Basketball's New Wave: The Young Superstars Taking Over the Game
RISING STARS BASKETBALL'S EN WAVE THE YOUNG SUPERSTARS TAKING OVER THE GAME BRIAN MAHONEY
12 Oklahoma City 3 McCollum
CHAPTER 1 Steven Adams As the youngest of 18 children in his family Steven Adams had to learn to stick up for himself If not his older siblings could make things hard on him His brothers average 6 feet 9 inches and even his sisters average 6 feet So from an early age Adams had to figure out how to hold his own against big strong competition They do teach me a lot of things Adams said I was more competitive because I was always the weakest Playing against my sisters and my brothers the older ones would play really rough and elbow you Plus the younger ones did a little too No wonder he became one of the toughest players in the National Basketball Association NBA Even in the NBA Steven Adams often towers over the opposition
