Steven Adams Opens Up About the Wild Diet Fueling His Legendary Strength

Multiple NBA players and analysts have raved over the years about Houston Rockets center Steven Adams’ strength. In 2018, Jimmy Butler thought his life “was over” after hitting an Adams screen. A year later, ESPN called the Kiwi the “NBA’s immovable object.”

On Thursday, Adams, on “The Young Man & The Three” podcast, opened up about his diet, which is a key reason for his legendary strength. When asked by host Tommy Alter about what he usually has for breakfast, Adams responded:

“For breakfast, I have a pound of ground beef and six eggs, so it’s all mixed together.”

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Steven Adams continued that although the mixture doesn’t smell good due to the eggs, it remains his go-to breakfast. Reed Sheppard, Adams’ teammate who also appeared in the show, described how their teammates would react once the big man opens his meal. Sheppard described the smell as “gross.”

The former Memphis Grizzlies center continued to share about his diet:

“Say, if it’s a game day, I’ll just have fruit before the game. After the game, I’ll have probably like two and a half steaks, two and a half ribeyes.”

Sheppard interrupted, revealing that Adams never uses utensils when he eats steaks. The strongman defended himself, insisting that one’s tongue never gets burned when eating steak if one uses hands.

Steven Adams’ diet does work for him. He sometimes casually moves people around, a reason for his well-earned reputation.

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Steven Adams shares hilarious story about opting to play basketball instead of rugby

Steven Adams could be mistaken for a wrestler or a rugby player instead of an NBA star. In the interview with Tommy Alter, he shared why he chose basketball over rugby, the most popular sport in New Zealand, Adams’ home country.

Adams related his story (14:35 mark):

“I don’t know if you know about Polynesians, but there was a Samoan bloke, kid. He just trucked me, ‘cause I tried to tackle him. And I was like, ‘Nah, basketball sounds pretty good.’ I was like, 11, 12 (years old). And I was like, ‘Screw this thing.’”

Steven Adams continued that he had to make up excuses due to the persistence of high school rugby coaches who wanted him to play. In the end, he stuck to basketball, a decision that has turned out well for him and fans of the sport.

Edited by Michael Macasero