Adams’s esteemed profession continues, however his numbers have fallen away from their apex. He was an 8.6 point, 11.5 rebound, 2.3 help and 1.1 block per sport starter as lately as 2022-23 with the Memphis Grizzlies, however after lacking many of the second half of that season and the entirety of 2023-24 with a knee ligament harm, he returned to seek out himself benched behind Sengun, and his numbers took an enormous hit accordingly. Within the 2024-25 common season, Adams averaged solely 3.9 factors, 5.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per sport, his lowest outputs since his rookie marketing campaign greater than a decade in the past.
That mentioned, any diminished manufacturing is greater than something the results of diminished minutes. Deemed largely incompatible with Sengun – with whom he shared the court docket for less than 162 minutes all season, albeit extremely effective ones – Adams was restricted to solely 13.7 minutes per sport, however his per-minute stats had been completely in step with his profession numbers, a testomony to the truth that the expertise continues to be as there as ever, even when the alternatives with the Rockets weren’t.
Moreover, Adams has by no means been greatest assessed via his primary counting stats. As a backup middle, you can not ask for a lot better than an unselfish rebounder and fearless paint muscler who shares the ball and backs down from nobody. On this respect, the Rockets would certainly wish to have him again, simply as each different group want to have him. Together with the Warriors, whom he simply bullied down low.
Turning 32 this summer time, Adams would possibly as a substitute want to get what would possibly effectively be the final eight-figure multi-year contract of his profession from somebody on the free company market, simply because the comparable Jonas Valanciunas did on the same age this time last season, ideally with a beginning spot connected. The Rockets’ monetary constraints should imply prioritizing protecting collectively their entrance seven, and so they even have Jock Landale within the fold, with a sound (albeit unguaranteed) contract for subsequent season at $8 million. Adams, definitely, is healthier than Landale. However cash is tight, the function is small, and to have each is to assign restricted sources inefficiently. Whether or not Adams returns or not, then, it appears unlikely that each will.
