Bulls’ Michael Jordan’s life foreshadowed modern day stars’ insane fame

Current Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was a huge part of the Chicago Bulls dynasty in the 1990’s, as depicted in ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docu-series. Recently, the former Bulls guard opened up about one of the things he’s learned from watching the documentary. Kerr focused on Michael Jordan’s star power and how this prevented him from basically being able to live his life — something that Kerr believes has transcended to majority of the players in the NBA today.

“I think the thing you get a good sense of watching the documentary is how different Michael’s life was compared to the rest of us,” Kerr said of his time with the Bulls, via ESPN’s Nick Friedell. “Everybody else could at least go out, go enjoy themselves, get away from it. All you had to do was escape the hotel.

“But Michael just couldn’t go anywhere, and I think that’s really being captured well. So I imagine it’s similar in some regards to some of the stars today and how they feel being confined to their hotel rooms or to their homes.”

Last Sunday’s episodes showed how Jordan was a prisoner of his own hotel room. According to Kerr, this simply wasn’t the case for the rest of the players on the Bulls team at that time.

Times have changed, though, and with the advent of the internet and social media, it’s as if every player in the league is already experiencing the same type of confinement Jordan went through during the peak of his popularity, albeit in varying degrees.

Steve Kerr settles 73-9 Warriors, 72-10 Bulls debate

A debate has been raging on as to who would win between the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors and the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls ever since the former broke the latter’s 72-win season record. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, who was part of the ’96 Bulls team as a player, finally settled it once and for all.

The 54-year-old point guard turned tactician claimed that the Chicago Bulls team led by the GOAT Michael Jordan would have had the edge against 73-win Dubs squad under his command.

Steve Kerr made the admission in the latest episode of ESPN’s 10-part docuseries “The Last Dance” which aired on Monday. After a painful playoff exit the year prior in his return to basketball, Jordan towed the Bulls to an unprecedented 72-10 regular season record. That greatness carried into the postseason when they defeated the Seattle Supersonics in the Finals six games for their fourth title in franchise history.

The Bulls record seemed untouchable since then with no team coming close to reaching at least 70 wins. The record stood until the 2015-16 season, when the explosive Warriors squad bannered by fiery shooters Steph Curry and Klay Thompson laid waste to the competition. With Draymond Green getting the job done on the other end, the Dubs tied the Bulls record with one game remaining to spare.

Under Kerr’s watchful eye, the Dubs eclipsed Jordan and company’s record and notched a 73-9 record on April 13, 2016. However, that squad failed to defend their title that year as they squandered a commanding 3-1 advantage to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Finals.

To this day, most pundits and fans alike agree with Kerr’s opinion, claiming that the Warriors’ inability to win it all that year somehow tainted their legacy.