip club Rick’s Cabaret in order to cheer up mopey NBA fans during the lockout.

“I don’t know too many men that don’t like a good-looking woman running up and down around the court,” Rodman told Page Six. He also doesn’t seem to know that the sports bra industry has thrived for one basic reason: women don’t enjoy running and jumping without support. The jiggle that he’s hoping will bring legions of spectators could be the reason next week’s tryouts are poorly attended.

What topless basketball hopefuls should know: Rodman isn’t interested in you if you’re under 5-foot-10. And, he says, “you don’t have to have too much experience, just know how to throw the ball into the hole.”

The best part for spectators is that not only do they get to satisfy their urge to see sports, but they get a mini strip show, as well. Players, says Rodman, will “come out in a T-shirt or a tank top, but when the game starts, they’ll go topless.”

Good to know he’s keeping it classy all the way.

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