Steven Adams Rumors
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Position: C
Born: 07/20/93
Height: 6-11 / 2.11
Weight:255 lbs. / 115.7 kg.
Salary: $25,842,697
Born: 07/20/93
Height: 6-11 / 2.11
Weight:255 lbs. / 115.7 kg.
Salary: $25,842,697
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On Chris Paul trade scenarios: Gozlan: “Eric Bledsoe, Ersan Ilyasova – assuming you guarantee his $7 million salary for next season – and then you can do a variation of George Hill. I don’t think they want to trade George Hill. I think he was awesome for them, and they want to keep him. In that case, you can get away with Robin Lopez and DJ Wilson. After that, then you start talking about the incentives, maybe Donte DiVincenzo. On OKC’s side, they’d love to get a lot of picks and young players.” Scotto: “At that point, if you’re OKC, you’re signaling you’re fully rebuilding, and you’re going to really start to gut that roster. If you get rid of Chris Paul, Steven Adams will probably be talked about in trades. Dennis Schroeder as well. Danilo Gallinari (free agent) probably wouldn’t be brought back at that point, or you try a sign-and-trade to get him to a certain destination.”
Michael Scotto: “At that point, if you’re OKC, you’re signaling you’re fully rebuilding, and you’re going to really start to gut that roster. If you get rid of Chris Paul, Steven Adams will probably be talked about in trades. Dennis Schroeder as well. Danilo Gallinari (free agent) probably wouldn’t be brought back at that point, or you try a sign-and-trade to get him to a certain destination.”
The Oklahoma City Thunder were a somewhat unexpected playoff team in 19-20 after trading away Paul George and Russell Westbrook last offseason. Chris Paul had a resurgent season and the Thunder were one of the best clutch teams in the league. But the Thunder could still begin a more conventional rebuild if they trade away Paul and follow that move by dealing Dennis Schroder and Steven Adams. “By all appearances, once the Thunder make the move to move on from Chris Paul, that’s kind of when they’re going to hit the reset button,” said Royce Young on The Hoop Collective Podcast. “That’s when I think they’ll start tearing down some of the pieces. Schroder will go. Adams might go. And they’ll start to sort of begin their first ever rebuild since they moved to Oklahoma City.”
Jonathan Feigen: Just one missed or wrong call among 24 calls or no calls in the L2M report of Rockets-Thunder. Steven Adams got away with a 3 seconds violation before a Schroder miss. Call on Harden before inbounds ruled to be correct.
Veteran center Steven Adams received most of Paul’s pep talks. “It’s basketball,” Paul told Yahoo Sports. “Mistakes happen. You have to allow guys, especially young guys, to play through that. I have to pick my spots on when to be vocal, but I want them to know that I believe in them and I expect them to make the next play.”
Patrick Patterson: Was I the only one that saw the wide open over the top lob pass to Adams on the block? #Playoffs #WholeNewGame
Brandon Rahbar: Billy Donovan: “I said from the beginning of the series Steven is an important piece of our team.” Donovan thinks Adams puts pressure on the Rockets at the rim and did a good job yesterday giving OKC extra possessions.
Taylor Rooks: Russ going back and forth with Thunder players during timeout. Unclear what was said. pic.twitter.com/bZs91KhQne
