Steven Adams has quickly become one of New Zealand's top sporting exports.Â
The basketballer is on a $100 million contract with Oklahoma City Thunder, who he has been playing with since 2013.
Yet his new book, My Life, My Fight, out next week, highlights the difficult road it took for him to get to where he is now.
In honour of the book's release, Jack reflects on his first time meeting Adams in America, and what he learnt from reading the book.
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