Green stated that the reason Adams was yet to play forthe Tall Blacks was due to a rift between McFadden and Basketball New Zealand, but both sides have refuted that idea.
In an interview with Tony Veitch on Radio Sport, Potter has stated that although there may have been issues in the past, those were no longer relevant when dealing with Adams' chances of playing for the Tall Blacks today.
"In terms of Kenny and I, and Kenny and Basketball New Zealand right now I don't feel there's anything there. Those aren't the issues that are the issues in front of us today. The issues relating to Steve's unavailability are more related to his commercial future as a professional basketballer in the United States.
"He is managed by an international management group called the Wasserman Group, and they make the decisions behind Steve's commercial decisions. They determined that it was in his best interests at this time to focus on his future at OKC."
McFadden says there's no tension at all between him and BBNZ.
"My time with Basketball New Zealand was great. There's a lot of conspiracies, a lot of people get into a room and come up with a lot of things.
"The situation is pretty clear. The guy [Adams] five months ago was having surgery. The Thunder's coach was fired and they're trying to put together a whole different program. It was a situation of Steve wanting to get himself 100% fit - and a lot of people don't know he's still in rehab, he's not 100% fit. His whole idea was saying until I'm 100% fit and the time is right, I cannot put my hand up to play for the Tall Blacks."
Potter says Basketball New Zealand were told Adams' reasons for not participating were two-fold.
"Partly it was about the injury he had, partly is was about confirming his status in the team as a number one starting player. We were told by his agents - not by OKC, not by Steve and Kenny - that at this time it was best for him to focus on the NBA.
"It's clear that Steve is desperately keen to play for the Tall Blacks, OKC are comfortable and supportive of him becoming a Tall Black, but the other part of this is his commercial agent, and they feel that it's not a good time for him given the circumstances."
Potter believes that Adams still wants to be a Tall Black, and says Basketball New Zealand will fully support him being a Tall Black when the time is right.
McFadden also strongly states that the centre will be representing his country in the future.
"If he's 100% fit he would turn up. You just can't front up to a team in a couple of days and jump on the court and play. There's a process of training and chemistry that you have to go through.
"He's still a Kiwi, he still wants to play and he will pull on that black singlet one day when the time is right."
