{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6775cb68499663105e17ae63/69f69252a942187a87c9b71d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Steven Adams Accidentally Became The NBA's Most Beloved Star (Exclusive)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6775cb68499663105e17ae63/1777771831095-b21229a6-fbbb-4541-9a3c-6b45f49770ae.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the most personal interview of his career, New Zealand's most beloved NBA export Steven Adams sits down with Between Two Beers exclusively to tell his full story.</p><p><br></p><p>From growing up the youngest of 14 in Rotorua, losing his father at 13, and never dreaming of the NBA - to rookie years alongside Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden at the Oklahoma City Thunder, the infamous Draymond Green kicks in the 2016 Golden State Warriors playoffs, and signing a new Houston Rockets contract at 32 after a serious PCL injury, this is the complete Steven Adams story.</p><p><br></p><p>Steven opens up about going viral for sleeping on an air mattress despite earning millions, training with Dame Valerie Adams, speaking at MIT's Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, owning a regenerative dairy farm near Pukahina, investing in Auckland FC, and a six-year journalling practice that got him through his darkest moments.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus - 24 free basketball camps across New Zealand for 10,000 kids, and why giving back is the only thing that truly matters to him.</p><p><br></p><p>Steve and Seamus are proud to be dressed by Barkers Clothing.</p>","author_name":"Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten"}