Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time, but for years, people have had these wild conspiracy theories surrounding him and what went on in the 90’s.
After winning three-straight titles, Jordan essentially took two years off and came back to win 3-straight more championships. People have argued since then that he could’ve won 8-straight if not for his retirement.
Jordan’s teammate Steve Kerr said it would have never happened in an interview with David Aldridge and Michael Lee of The Athletic.
“Sometimes people say to me, ‘If Michael had stayed, you guys would’ve won eight in a row.’ That’s the most preposterous thing I have ever heard. People have no idea how emotionally draining it is for a team to keep winning,” Kerr said.
Kerr also spoke on the notion that Jordan was actually suspended for gambling and that David Stern kept it under wraps.
“To me, the reason we won the second three was because he got away and recharged his batteries,” Kerr said. “He needed it, desperately. And that’s why he left. He was just burned out. There were all of these theories: Did David Stern tell him you can’t play? Like, yeah, that would be very smart – the greatest player ever and we’re going to punish him for gambling or whatever? What are we even talking about? That’s dumb. All of those conspiracy theories were dumb. Bottom line was, he was fried. Going through a lot with his father’s death. Just getting away for two years, recharged his batteries and got him ready for the next three.”
The fact that people thought Jordan could win 8-straight tells you that many of them can’t remember or just did not know that Jordan came back during the 2nd hald of the 1994-1995 season and got eliminated by the Orlando Magic in the postseason. That same team got swept by the Houston Rockets in the NBA Finals.
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The following year, the Bulls added Dennis Rodman and they would go on to sweep the Magic in the playoffs en route to winning the title as well as two more after that.
I think Steve Kerr is more qualified to speak on this subject than people who like to deal without the facts.
