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Steven Adams

HOU · 2025-26Rotation connectorHigh evidence
Offensive rebounder · Rim-pressure finisher · Screener / handoff hub · Defensive rebounder · Drop big

What does Steven Adams actually supply on the floor?

Steven Adams's strongest evidenced functions are rebounding, interior finishing, rim protection; the weakest available areas are creation, passing, rim pressure. The profile is tied to HOU for 2025-26.

Function profile

2025-26 — eleven separate readings on a league scale. They are not additive.
Creation32
Rim pressure45
Shooting*
Passing38
Screening*
Interior finish60
Point of attack*
Switch coverage*
Rim protection58
Event creation53
Rebounding62

* limited evidence for that function. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. Use the separate function strengths to evaluate role and roster fit; do not treat them as one player-value score. POA or switch conclusions require lineup, matchup, and assignment evidence beyond this profile.

Season by season

Every governed season profile on record.
SeasonTeamRoleEvidenceCreationRim pressureShootingPassingScreeningInterior finishPoint of attackSwitch coverageRim protectionEvent creationRebounding
2025-26HOURotation connectorHigh evidence32453860585362
2024-25HOUMixed coverage4041415145555959714661
2022-23MEMHigh evidence4253403961595356756577
2021-22MEMHigh evidence6650497153575147696365
2020-21High evidence4347494864636462
2019-20OKCHigh evidence4854504367796263
2018-19OKCHigh evidence3556493270747852
2017-18OKCHigh evidence3446493175737254
2016-17OKCHigh evidence3540503267677167
2015-16OKCLimited evidence1538137440
2014-15OKCLimited evidence232149407742
2013-14OKCLimited evidence1820187266

What teams depended on him for

Seasons where a team's situation report named him a dependency case.

No team-situation report names this player as a dependency case.

Known contract calendar

Governed contract events naming this player — dates carry their honest quality.
HOU · 2025-26Contract control horizonJun 30, 2028

Steven Adams has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.

HOU · 2024-25Contract control horizonJun 30, 2025

Steven Adams has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2025 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.

OKC · 2019-20Contract control horizonJun 30, 2021

Steven Adams has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2021 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.

OKC · 2018-19Contract control horizonJun 30, 2021

Steven Adams has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2021 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.

OKC · 2017-18Contract control horizonJun 30, 2021

Steven Adams has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2021 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. No extension-review trigger is applied yet.

Function scores, roles, dependence records and contract events are separate evidence. No combined player value, trade value or ranking is computed from them, and none of them is a causal impact claim.