Steve Kerr: The inspirational - and tragic - story of unlikely star of Netflix's 'The Last Dance'

For many, Netflix's The Last Dance series highlighted the greatness of Michael Jordan, showed his win-at-all costs mentality and his flawless NBA Finals record of six wins from six visits. Steve Kerr emerged as the people's champion from Michael Jordan's Last Dance series The defining play of Kerr's Chicago Bulls career came with a late shot to win the 1997 Finals It was no coincidence that social media was awash with messages of Kerr jerseys from that three-peat era shooting up in demand on Monday and people anointing the 54-year-old as their new favourite player after watching the series finale. Kerr was not highly recruited as a teenager and described himself as an 'overachiever' STEVE KERR CAREER PLAYER 1988-89 - Phoenix Suns 1989-92 - Cleveland Cavaliers 1992-93 - Orlando Magic 1993-98 - Chicago Bulls 1998-2001 - San Antonio Spurs 2001-02 - Portland Trail Blazers 2002-03 - San Antonio Spurs COACH 2014-PRESENT - Golden State Warriors HONOURS 8 x NBA champion 1997 NBA 3-point champion 2016 NBA coach of the year Kerr was born in Beirut and spent much of his childhood there. Kerr mastered the art of being a role player and is the only player in the NBA in the last 50 years to win four straight championships - three with the Chicago Bulls and one with San Antonio Jordan was demanding of team-mates but Kerr stood up to him, got punched in a practice session and from that point on he had earned his stripes and got Jordan's respect That trust was never better encapsulated than Game 6 of the 1997 NBA Finals against Karl Malone and the Utah Jazz. In one famous exchange with Kevin Durant, Kerr uses a Jordan analogy to get the Warriors forward to trust his team-mates, just like Jordan had done with Kerr in Utah back in 1997 Durant helped form part of a dynasty with the Warriors and Kerr is considered a top-five coach Guardiola's tiki-taka style turned Barcelona into one of football's greatest ever teams from 2008-12 and he has since transformed Manchester City into one of the most attractive sides in the world.