Surely everyone involved in the making of The Last Dance — the highly anticipated ESPN documentary series chronicling Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ dynasty in the 1990s — hopes fans take something specific away from it. That includes Steve Kerr, who was interviewed for the 10-part docuseries about his experience playing for the Bulls in the late ’90s.
With Sunday’s premiere of the series, the Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James debates are heating up again, especially as the coronavirus outbreak has people cooped up inside all day and starved for sports content. But some people who engage on that topic are at a disadvantage if they never really saw Jordan play — or, for players, if they never competed against him.
Kerr hopes The Last Dance might change people’s minds about that and help a younger generation of fans and players appreciate Jordan’s utter dominance.
While on SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt on Sunday after the first two episodes aired, Kerr explained the emotions the docuseries elicits.
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The now-Golden State Warriors coach said:
“I just think how much fun it was to be a part of, how great NBA basketball was in the ’90s, how different it was then to now and how dominant Michael was — not just physically but spiritually. The hold he had over the entire league, over everybody, it was just dramatic.
“And I think that’s the hardest thing for the young players who didn’t see him play. They can see the highlights, but they can’t feel his dominance, and that’s what I hope this documentary really shows.”
When SVP then asked Kerr if there’s something those of us on the outside of the Bulls dynasty will never fully grasp. He continued:
“I think just how difficult it was. Everybody knows how great Michael was. He went 6-0 in the Finals, and you look back and you probably just assume he was so dominant that it was easy. It was not easy. It wasn’t easy for him or for anybody. He made the difficult look easy because of his dominance, but he had to dig so deep year after year, and it took so much out of him.
“But it was just an incredible thing to be a part of and just amazing to look back and think, ‘Man, I was part of that team.’ And to live that experience was pretty incredible.”
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