{"id":130771,"date":"2025-03-25T15:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=130771"},"modified":"2025-03-25T15:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:21:19","slug":"steve-kerr-compares-warriors-teammates-historic-bulls-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/25\/steve-kerr-compares-warriors-teammates-historic-bulls-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Kerr Compares Warriors Teammates to Historic Bulls Duo"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just a few weeks remaining in the regular season, head coach Steve Kerr<\/a> and the Golden State Warriors<\/a> are in a good spot. They are 41-30 and own the No. 6 seed in the West. After it looked like the Warriors were potentially in danger of missing the postseason, they are now sitting comfortably in the playoff picture. Much of this turnaround has to do with the arrival of Jimmy Butler<\/a>, whom the Warriors traded for to pair alongside Stephen Curry<\/a> and Draymond Green<\/a>. While many had doubts about Butler’s fit alongside Green, they have made it work. Recently, Kerr compared Butler and Green to another duo he is very familiar with–Chicago Bulls<\/a> legends Michael Jordan<\/a> and Scottie Pippen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kerr played alongside Jordan and Pippen and won three championships with them. To many, Jordan and Pippen are the greatest duo in NBA history. Still, Kerr compared Butler and Green to them because of their intelligence, athleticism, and versatility.<\/p>\n

“Pippen and Jordan,” Kerr told ESPN<\/a> of his legendary former Bulls teammates.<\/p>\n

“Just incredible intelligence and athleticism combined with versatility. There’s definitely some of that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Steve Kerr Compares Warriors Teammates to Historic Bulls Duo<\/h2>\n

Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green Have a Bond<\/h3>\n

In a recent interview, Butler spoke about his bond<\/a> with Green. Despite both of them being very vocal as leaders, they are seemingly getting along well. According to Butler, they are on the same page and have a lot in common.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo winners that would do anything to win,\u201d Butler told ESPN of his relationship with Green. \u201cHe could care less about personal success. He\u2019s just trying to win a championship. I just want to win. I don\u2019t give a f\u2014 about nothing else. We ain\u2019t going to never butt no motherf\u2014ing heads. \u2026 That\u2019s what people keep overlooking. They think like we going to get in fist fights. No we not. Because all we want to do is win.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got a lot in common with kids, our love for basketball,\u201d Butler said. \u201cSmall town individuals that happen to end up on a big-time college basketball squad, late draft picks that have overcome everything to become who they are today. That\u2019s what those conversations are and I just appreciate it. I shed grace on everybody that just wants to sit here and s\u2014 on Jimmy Butler III and talk. But it\u2019s because you don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing. Nobody does.”<\/p>\n

The duo has played well together so far. It remains to be seen how far they can take the team, but it is looking good for them early on.<\/p>\n

The Last Word<\/h3>\n

As it stands, the Warriors are in a good spot to compete for a championship this year. The addition of Butler has been great for them up to this point. However, the Warriors have a lot of competition, especially in the West. Regardless, with Curry, Green, and Butler on the same team, there are reasons to believe the Warriors can make a deep run this year.<\/p>\n

Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With just a few weeks remaining in the regular season, head coach Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors are in a good spot. They are 41-30 and own the No. 6 seed in the West. After it looked like the Warriors were potentially in danger of missing the postseason, they are now sitting comfortably […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":111738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,25,62,3],"tags":[409,142,607,894,528],"class_list":["post-130771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-warriors","category-nba","category-news","tag-draymond-green","tag-jimmy-butler","tag-michael-jordan","tag-scottie-pippen","tag-steve-kerr"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130776,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130771\/revisions\/130776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}