Adams has been a starting center for the majority of his career, but health and age issues have possibly pushed him out of that role and into a back-up job going forward. Last time we saw Adams, he was the starting center for a very good Grizzlies team, one that got the #2 seed Grizzlies in both '21-'22 and '22-'23. However, after being in the starting lineup for essentially the entire regular season Adams was pulled from the regular rotation during certain stretches of the 2022 playoffs, and even got several DNPs. He was injured for the 2023 playoffs, and was traded to Houston in 2024. Offensively, Adams is a low-usage big. He's not someone that will post up at all, and gets his buckets mostly off of put-backs and dump-offs when hanging around the rim. He has always been one of the best offensive rebounders in the league, and his 17.5% offensive rebounding rate in '22-'23 was a career high, according to Cleaning the Glass. Adams has enough skill to finish as the roll man in pick-and-roll, and has the passing ability to take advantage of 4-on-3 situations when defenses blitz the ballhandler. He can facilitate from the elbows with good passing, finding cutters and setting great screens when his teammates come off handoffs. One concern offensively is that Adams only shot 61% at the rim from 2021-2023, which he hadn't finished that poorly since his rookie season. If his finishing continues to decline due to age and health concerns making him less explosive, that could be a concern. Defensively, Adams has never been an elite rim protector but he's a big body that knows how to anchor a defense and contest shots inside. He isn't the most laterally quick on the perimeter, so you don't want him switching, but he can at least hold up enough in late clock situations. His defensive rebounding rate has been very good over the past three seasons, and even prior to that his lower defensive rebounding was mostly due to him boxing out and letting his teammates get rebounds, rather than giving up offensive rebounds to the opponent. Adams will be 32 years old as a free agent in 2053, so regression and playoff viability will be a concern for teams looking to offer him a sizeable contract. If his offensive game continues to regress, he could fall back into more of a back-up center type role - one that you can rely on for solid minutes in the regular season but may fall out of the rotation in the playoffs, or just provide spot minutes.