Steve Kerr compares coaching Curry to playing with Jordan.

Steve Kerr has won nine NBA championships.

Four came as a player with the Chicago Bulls alongside Michael Jordan.

Five came as head coach of the Golden State Warriors with Stephen Curry leading the way.

So when Kerr compares the two, the basketball world listens.

And after the Warriors’ latest win, Kerr made a comparison that cuts straight to the heart of what makes both players legends.

“Honestly, it really does remind me of what it was like to play with Michael Jordan back in the day,” Kerr said, in a quote obtained by the Sacramento Bee.

“Every single night you just are amazed, and you marvel at what he's capable of doing no matter what the defense does, but also just the longevity of it.”

Kerr is not talking about scoring averages or MVP trophies.

He is talking about the feeling of watching greatness up close — night after night, season after season.

“To see night after night, defenses doing everything possible to slow Steph down like they did with Michael, and yet the love for the game, the competitiveness, the passion, the desire to put on a show for the fans — there are such great comparisons to be made there,” Kerr said.

The quote lands at a moment when Curry is playing some of the best basketball of his career.

Through six games this season, Curry is averaging 30 points per game.

He is also averaging 4.5 assists, 4.2 rebounds, and shooting 42.9% from three-point range and 46.8% from the field.

And he is doing all of that in just 28 minutes per game.

Those numbers are remarkable for any player at any age.

For a 38-year-old point guard entering his 18th season, they are almost unbelievable.

Curry has already delivered multiple signature performances this season.

Against the Minnesota Timberwolves, he dropped 44 points, grabbed 8 rebounds, and dished out 6 assists while knocking down six three-pointers.

In the NBA Cup opener against the Los Angeles Lakers, he scored 31 points with 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 block, and 1 steal — and hit eight three-pointers.

Kerr has seen this kind of dominance before.

He played with Jordan during the Bulls’ second three-peat from 1996 to 1998.

He watched Jordan dismantle defenses with a combination of athleticism, footwork, and an unrelenting will to win.

What Kerr sees in Curry is different in style but identical in impact.

Jordan punished defenses in the mid-post and at the rim.

Curry punishes them from 30 feet out, warping the geometry of the court in a way the league had never seen before.

But the result is the same: defenses throw everything at him, and he still finds a way.

The comparison between Curry and Jordan is not new.

Fans and analysts have debated their respective places in NBA history for years.

But Kerr’s perspective is unique because he has been in the huddle with both.

He has seen both players in the locker room, in practice, and in the most pressure-packed moments of playoff basketball.

When he says the experience feels the same, it carries weight.

David Falk, Jordan’s longtime agent, once explained what made Jordan’s drive so different from other superstars.

“It’s not the money,” Falk said on the “20&20 Podcast.”

“You could pay Michael Jordan a trillion dollars or 10 cents, and he’d tear your eyes out [on the court].”

Falk represented Jordan starting in 1984 and helped negotiate his landmark deal with Nike.

Falk described Jordan’s motivation as intrinsic — driven by an internal desire to compete and dominate, not by external rewards like money or fame.

Curry has a similar reputation around the league.

He is known for his relentless work ethic, his joy for the game, and his ability to elevate everyone around him.

Kerr’s comparison suggests that the engine behind both players is the same: a deep, almost compulsive need to compete at the highest level every single night.

The Warriors are off to a strong start this season.

Curry’s play has been the central reason.

Kerr’s job, in some ways, has become easier because of it.

When you have a player like Curry on your side, the game simplifies.

But Kerr also knows how rare that feeling is.

He has been around the league for over three decades as a player, broadcaster, executive, and coach.

He has seen hundreds of players come and go.

Only two have made him feel this way.

The first wore number 23 in Chicago.

The second wears number 30 in the Bay Area.

Kerr’s full quote appeared in the Sacramento Bee after the Warriors’ recent victory.

He did not stop at the comparison.

He emphasized the longevity of what Curry is doing — the fact that Curry has been drawing double-teams and game plans for nearly two decades and is still producing at an elite level.

That longevity, Kerr implied, is what separates Curry from most players who have ever lived.

Jordan, of course, had longevity of his own.

He won his first championship at 28 and his sixth at 35.

He came back from a retirement to win three more titles.

Curry is now 38 and still averaging 30 points per game.