The nostalgia of the 1990's Chicago Bulls will live forever. Every story holds, and every hope of what could have been still lingers.

Could the Bulls have won more than 6 championships? What if Jerry Krause had kept the team together? Would Michael Jordan have retired a 2nd time then?

However, Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who played in Chicago from 1994 to 1998, sees things differently, per Logan Murdock of The Ringer. He was asked if he would have accepted Krause saying they were going to keep Jordan, but redo the roster.

He said things would have been “Very different.” Then Kerr said keeping Jordan would have been ideal, but the roster makeup needed to change.

“The age of guys was different,” Kerr said. “First of all, ’98, that team was done. That doesn’t mean you send Michael Jordan packing, but that team as it was constituted was done. So it’s revisionist history to say Jerry Krause should have kept that team together and we would’ve won another three titles. That team was done. We were emotionally exhausted, spent, physically spent. So in hindsight, knowing the league, knowing what I knew about that team, now having the view from above, from having a grasp for coaching and front-office stuff, you keep Michael Jordan, and you keep some of the guys, but you go out, and you change the roster around him however you can.”

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After the 6th championship in 1998, the Bulls dismantled. Jordan retired for the 2nd time. Scottie Pippen went to the Houston Rockets. Steve Kerr went to the San Antonio Spurs, where he won a championship in 1999. Dennis Rodman went to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Phil Jackson also briefly retired before returning to coach the Lakers.