Steven Adams is causing beef with Aussie in the NBA

Publish Date
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 12:53PM
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The Utah Jazz's Australian players have revealed the Transtasman banter that rises to the surface when they meet New Zealand's NBA star Steven Adams.

"When I play him, he'll always say something like 'gidday, mate'... trying to get under our skin," said guard Dante Exum. "He always does it, so I always say 'fush 'n' chups' or something to try and give it back a bit."

Joe Ingles was left with an expensive reminder of one recent encounter with Adams' Oklahoma Thunder.

"He cost me $15 grand about a month ago. Yeah, I got a nice fine for making contact with the nether regions — accidentally, of course.

Inglis insisted he doesn't rise to any baiting from the Kiwi.

"Not really — it's a bit of a bigger picture, I think. Jazz versus Oklahoma or Jazz versus anyone else. So it's just another day.

"He always tries to say some little things to us, but I think he's just jealous of our national team, so..."

Nothing like a little bit of Trans Tasman rivalry.

-NZ Herald

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