Yeezys On The Farm: The Steven Adams Experience
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The New Orleans Pelicans made a lot of changes this offseason, trading away point guard Jrue Holiday, bringing in Stan Van Gundy as head coach and picking up center Steven Adams from Oklahoma City. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Will Guillory to look at how Adams’s toughness can make life easier for Zion Williamson, and to discuss the larger-than-life personality and unforgettable stories that the big man brings to New Orleans (including one decision that would make many sneakerheads cringe).
Read all of Will Guillory’s stories about Steven Adams: https://theathletic.com/2246775/2020/12/08/steven-adams-pelicans-center-personality/
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the lead ad-free on Amazon Music. |
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| 0:12.0 | The New Orleans Pelicans went through a pretty big overhaul this off-season. |
| 0:15.6 | And one under the radar edition, who could have a big impact, is Senator Stephen Adams. |
| 0:20.6 | Today, the Athletics will gillery on how Adams can make life easier for Zion Williamson |
| 0:38.4 | and the rest of the Pelicans, and the larger than life personality that the big man brings |
| 0:42.9 | to New Orleans. |
| 0:43.9 | He's just this big, hooking figure with these tattoos in the long hair, and he walks |
| 0:49.8 | in the room and it's like, man, this guy might pick up in body slam, somebody at some |
| 0:54.5 | point who knows. |
| 0:55.5 | He looks like he's a wrestler more than a basketball player. |
| 1:00.8 | From wondering on the athletic, I'm Kaviza Davidson. |
| 1:03.7 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:04.7 | It's Thursday, December 17th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:08.4 | By the way, these are my rules. |
| 1:10.4 | They're not for everyone. |
| 1:12.4 | All right, I'll just make the vote. |
| 1:15.0 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:19.1 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the game. |
| 1:23.0 | The values of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:29.2 | This isn't a story you'd hear if you interviewed the athlete in the home. |
| 1:33.4 | It stays with you. |
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