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.
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