Using a basketball player to appease a dictator. Yes, today, it is once again a question of diplomacy and sport. The anecdote is quite incredible. However, it has not come to the ears of Steve Kerr that in 2021, almost 9 years after the events. Because the case dates back to 2012. That year, freshly re-elected, Barack Obama was looking for a way to get in touch with Kim Jong-Un. At the time, the North Korean dictator had been in office for barely a year, following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il.
And Kim Jong Un has a very common passion: basketball. More specifically, the NBA. And even more specifically, the Chicago Bulls. So why not use former Bulls player Steve Kerr to bait him?
It is the birth of this idea and a rather unexpected final result that we tell you about in this episode of basketball stories.
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The Episode – When Steve Kerr Could Have Met Kim Jong-Un
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