Celebrity sleuth website TMZ is reporting that former NBA defensive giant, Dennis Rodman, was arrested for DUI Saturday night  in Southern California.

According to the report, Rodman spent the night in lockup in Newport Beach after being pulled over for a traffic violation and failing a field sobriety test.

The New York Post is reporting that Rodman was released without bail Sunday morning after sobering up.The Worm spent 14 season in the NBA, including two with the Spurs, and is considered one of the best defensive players to play the game.In his later career he was known for outlandish behavior, both on and off the court, which first manifested when he was traded to the Spurs in 1993.

While a popular player with San Antonio fans, Rodman had few boosters within the Spurs organization itself.

Rodman recently said in an interview that coach Gregg Popovich and and the team did not really want him on the squad."The city kind of embraced me, but what's his name, Popovich, he hated me," Rodman said in an interview last year. "He hated my guts because I wasn't a bible guy. They looked at me like I was the devil."

Rodman was arrested for DUI once before, last century in 1999.