How a legendary figure from Steve Kerr’s Chicago days still influences the Warriors’ coach

CHICAGO – Before he became the coach of four Warriors championship teams, and long before he helped revolutionize basketball by pushing the boundaries of offense, Steve Kerr had three jobs for the 1990s Chicago Bulls:

Knock down enough shots to space the floor for Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, make the correct reads in Chicago’s famed triangle offense and help get any newcomers up to speed in coach Phil Jackson’s complicated attack. 

“Whenever we would get new players, we would...