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Birth Name: Steven Funaki Adams
Place of Birth: Rotorua, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 20 July, 1993
Ethnicity: Tongan, English
Steven Adams is a New Zealand professional basketball player. A center, He plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously with the Wellington Saints, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the New Orleans Pelicans, and the Memphis Grizzlies. He is 6′11″.
He was born in Rotorua, to an English father, Sid Adams, who served in the Royal Navy, and a Tongan mother. He is one of eighteen siblings born to his father, with five different women. His sisters are Olympic shot putter Valerie Adams and Paralympic shot putter and discus thrower Lisa Adams.