re: I keep hearing Adams is a huge issue with us giving up the 3...

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but he surely hasn’t helped us win and he will not help us win moving forward.

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that's just simply not true.
I'm not arguing we overpaid for him, twice, but don't sit here and say he hasn't helped us win. He's the reason we beat the Bucks and the 76ers just off the top of my head.


Our ORTG is higher with him on, but the DRTG is pretty much the same level worst with him on. His NetRtg is -0.4 which is pretty negligible.
we are a better OREB, DREB and Total rebounding team with him on.

He has a positive 1.9 net rating when playing with the starters, and 1.8 net rating when NAW replaces Lonzo in that lineup and a positive 13.8 net rating with Hart replaces Zion in the starting lineup. That's the 3 most played lineups for Adams, making up over 50% of his playing time on the year.



I have no problem moving him in the offseason if we can bring in a significant upgrade at the 5 position that works with Zion better. I also think that if you replace Lonzo and Bledsoe with guys that can shoot the 3 and defend the perimeter better, then you'll see a more useful Adams. The person he has the highest net rating with as a 2 man combo was JJ, at a good bit more than everyone else on the team and JJ didn't even have play that good for most of the season.