One of the main reasons that Steven Adams is such a beloved character in Aotearoa is that despite how embedded he is in the high-stakes world of National Basketball he still just seems like a down to earth kiwi fella.
You could be forgiven for thinking the NBL season had only just begun but we’re actually almost down to the chocolate-chunk at the bottom of the trumpet cone. That’s the nature of a shortened season, five weeks of regular stuff and then a week of playoffs and we’re done.
When the NBA Restart happens at the end of this month it’ll also mark thirteen months since the Brooklyn Nets scooped one of the most monumental days in the franchise’s history.
It’s been a long time since there was any legit Breakers news, a loooong time. But this week has brought with it some actual chunky news to digest because NBL Free Agency has officially begun and our mates at the Breaks wasted no time in getting down and dirty.
The revelation of this NBL Showdown thing has been the spotlight it’s given to that second and third tier of kiwi basketballers. Fellas who aren’t quite on that Aussie NBL level or who are perhaps are trying to make a claim to get to that level.
Of all the lengths that various sporting leagues are going to around the world in order to finish what they started before the world was struck with a global pandemic, the NBA is going the furthest.