Steven Adams is causing beef with Aussie in the NBA

The Utah Jazz's Australian players have revealed the Transtasman banter that rises to the surface when they meet New Zealand's NBA star Steven Adams.

"When I play him, he'll always say something like 'gidday, mate'... trying to get under our skin," said guard Dante Exum. "He always does it, so I always say 'fush 'n' chups' or something to try and give it back a bit."

Joe Ingles was left with an expensive reminder of one recent encounter with Adams' Oklahoma Thunder.

"He cost me $15 grand about a month ago. Yeah, I got a nice fine for making contact with the nether regions — accidentally, of course.

Inglis insisted he doesn't rise to any baiting from the Kiwi.

"Not really — it's a bit of a bigger picture, I think. Jazz versus Oklahoma or Jazz versus anyone else. So it's just another day.

"He always tries to say some little things to us, but I think he's just jealous of our national team, so..."

Nothing like a little bit of Trans Tasman rivalry.

-NZ Herald