Why shy away from Steven Adams?
Posted: Wed Nov 8, 2017 7:10 pm
Hi all.
I'm still fairly new to basketball so forgive me if this is pretty obvious but this is something that has bugged me since last season. But why do we so often see Adams rack up a quick 6-8 points in the first quarter of a game (and like I said this happened a lot last season too) and then for whatever reason that's it, he won't see the ball for the rest of the game.
I realise he isn't Shaq, but Adams is still bigger, stronger and faster than most C's he's up against. Why not use him more often? When you see a team like the Bucks for example, who would probably do anything but give away Giannis for a guy like Adams it kind of pisses me off that he's such an afterthought on this team. He's pretty much there to box out so guys can take his rebounds and then tell them where to go on defense.
As a team, I believe the Thunder would be a lot more effective if Adams was getting 10-12 shots a night, not 4-6.
Thoughts?
I'm still fairly new to basketball so forgive me if this is pretty obvious but this is something that has bugged me since last season. But why do we so often see Adams rack up a quick 6-8 points in the first quarter of a game (and like I said this happened a lot last season too) and then for whatever reason that's it, he won't see the ball for the rest of the game.
I realise he isn't Shaq, but Adams is still bigger, stronger and faster than most C's he's up against. Why not use him more often? When you see a team like the Bucks for example, who would probably do anything but give away Giannis for a guy like Adams it kind of pisses me off that he's such an afterthought on this team. He's pretty much there to box out so guys can take his rebounds and then tell them where to go on defense.
As a team, I believe the Thunder would be a lot more effective if Adams was getting 10-12 shots a night, not 4-6.
Thoughts?