Facts:   - number: 33    - position: centre    - years: 2013 2015 -- present    - high school: otago middleton grange school -lrb- christchurch , new zealand -rrb- boys ' -lrb- dunedin , new zealand -rrb-    - league: nbl    - team: canterbury rams oceanagold nuggets canterbury rams      - height cm: 208    - weight kg: 120    - name: sam timmins    - birth date: 23 may 1997    - nationality: new zealand    - birth place: dunedin , new zealand    - career start: 2013   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sam timmins .
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samuel `` sam '' timmins -lrb- born 23 may 1997 -rrb- is a new zealand professional basketball player who currently plays for the canterbury rams of the national basketball league -lrb- nbl -rrb- .