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Steven Adams’ sense of humor is rivaled by few NBA players. One of the most unusual storylines of NBA playoffs this year was the Oklahoma City Thunder center being the target of below-the-belt shots courtesy of Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green. Green connected with Adams downstairs multiple times during the Western Conference Finals as the rivalry […]

Last season the Oklahoma City Thunder proved to be a valid championship contender not only because of their two all-stars, Russel Westbrook and Kevin Durant, but also from their enormous size and length. One of their major players who brought that and more to each game is starting center Steven Adams. In a recent interview […]

Shortly after celebrating his 26th birthday by hosting his first rap concert, Damian Lillard aka Dame D.O.L.L.A, gave an encore Friday night at Planet Hollywood. Lillard gave fans a show at the Adidas sponsored event,  joined by fellow Adidas star athlete James Harden on stage. Video clip of my performance for the @adidasUprising hoopers at #LVL3 in Vegas on […]

It is no secret that Kevin Durant’s free agency decision is the single most important move of this NBA off-season. Where Durant decides to set up shop has a huge influence on the direction many teams around the league go in and the types of contracts that other free agents are awarded. For these reasons, […]

With Serge Ibaka‘s move to the Orlando Magic, he will probably be expected to take on a much more prominent role. Ibaka seems up for the challenge, because he has expressed concern of having his #4 position being reduced on the Oklahoma City Thunder team. Most notably, Ibaka has seen a lot less action in […]

At just 22 years old, Steven Adams is quickly becoming one of the most physically dominant big men in the game. This was especially clear throughout the Thunder’s playoff run and upset over the San Antonio Spurs. But the Western Conference Finals raised things to a whole new level once the battle between Adams and […]

If you thought that Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals would be physical, you’d be correct. If you thought it would involve attractions between Draymond Green and Steven Adams, you’d also be correct. After Green’s infamous kick to Adams in Game 4, plus his multiple other kicks to Thunder payers in this series, the […]

Steven Adams and Draymond Green have been going at it this series. Green’s well-documented kick to Adams’ midsection was just an exclamation point on the battle the two have had in the Western Conference Finals, and in Game 6 on Saturday night, Adams got the better of Green on a great posterizing dunk. https://vine.co/v/iV7Q5AI5MhW At […]

Draymond Green’s kick on Steven Adams’ lower region wasn’t just a hard kick—it caused a contusion. While much was made of the fact that the Golden State Warriors forward was not suspended following his kicking incident of Adams after Game 3, what was lost in all of this is that the Oklahoma City Thunder center […]

During Tuesday night’s Game 4 Western Conference Finals matchup between the Warriors and Thunder, Draymond Green kicked Enes Kanter as he was falling to the court, tripping the Turkish big man. At the time of the play, the NBA on TNT crew said they though the play was more intentional than the one on Steven […]

The dust has finally settled on the Draymond Green–Steven Adams groin kick incident, at least with regards to Green’s eligibility for the pivotal game on Tuesday. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, Green will not be suspended for Game 4 after striking Adams below the belt mid-way through Game 3: The NBA will not suspend […]

The Golden State Warriors were stunned by a dominating performance from the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. But one Thunder player was stunned himself. That would be Steven Adams, who was kicked between the legs by Draymond Green. After the game, Green told reporters that he didn’t even know […]

Steven Adams has now taken two shots under the belt in the Western Conference Finals, both courtesy of the Warriors‘ Draymond Green. After catching a knee to the groin from Green in Game 2, Adams was struck by Green’s foot on Sunday evening in Game 3. The kick brought the Kiwi big man down to […]

With the Thunder leading the Warriors 48-40 in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, Golden State’s Draymond Green kicked Oklahoma City’s Steven Adams between the legs and received a flagrant-1 foul. This helped ignite the Thunder, who were already on an 8-0 run at point, to close the second quarter on a 32-7 run. […]

In Sunday’s Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the Golden State Warriors to the tune of a 133-105 victory. One play that stood out beyond the normal play of the game was Warriors forward Draymond Green kicking Thunder center Steven Adams between the legs. The play, which can be […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are absolutely dominated the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. At halftime, the Thunder led by 25 points, with the score at 72-47 in their first home game of the series. Draymond Green wasn’t too happy with how the game was going and found a way […]

Warriors power forward Draymond Green is known for his rough play and trash talking on the court. Thunder center Steven Adams has taken notice. With the two going after each other in the Western Conference Finals, Green may have gained an advantage by getting under Adams’ skin, at least a little bit. Despite Adams saying […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have two superstars in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, and everyone knows it. However, few think that the play of Durant and Westbrook alone can propel OKC back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012. What the team needs, and has found during much of this year’s playoffs, […]

Australia and New Zealand have a similar relationship to the United States and Canada. The countries are very alike, but they also enjoy trash-talking each other. However, with the Western Conference Finals right around the corner, Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams, a New Zealander, said he won’t trash talk his Australian opponent Andrew Bogut […]

Numerous controversial plays happened in the final seconds of Game 2 of the Thunder–Spurs series. The most controversial call was the missed out-of-bounds push on Manu Ginobili by Dion Waiters. However there were numerous other incidents such as Kawhi Leonard pulling Russell Westbrook‘s jersey and many others incidents that led to the Game 2 upset. […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder lost Game 2 of their 7 game series at home to the Dallas Mavericks. The game was close throughout, but at the very end the Thunder lost when they couldn’t capitalize on a game winning layup. That missed layup was almost put back in by the Thunder’s Steven Adams who put […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks are going to have themselves a nail-biting series as Game 2 went down to the wire. With the Mavs only up by 1-point, Raymond Felton went to the line to shoot two free-throws but ended up missing both of them. With no timeouts remaining, Russell Westbrook grabbed […]