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“He Wasn’t Humble”: Steve Kerr Compares Leadership of Michael Jordan to NBA Legends Stephen Curry and Tim Duncan

Published 06/09/2022, 5:00 PM EDT

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Steve Kerr knows a lot about championship culture. He has played with players like Michael Jordan, and Tim Duncan and coached Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry. He is a 5 time NBA champion and 3-time champion as the head coach of the Golden State Warriors.

Recently, The Rex Chapman Show along with Josh Hopkins brought Steve Kerr to their podcast and talked about Stephen Curry, Michael Jordan, and Tim Duncan and how they are similar and different.

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All three basketball legends played in a different era from each other. Michael Jordan who is also referred to as the GOAT, dominated the 90s with 6 final appearances and won each one of them, and was the Finals MVP. Not only that, he won 5 MVP awards and 3 times defensive player of the year.

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Tim Duncan made his mark in 2000 and early 2010s winning 5 NBA championships with 3 finals MVP and 2 MVP awards. On the other hand, Stephen Curry still dominates the NBA with 2-time MVP awards, 5 final appearances winning 3 NBA championships.

What did Steve Kerr Say?

Steve Kerr said on The Rex Chapman Show,Tim Reminds me of Steph Curry, they both have a hilarious sense of humor, incredible humility, and then incredible arrogance on the floor like I am the best player out here.”

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After that Rex Chapman asked him about Michael Jordan and how he was different from both of these players. Steve Kerr smiled and said “Well he wasn’t humble but in a good way,” and continued “Michael just dominated games spiritually and emotionally. You walk out there and you looked down cause I was an opponent many years playing against Michael.”

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“You walked on the floor back then and you looked down and you saw him and you were kinda like I don’t think we are gonna beat this guy. Everybody was just afraid of him. He drove us hard [during practice]. Timmy doesn’t do that. Steph doesn’t do that, but that’s the way Michael did it.”

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Michael Jordan’s documentary showed a lot about how fierce of a player and leader Michael was and this shows that all that is true. Do you agree with what Kerr said? Let us know in the comments!

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Rishabh Gupta

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Rishabh is an NBA writer at Essentially Sports. He has past experience of writing for a business political magazine and handling a news division for a startup. He completed his graduation in Bachelor’s in Journalism and Mass Communication from Vivekanand Institute of Professional Studies and has a keen interest in sports journalism.
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Arunaditya Aima