Steven Adams' Clever Tactics: How he got Kevin Garnett to Back Off by Pretending he Didn't Speak English

Steven Adams' witty humor often goes unnoticed by many in the NBA.

You wouldn't know it by looking at the New Zealand native who looks like a Dothraki extra from Game of Thrones, but he is. It showed on

The Morning Shift Podcast

Kevin Garnett

Steven Adams told Kevin Garnett “no English” in his first matchup with him as a rookie to avoid his shit talk

“He didn’t say anything after that thank goodness. He would’ve ruined me. I would’ve cried” pic.twitter.com/kl6zOKIZdB

— Steven Adams Stats (@funakistats) August 7, 2024

"My confidence wasn't high, so I wasn't trying to get torn down. Kendrick Perkins and K.G. played together, so they started mouthing off. Then I was coming in and [Garnett] was like, 'Yo, look at this m***********' and I was like, 'No English, bro. Sorry. No English.’

"Then he just didn't say anything. I was like, 'Thank goodness.' That would've ruined me, bro I would've cried.”

Garnett saw the story and is now going to hunt Adams down in an old-man game.

Haaaaaa! Gonna catch his ass at LA Fitness in the old head run… https://t.co/9UP9WxWOjq

— Kevin Garnett (@KevinGarnett5KG) August 7, 2024

Adams missed all of last season due to knee surgery. Midway through the season, the Grizzlies traded Adams to the Rockets, who have him under contract for this season at $12.6 million. If healthy enough to play this season, Adams would back up Alperen Sengun at the five, splitting minutes with

Jock Landale

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