Kerr claps back on Rodman's rest comments: He was suspended 15 games a year

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has embraced the science of rest, along with most of his peers, and he's not about to have his feathers ruffled by some skepticism from a former teammate.

Dennis Rodman, who played with Kerr on three Chicago Bulls championship teams in the '90s, suggested today's players are soft and that Michael Jordan never took games off back in the day. Kerr didn't think the notoriously brash, frequently disciplined forward was one to talk.

"I saw Dennis Rodman was complaining about it, and I got a good kick out of that," Kerr told reporters Wednesday, "cause I thought, well Dennis was suspended for 15 games a year anyway, he got plenty of rest. Or Vegas, or he went to Wrestlemania. He just took a night off whenever he wanted, so he can't complain."

Indeed, during his three seasons as a Bull, Rodman missed 47 games. And though there's no data on how many of those games were spent at Wrestlemania or in Vegas, when it comes to arguing for playing all 82, he doesn't really have a leg to stand on.