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Top 10 Interesting Facts about Steven Adams

Steven Funaki Adams is a world-class athlete from New Zealand who currently plays basketball for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA. He was born on 20th July 1993  in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Adams was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the 12th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft. He was the Thunder’s primary starting Centre for six consecutive seasons. In November 2020, after seven years in Oklahoma City, Adams was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans. In August 2021, he was dealt to the Grizzlies.  

He enjoys playing video games and is a huge fan of comics and Japanese anime. He is generally well respected around the league for his sense of humor, down-to-earth personality, and humility.  In 2018, he released an autobiography about Steven Adams which is called My Life, My Fight.

The Fans of Steven Adams and those interested in basketball or sports will likely discover the top ten intriguing facts about Steven Adam that they should be aware of in this post. They consist of the following:

1. His entire NBA career he has been playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder

Adams was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the 12th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft. He was the Thunder’s primary starting Centre for six consecutive seasons. The Oklahoma City Thunder is an American professional basketball team that is based in Oklahoma City. It competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. Adam says that Oklahoma reminds him of New Zealand.

2. He is New Zealand’s king of cool

Adams had the New Zealand flag sewn into the inside of his suit jacket for the 2013 NBA Draft. He displayed it for the watching world to see as he strode to the podium to shake the hand of David Stern, who was the NBA commissioner. The draft had the world’s top 60 young players distributed to the NBA’s 30 teams via two rounds of selections and was beamed all around the world live on mega sports channel ESPN.

3. He one of the highest-paid professional athlete

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Star Steven Adams has again been found named among the highest-paid athletes in the world. He is among the top 100 athletes on Forbes鈥� rich list. However, Adams is the highest-paid Kiwi sportsman, raking in $35.4m a year.

4. Steven is half Tongan though he strongly identifies with Maori Culture

Maori culture is the customs, cultural practices, and beliefs of the indigenous M膩ori people of New Zealand. It originated from and is still part of, Eastern Polynesian culture. M膩ori culture forms a distinctive part of New Zealand culture and, due to a large diaspora and the incorporation of M膩ori motifs into popular culture, it is found throughout the world. He is half Tongan even though he strongly identifies with Maori culture.  His mother is a Tongan while his father is English.

5. He is the youngest of 18 sibling

Sid Adams has 18 siblings including him. They are Valerie Adams, Sid Adams Jr, Ralph Adams, Warren Adams, and Lisa Adams. Valerie Adams is currently a retired New Zealand shot putter and four-time World Champion. Lisa is also a Paralympic F37 shot putter and F38 discus thrower in New Zealand.

6. His sister is a gold medal-winning shot putter

Valerie Vili at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin, By Valerie_Vili_Berlin_2009.

 Valerie Adam is a retired New Zealand shot putter and a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion, and twice IAAF Continental Cup winner. She has a personal best throw of 21.24 meters outdoors and 20.54 m indoors.

7. He released a comic, ‘Kiwi Legend’

In a video posted on the Oklahoma City Thunder Twitter page, comic artist Corey Lewis Reyyy showcased his creation called 鈥楰iwi Legend鈥�,. It was released on his 25th birthday and was sold at the 2018 Comic-Con in San Diego. The comic was about Adams.

8. Adam is a huge fan of comics and Japanese anime

 He missed the opening game of the 2017 NBA season (not involving the Thunder) because he was watching cartoons. 

You might have anticipated New Zealand’s NBA star Steven Adams to watch the first game of the NBA season, whether to scout opponents and analyze their players and tactics ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s games against them, or simply for the excitement and enjoyment of seeing a new season of NBA come to television screens around the world. Adams, on the other hand, had different intentions. When asked if he watched yesterday’s star-studded showdown between the San Antonio Spurs and the Golden State Warriors, New Zealand’s sole NBA player said no, opting to watch the Japanese anime show One Piece instead.

9. His NBA career plan started when he was 13 years old

Adams (right) with the Thunder in February 2014, contesting with Kevin S茅raphin of the Washington Wizards, By Keith Allison –

Adams’ NBA career plan started at a Christmas family barbecue in Rotorua when he was 13 years old. At Viv’s place, Warren who was up from Wellington asked if he was still playing basketball.

Warren called Viv around March 2008 to follow up on his question about his basketball future. Was he interested in pursuing it? Viv honestly didn’t know, but in her mind him playing basketball was still better than me playing Xbox. She told Warren if he was willing to look after him in Wellington, he should come and fetch Adam.

10. He was named the NBL Rookie of the year

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In 2011, he was named the NBL Rookie of the Year and helped the Saints win the championship. In 15 games for the Saints, he averaged 5.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. He played for the Wellington Saints of the National Basketball League and went unpaid by the Saints to keep his college eligibility.

In 2014, the NBA announced that the  Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams had been chosen to the All-Rookie Second Team for the 2013-14 season.