Steven Adams on the Cs radar
I'd love to see the Celtics go after Adams.
Horford has been great for the Celtics, a great passer for a big man, good from outside, a mature player, and he injected an certain element of toughness. However, he is already 33 years old and he seemed to slow down this past year.
Adams is bigger (7 ft 265 lbs compared to 6 ft 10, 245 lbs), scores about the same (although mostly closer to the basket), rebounds much better and doesn't pass quite as well. He is often called the strongest player in the league and he was voted the Toughest Player in the League by a poll of NBA GMs (when he found out he said "the GMs must have too much time on their hands").
He is the type of player that his teammates love but players on other teams hate, perhaps because he seems to be a bit careless about knocking into and/or accidentally clobbering other players while hardly noticing if someone tries to clobber him. Best of all, he is only 25, had his best year last year, and clearly hasn't hit his peak yet.
If Horford injected an element of toughness in the Celts, that would be ten fold for Adams, he might be like a bigger stronger quicker Kendrick Perkins but with much more skill and scoring ability. There might be small ball teams that would occasionally run him off the court but I'm pretty sure he would get plenty of minutes. Players like Giannis Antetokounmpo will have their head on a swivel when in the paint if it is patrolled by Adams.
I say: sign the beast!
