A 3-year long appointment in the decreasing style! The Rockets are very acknowledging the performance of the inside veteran in the playoffs?

According to the authoritative ESPN reporter Shams Charania, the Houston Rockets completed a contract renewal with the team's inside veteran Steven Adams. Adams received a three-year contract from the Rockets with a total amount of $39 million. According to Keith Smith, founder of Spotrac in the US media, the contract Adams obtained is a decreasing contract, which is a full guarantee contract and does not contain any options or terms. In the 2025-26 season, Adams' salary was $14.13 million, in the 2026-27 season, Adams' salary was $13 million, and in the 2027-28 season, Adams' salary was $11.87 million.

In the NBA regular season this season, Adams played 58 games in 82 games, averaging 13.7 minutes per game, averaging 3.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.4 steals, 0.5 blocks, and 0.9 turnovers and 1 foul. His shooting percentage was 54.5%, and his free throw percentage was 46.2%. In the playoffs, Adams played 7 games in total, with averaging 22.1 minutes per game, with averaging 5.7 points, 6.6 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.4 steals and 1.1 block, and 0.7 turnovers and 1 foul. His shooting percentage was 60% and his free throw shooting percentage was 53.3%.

Adams' performance during the regular season this season can only be considered sloppy. His scoring ability is not ideal, and his regression in movement speed and athletic ability is also very obvious. However, Adams' performance in rebounding protection and inside defense is still quite remarkable. In the playoffs, facing the Golden State Warriors who were seriously lacking in the interior, Adams fully utilized his strength in figure. He can be said to be a turbulent inside of the Warriors, causing considerable trouble for his opponents. As the series deepened, Adams played more and more, and the team also gave him enough trust and support.

Adams' previous contract with the team will expire this summer, and he would have become a full free agent after the free market is opened. However, it seems that Adams has no intention of entering the free market at all, and the Rockets do not want to lose him. Therefore, Adams also renewed a long contract with the Rockets before the free market opened, locking in his future in the team. It seems that the Rockets are very acknowledging the importance of the 31-year-old veteran in the team, and they are also quite satisfied with his performance after returning from injury this season. It’s just that Adams’ age and injury are all there. Even if he has performed well in the playoffs this season, we don’t know how long his form can last.