{"id":231313,"date":"2026-03-22T14:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231313\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:49:33","slug":"boys-basketball-player-of-the-year-maxi-adams-of-sierra-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231313\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys&#8217; basketball player of the year: Maxi Adams of Sierra Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you\u2019re already an All-American in high school and several new players show up perhaps as talented as you, the challenge is developing chemistry and seeing who\u2019s going to remain humble and unselfish for the good of the team.<\/p>\n<p>Maxi Adams, Sierra Canyon\u2019s 6-foot-8 senior, was the big man on campus until another All-American, Brandon McCoy, showed up this season, along with Brannon Martinsen, a former Trinity League player of the year. Not only did Adams welcome them, he adjusted his game and changed his role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything for the win,\u201d he said. \u201cTrust the coach\u2019s game plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Maxi Adams of Sierra Canyon rises to deliver a dunk against Harvard-Westlake in Open Division championship game.\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774190973_298_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Maxi Adams of Sierra Canyon rises to deliver a dunk against Harvard-Westlake in Open Division championship game.<\/p>\n<p>(Steve Galluzzo)<\/p>\n<p>Adams continued to contribute as a scorer, rebounder and defender, and when the games got much more important in the playoffs, he asserted himself and delivered, such as a 26-point performance in the Southern Section Open Division final.<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina-bound Adams has been selected The Times\u2019 boys basketball player of the year for the 2025-26 season. <\/p>\n<p>Sierra Canyon went 30-1 and won the Southern Section Open Division championship and state Open Division title even though Adams was injured in the first quarter of the state final. He averaged 16 points and 7.2 rebounds with 10 double doubles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great player,\u201d said Harvard-Westlake coach David Rebibo, whose team lost three times to Sierra Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>Adams\u2019 development of his skills and maturity over his four years of high school, first at Narbonne, then Gardena Serra and his final two seasons at Sierra Canyon, have been impressive. He went from being uncomfortable as a freshman to being versatile, confident and a leader as a senior.<\/p>\n<p>His willingness to embrace the changes at Sierra Canyon this season were key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t hard,\u201d he said. \u201cWe played well together and spent a lot of time together. At the next level, you\u2019re going to have to be able to play with great players. I just carry that forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His older brother, Marcus, was a standout at Narbonne and played this past season at Arizona State after previously being at Cal State Northridge. For Maxi to handle things this season with his brother far away showed he\u2019s ready to embark on his own journey in college basketball.<\/p>\n<p>As for his mentality, Adams said, \u201cWe come to work every single time. We put in the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back in 2022 when the Adams brothers played together at Narbonne. Marcus and Maxi. They&#8217;ve become pretty good basketball players, Marcus at Arizona State, Maxi at Sierra Canyon then on to North Carolina. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l6NhXwKIPL\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/l6NhXwKIPL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latsondheimer\/status\/2027397909344575766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 27, 2026<\/a>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you\u2019re already an All-American in high school and several new players show up perhaps as talented as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[104933,104934,104932,8825,423,11199,951,48,52,51,47,50,49,70164,88058,278,29947,225,427,315,72],"class_list":["post-231313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-6-foot-8-senior","tag-all-american","tag-basketball-player","tag-boy","tag-game","tag-great-player","tag-high-school","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-maxi-adams","tag-narbonne","tag-season","tag-sierra-canyon","tag-state","tag-team","tag-time","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}