After spending the majority of his career as a good starting center in OKC and Memphis (with a brief forgettable stint in New Orleans), Adams spent half of the '22-'23 season and all of the '23-'24 season injured, and it wasn't clear what kind of impact he would ever have in the league again. However, Adams showed that he can still be a high impact player, being a dominant inside force for the Rockets late in the season and in the 2025 playoffs. 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 19% offensive rebounding rate in '24-'25 led the league and 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. He also does a great job of sealing his man inside when his teammates drive, which keeps his defender from rotating to help. A concern offensively is that Adams has only shot 61% at the rim since the '21-'22 season, and has been one of the worst free throw shooters in the league over the last few seasons. 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. He looked pretty spry in the 2025 playoffs, even skying for some bigger blocks at the rim. His defensive rebounding rate is solid, and even back in his OKC days 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 2025, but the way he closed the '24-'25 season should give NBA evaluators comfort when thinking about how his body will hold up on his next contract. He may no longer be a starting center, but he has shown he can be a high-level back-up center, even with his struggles putting the ball in the basket.