(38) Steven Adams And The Thunder Book Bus! – YouTube
This is sad watching all of this go down. Since Russell Westbrook was traded to Houston only one player from that team is still a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder. That player would be Hamidou Diallo.
Steven’s evolution in Oklahoma City captivated all of us. Such a different personna from what you usually get from the average NBA player.
If Steven could only shoot the three with some consistency he’d remain a very sought after NBA player. In his book he talks about shooting the threes in practice. We just never saw it in games though.
I hope he ends with Greg Poppovich at some point. He loves Pop and the way the great coach says what’s on his mind.
Not a coincidence Andre Roberson was Stevo’s best friend on the Thunder. Both great role guys who had challenges shooting free throws.
Steven has a charity golf tournament in New Zealand which benefits kids. He’s an interesting guy.
Steven along with Nick Collison, and Andre Roberson are three of my favorite players in the Thunder Era in Oklahoma City. All three role players. All three team glue guys. All three nice human beings who made being a Thunder fan a very fun experience.
Visualizing Steven in New Orleans will be interesting. Just imagining him taking in all the various cuisine options in and of itself could probably be a Bravo reality show. If he added Serge to the show it would be bigger than Tiger King. Serge can handle himself in a kitchen. I’ll put a Serge cooking video on here to prove it. BTW…Serge is probably my fourth favorite Thunder player.
I met Steven once and he was extremely jovial. He called me mate twice. Only time I was ever called mate in Oklahoma. I’ve been called other things, but never mate.
He wrote a book with a ghost writer titled My Life, My Fight which chronicled his life as a teenager growing up in New Zealand. It’s actually a very touching book which goes into Steven’s relationship with his father Sid who died from cancer when Steven was thirteen. A surprisingly good book which is actually very revealing in regards to some very tough obstacles Steven had to overcome as a young man. A nice little read if you ever get the chance.
Steven is in a contract year in New Orleans and his contract is not in line with what his market value will be at the end of the season so we’ll see where he ends up. But again…his tour of New Orleans in and of itself could be the second book. His third book could be a diary of his time with Pop.
I’ll never worry about Steven making new friends in New Orleans and becoming the talk of the local sports writers.
With Nick, Steven, and Andre all gone it will be a rebuilding year for me as a fan/blogger.
But as an NBA fan this comes with the game and you deal with it. But it does make you sit back and realize what an amazing array of good players we’ve had the privilege of watching in sleepy little backwards Oklahoma.