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As kiwis roam the surf beaches in their jandals, NBA star Steven Adams is doing the same: in the icy cold of American snow.
Adams, 27, was filmed walking down a snowy airport runway in his favorite shoes the day after his New Orleans Pelicans beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 113-80.
It snows most winters in Oklahoma City. Adams knows it; He was with OKC from 2013, until he was traded to the Pelicans in November.
Even knowing how cold Oklahoma was, he couldn’t get Adams to give up his favorite footwear, as he laconically splashed through the snow and icy water, after it snowed in Oklahoma City on New Year’s Day.
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In contrast, New Orleans has a jandal-friendly winter weather, with highs in the mid-teens and nightly lows around 6 ° C, a bit like Wellington, where she attended Scots College.
Moving to the Pelicans was the first team change in his seven-year NBA career. He was sent to New Orleans with one year remaining on his current contract, then quickly signed a $ 35 million two-year extension.
The reaction to the Pelicans who tweeted their great center refusing to bow to winter was mixed. In the attack were the group of “The Pelicans will not laugh when he gets pneumonia”, in the defense were those of “never change the greats.
But the clip resulted in a heated debate.
Was Adams wearing flip flops, as the Pelicans said?
Or were they jandals, as Kiwis said?
Or maybe it was slides?
Whatever it is, Adams continues to give America a taste of Kiwi, no matter what NBA franchise he plays in.
He noted how important it was to him in a preseason interview, when asked about his willingness to embrace and represent Oklahoma City in his time there.
“As a player, you just play basketball, but you also have to think beyond that,” he said. “You are representing a city and the history of the city. You have to look at that and understand how you need to maintain yourself.
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New Orleans Pelicans center Steven Adams takes a rebound against Oklahoma City.
“This is why the fans want to meet you, just to make sure you’re a good guy. You are representing them. It means a lot to people, so it should not be taken lightly.
“I do my best to try to represent them… I know that I am also representing New Zealand, my own country. Many international people also think that way, I am not an anomaly (I always struggle with that word, friend).
