Rockets Acquire Steven Adams from Memphis

Posted: February 1, 2024 -- 11:25 p.m. CT

The Houston Rockets today announced they have acquired center Steven Adams from Memphis in exchange for guard Victor Oladipo and three future second round draft picks (2 in 2024 and 1 in 2025).

Adams (6'11", 265) was originally the 12th overall pick by Oklahoma City in the 2013 NBA Draft and is in his 11th season. In 706 career games with 641 starts, he is averaging 9.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 0.96 blocks in 26.8 minutes per game while shooting 59.7% from the floor. Adams has also appeared in 66 career playoff games.

Last season for Memphis, Adams averaged 8.6 points per game, a career-high 11.5 rebounds per game, 2.3 assists per game and 1.10 blocks per game in 27.0 minutes per game. He became the second player in NBA history (Andre Drummond in 2020-21) to have averaged at least 8.0 points per game, 11.0 rebounds per game and 2.0 assists per game while playing fewer than 28.0 minutes per game in a single season.

The New Zealand native led the NBA in offensive rebounding in each of the past two seasons (5.1 per in 2022-23 and 4.6 in 2021-22) and is averaging a league-best 4.5 offensive rebounds per game going back to 2017-18. He has the third-most offensive boards (2,599) among active players and ranks ninth in NBA history in offensive rebounds per 36 minutes played (4.9 per) among players with at least 350 games played.

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