The favorite player to come to China has 18 siblings, but he has never been to the All-Star but earned $200 million

There are not many NBA players coming to China, but most of them are from commercial activities. There are only two players who come to play simply. One is Wenban Yama, who is currently practicing in Shaolin Temple, and the other is our protagonist Steven Adams. He has visited China many times without any commercial interests. He not only visited China's great rivers and mountains, but also gained a deep understanding of Chinese culture. He has tasted many Chinese delicacies, such as steam pot chicken, roast lamb waist, barbecue, hot pot, etc., and also said that he has always had a Chinese stomach and can fully adapt to Chinese food.

After being eliminated by the Warriors in the first round of the playoffs, Adams came to China for a while like in previous years. Recently, he has returned to the United States and reached an early contract renewal agreement with the Rockets - 39 million US dollars in three years. Including this new contract, he made a total of $210 million in his 14-year NBA career. It is worth mentioning that except for the rookie signing, his next four signings were renewed early, namely with the Thunder, Pelicans, Grizzlies and Rockets, and he has never become a free agent. This just proves his value. The teams that have played for knowing that his role is that data cannot be fully reflected, and they are rushing to renew his contract with him in advance. Once he becomes a free agent and flows into the free market, he must play price wars with other teams to grab him.

Adams has a height of 2.11 meters and a wingspan of 2.25 meters. Many players said in interviews that Adams is the strongest player in the NBA. Colliding with him is like hitting a wall. With his outstanding height, wingspan and strong physical fitness, Adams can provide high-quality cover, be able to guard the basket, and help his teammates get stuck. The most important thing is that he has excellent rebounding ability, especially the ability to grab frontcourt rebounds. Therefore, even if he averages not high points per game, it is still a hot commodity. Next, let us walk into the growth story of this inside beast who has never been selected as an All-Star but can make a lot of money.

On July 20, 1993, Adams was born in Rotorua, an industrial city in New Zealand. His father was a British man who served in the Royal Navy of England. He later married a Maori woman of Tongan. This woman was Adams' mother. Adams's father was a passionate man who gave birth to 18 children with five women in his life. Adams' mother was his fifth woman and Adams was the youngest. When Adams was born, his father was over 60 years old and died of cancer at the age of 13.

Thanks to his father's height gene of 2.11 meters, Adams and his brothers and sisters are both very tall. The average height of him and his brothers is 2.06 meters, and the sisters are 1.83 meters. Their family is born as an athlete. 18 siblings have given birth to many professional athletes. Adams has achieved relatively high achievements, but not the highest. The highest achievement is his sister Valerie Adams. She is the champion of the two Olympic Games in Beijing and London, and the champion of the four World Championships in Osaka, Berlin, Daegu and Moscow. She was elected as the best female athlete of the IAAF in 2014.

Adams was very playful when he was a child. When his father died, he was in a bad mood, and he missed classes and wandered on the streets all day. Later, one of his elder brothers, Warren, could not bear to see his younger brother become decadent like this, so he took his younger brother to the city where he worked and registered his younger brother for his academic qualifications at Scott Middle School, a century-old private school. In order to give Adams a place to vent his energy, Warren introduced his younger brother to local basketball legend Kenny McFadden. Under the latter's teaching, Adams maximized his physical talent and soon became the best among the same players. In 2011, at the age of 18, he played for the Wellington Saints for free in order to retain his qualifications to go to college. He helped the team win the championship after only one season and was elected as the best rookie. After the season, he joined Notre Dame Preparatory School in the United States to be able to adapt to American basketball, and also hopes to win an opportunity to compete in the NCAA. A few months later, he was given the opportunity to participate in Jordan's classic event for his outstanding performance and competed with outstanding young players across the United States.

As the attention increased, some universities finally extended olive branches to him, and he chose to join the University of Pittsburgh to compete in the NCAA. In his freshman season, he played 32 games and started all of them, scoring double-digit points in 6 games, averaging 7.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, and sent 2 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 57.1%, setting a record for shooting percentage of freshmen in team history. With his outstanding performance, he was selected as the Best Rookie Team in the Great East. At the 2013 NBA Draft, Adams was selected by the Thunder with the 12th pick in the first round and signed a four-year, $9.69 million rookie contract with the team, and the fourth year was the team's option. In his rookie season, he averaged 3.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, shooting 58.1% from the field and was selected for the second team of All-Rookie Team. In the two seasons after

, he became better every year, averaging 8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game in his third season, and his shooting percentage reached 61.3%. In the playoffs, he performed even better, averaging 10.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, shooting percentage of 61.3%, and averaging 3.4 frontcourt rebounds per game, helping the Thunder to reach the Western Conference Finals and taking a 3-1 lead. Unfortunately, he was reversed by the Warriors and missed the finals.

The Thunder saw his potential and immediately gave him a four-year, $100 million early contract renewal contract. During Adams' contract period, the Thunder went through four stages: Westbrook's single-core leadership, Westbrook and Anthony and Paul George to form the Big Three, Westbrook and George's dual-core driver, and Alexander and Paul to enter Oxford. Although there is no exception in the first round of the playoffs, Adams' performance is getting better and better every year and gradually becomes the Thunder's inside pillar..

Later, the Thunder entered the reconstruction phase, and Adams was traded to the Pelicans and received a two-year, $35 million early contract renewal. After playing in New Orleans for a season, neither he nor Zion had a long shot, resulting in a crowded interior space. He was eventually traded to the Grizzlies. When he first arrived in Memphis, he averaged 6.9 points, 10 rebounds, 3.4 assists per game. Although his score was not high, he could provide rebound guarantee. He averaged 4.6 frontcourt rebounds per game and was very amazing. He also had a first-hand support ability and averaged 3.4 assists per game. After the end of the season, he received another early contract renewal - $25.2 million in two years. In the season after the contract renewal, he averaged 8.6 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 59.7%. His average rebounds per game was as high as 5.1, ranking first in the league. That season, he also grabbed 23 rebounds against the Kings, 13 of which were frontcourt rebounds. Unfortunately, two weeks later, he was reimbursed for a back cruciate ligament strain on his right knee and missed the entire 2023-2024 season.

Later, the Grizzlies traded him to the Rockets. Last season, he only played 58 regular season games due to injury, averaging 3.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, with a shooting percentage of 54.5%, and his score and rebounds were both the lowest since the rookie season. However, in the playoffs, he became the surprise, with averaging 5.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, but he was not very impressive, but his on-the-scene role was very good, especially when he played in the double towers with Shin Kyung. Many teams, including the Lakers and the Warriors, wanted to get it. The Rockets quickly gave him a three-year, $39 million early contract renewal contract, successfully leaving the inside monster behind.

After the arrival of the small ball era, Adams, a traditional insider who has no shooting ability, once faced survival difficulties, but the saying that those who get rebounds won the world will never go out of date. In the long series of playoffs, almost all players' characteristics and team tactics have been studied thoroughly, which tests the team's ability to create offensive opportunities. Grabbing rebounds has become the best way to get the ball. The Lakers' failure this season has proved one thing: teams without the inside height cannot succeed in the playoffs. So, players like Adams may not get a big contract, but will always get a contract because they always have value in existence.