ESPN's special documentary on the Chicago Bulls' 1997-98 season, “The Last Dance,” became a huge hit among basketball fans around the world. The 10-part series about Chicago's final journey to their sixth NBA title especially put the spotlight on Michael Jordan and included a ton of interviews from the likes of Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and current Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr.
Steve Kerr, who won three championships with the Bulls, appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast earlier this week and spoke about the docu-series. While he mostly enjoyed “The Last Dance” like the majority of other people did, Kerr revealed that he would have wanted to see more of Luc Longley and Ron Harper in the documentary.
Via NBC Sports:
No matter when they watched “The Last Dance,” basketball fans noticed a few missing faces.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr did, too. Kerr, who played on the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls team that was the subject of the 10-part documentary, wanted to see more of two starters from that squad.
“It was a little disappointing that a couple of guys, Luc Longley and Ron Harper, didn’t get a whole lot of coverage,” Kerr said earlier this week on “The Bill Simmons Podcast” (H/T Essentially Sports). “But you can only do so much obviously, and Luke lives in remote western Australia.”
Harper didn't appear much, while Longley didn't even have an interview segment for the documentary.
Longley and Harper were the other two starters alongside Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman throughout Chicago's second three-peat in the 1990's. The two under-the-radar players played a vital role in the Bulls' success, especially in the 1997-98 season.
Longley, the first Australian to ever play in the NBA, averaged 11.4 points and 5.9 rebounds that season. Meanwhile, Harper started all 82 games that season and put up averages of 9.3 points and 3.5 rebounds.
Follow Us
Subscribe