Business of Sport: is Izzy about to top Steve Adams as NZ’s highest-paid sports star?

Steve Adams has had a stranglehold on the status as New Zealand’s highest-paid active athlete for at least five years now.And our home-grown NBA star will remain a huge earner for another couple of years to come, having just renewed a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, his third franchise in a nine-season career that will end up netting him more than $300 million in contract earnings when he retires.Adams’ new deal is reportedly worth US$25.2m ($45m) over two seasons. It’s not as high as his peak earning seasons with the Oklahom...