HOUSTON — Steve Kerr gets several versions of the same question in media scrums all over the country. Sometimes it’s less of a question and more of an established premise leading up to a question, like he got in Chicago this week.



The Bulls are reforming. Their offensive strategy is modernizing. They’re taking 30 3-pointers a game, eight more than any other season in franchise history, bombing away like the rest of the league. So a reporter wanted to ask Kerr, the coach of the team “at the forefront of this 3-point revolution,” what he thought of the Bulls’ experiment.



About an hour later, sitting down for an interview with The Athletic at the team’s hotel, Kerr laughs at the idea.



“Nothing can be further from the truth,” Kerr said.



The Warriors have Stephen Curry, a revolutionary offensive player — altering how and from how far kids across the nation are comfortable jacking 3s...